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- Title
Switching at the ribosome: riboswitches need rProteins as modulators to regulate translation.
- Authors
de Jesus, Vanessa; Qureshi, Nusrat S.; Warhaut, Sven; Bains, Jasleen K.; Dietz, Marina S.; Heilemann, Mike; Schwalbe, Harald; Fürtig, Boris
- Abstract
Translational riboswitches are cis-acting RNA regulators that modulate the expression of genes during translation initiation. Their mechanism is considered as an RNA-only gene-regulatory system inducing a ligand-dependent shift of the population of functional ON- and OFF-states. The interaction of riboswitches with the translation machinery remained unexplored. For the adenine-sensing riboswitch from Vibrio vulnificus we show that ligand binding alone is not sufficient for switching to a translational ON-state but the interaction of the riboswitch with the 30S ribosome is indispensable. Only the synergy of binding of adenine and of 30S ribosome, in particular protein rS1, induces complete opening of the translation initiation region. Our investigation thus unravels the intricate dynamic network involving RNA regulator, ligand inducer and ribosome protein modulator during translation initiation. Translational regulation by riboswitches is an important mechanism for the modulation of gene expression in bacteria. Here the authors show that the ligand-induced allosteric switch in the adenine-sensing riboswitch from V. vulnificus is insufficient and leads only to a partial opening of the ribosome binding site and requires interaction with 30S-bound ribosomal protein S1, which acts as an RNA chaperone.
- Subjects
RIBOSWITCHES; RIBOSOMES; VIBRIO vulnificus; GENETIC translation; RIBOSOMAL proteins; LIGAND binding (Biochemistry)
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-021-25024-5