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  Molecular mimicry in the decoding of translational stop signals

Poole, E. S., Askarian-Amiri, M. E., Major, L. L., McCaughan, K. K., Scarlett, D.-J., Wilson, D. N., et al. (2003). Molecular mimicry in the decoding of translational stop signals. In K. Moldave (Ed.), Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology (pp. 83-121). Amsterdam [et al]: Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier.

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Poole, Elizabeth S., Autor
Askarian-Amiri, Marjan E., Autor
Major, Louise L., Autor
McCaughan, Kim K., Autor
Scarlett, Debbie-Jane, Autor
Wilson, Daniel N.1, Autor           
Tate, Warren P., Autor
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1Dept. of Vertebrate Genomics (Head: Hans Lehrach), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society, ou_1433550              

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 Zusammenfassung: The structures of the ribosome and its subunits are now available at atomic detail, as well as those of several factors that bind to its active center. Of particular interest are the protein release factors that decode stop signals. In contrast to the codons specifying the different amino acids, the stop signals are not decoded by RNA molecules, the tRNAs. The tRNA analogue hypothesis (1994) for the decoding of stop signals was proposed to explain how the release factors might mimic a tRNA to span the decoding site of the small subunit and the enzyme center of the large subunit of the ribosome. The specific term "molecular mimicry" was applied soon after to include proteins or their domains that enter the tRNA binding sites on the ribosome. The solution crystal structures of the two release factors already solved (one eubacterial and one eukaryotic), although quite distinct in their folds, each resembles the shape of a tRNA. The eukaryotic factor, like a tRNA, seems to have specific motifs at the tips of two of its domains that interact with the decoding site and the enzyme center as predicted in the tRNA analogue model. Biochemical and genetic studies had identified two analogous motifs in the bacterial factors, but these are quite close together in the solution structure, suggesting a major conformational change may take place when the factor binds to the ribosome. Indeed, reconstructed cryoelectron microscopic images support an unfolding of the structure. A second class of release factor functions as a translational G-protein in the same manner as the two elongation factors and forms part of the termination mimicry complex. Undoubtedly, the molecular mimicry concept will be refined as the conformational changes that take place in the active center of the ribosome and in the proteins that bind to it are better understood.

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Sprache(n): eng - English
 Datum: 2003
 Publikationsstatus: Erschienen
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DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6603(03)01011-0
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Titel: Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology
Genre der Quelle: Buch
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Moldave, Kivie, Herausgeber
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Ort, Verlag, Ausgabe: Amsterdam [et al] : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier
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Titel: Progress in nucleic acid and molecular biology
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Moldave, Kivie, Herausgeber
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Seiten: - Band / Heft: 74 Artikelnummer: - Start- / Endseite: - Identifikator: ISSN: 0079-6603