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- Title
Translational arrest by a prokaryotic signal recognition particle is mediated by RNA interactions.
- Authors
Beckert, Bertrand; Kedrov, Alexej; Sohmen, Daniel; Kempf, Georg; Wild, Klemens; Sinning, Irmgard; Stahlberg, Henning; Wilson, Daniel N; Beckmann, Roland
- Abstract
The signal recognition particle (SRP) recognizes signal sequences of nascent polypeptides and targets ribosome-nascent chain complexes to membrane translocation sites. In eukaryotes, translating ribosomes are slowed down by the Alu domain of SRP to allow efficient targeting. In prokaryotes, however, little is known about the structure and function of Alu domain-containing SRPs. Here, we report a complete molecular model of SRP from the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis, based on cryo-EM. The SRP comprises two subunits, 6S RNA and SRP54 or Ffh, and it facilitates elongation slowdown similarly to its eukaryotic counterpart. However, protein contacts with the small ribosomal subunit observed for the mammalian Alu domain are substituted in bacteria by RNA-RNA interactions of 6S RNA with the α-sarcin-ricin loop and helices H43 and H44 of 23S rRNA. Our findings provide a structural basis for cotranslational targeting and RNA-driven elongation arrest in prokaryotes.
- Subjects
PROKARYOTIC genomes; SIGNAL recognition particle; EUKARYOTES; MOLECULAR models; BACILLUS subtilis; RNA-RNA interactions
- Publication
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2015, Vol 22, Issue 10, p767
- ISSN
1545-9993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nsmb.3086