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A new tRNA intermediate revealed on the ribosome during EF4-mediated back-translocation

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Connell,  Sean R.
Dept. of Vertebrate Genomics (Head: Hans Lehrach), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Qin,  Yan
Ribosomes, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Wilson,  Daniel N.
Dept. of Vertebrate Genomics (Head: Hans Lehrach), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Mielke,  Thorsten
Imaging/Electron Microscopy (Head: Rudi Lurz/Thorsten Mielke), Scientific Service (Head: Manuela B. Urban), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Fucini,  Paola
Ribosomes, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Nierhaus,  Knud H.
Ribosomes, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Spahn,  Christian M. T.
Dept. of Vertebrate Genomics (Head: Hans Lehrach), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Connell, S. R., Topf, M., Qin, Y., Wilson, D. N., Mielke, T., Fucini, P., et al. (2008). A new tRNA intermediate revealed on the ribosome during EF4-mediated back-translocation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 15(9), 910-915. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1469.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0010-7F2D-0
Abstract
EF4 (LepA) is an almost universally conserved translational GTPase in eubacteria. It seems to be essential under environmental stress conditions and has previously been shown to back-translocate the tRNAs on the ribosome, thereby reverting the canonical translocation reaction. In the current work, EF4 was directly visualized in the process of back-translocating tRNAs by single-particle cryo-EM. Using flexible fitting methods, we built a model of ribosome-bound EF4 based on the cryo-EM map and a recently published unbound EF4 X-ray structure. The cryo-EM map establishes EF4 as a noncanonical elongation factor that interacts not only with the elongating ribosome, but also with the back-translocated tRNA in the A-site region, which is present in a previously unseen, intermediate state and deviates markedly from the position of a canonical A-tRNA. Our results, therefore, provide insight into the underlying structural principles governing back-translocation.