alpha-Helical nascent polypeptide chains visualized within distinct regions of 
the ribosomal exit tunnel

Bhushan, S.; Gartmann, M.; Halic, M.; Armache, J. P.; Jarasch, A.; Mielke, T.; Berninghausen, O.; Wilson, D. N.; Beckmann, R.

doi:10.1038/nsmb.1756

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alpha-Helical nascent polypeptide chains visualized within distinct regions of the ribosomal exit tunnel

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

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Bhushan, S., Gartmann, M., Halic, M., Armache, J. P., Jarasch, A., Mielke, T., et al. (2010). alpha-Helical nascent polypeptide chains visualized within distinct regions of the ribosomal exit tunnel. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 17(3), 313-317. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1756.

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Abstract

As translation proceeds, the nascent polypeptide chain passes through a tunnel in the large ribosomal subunit. Although this ribosomal exit tunnel was once thought only to be a passive conduit for the growing nascent chain, accumulating evidence suggests that it may in fact play a more active role in regulating translation and initial protein folding events. Here we have determined single-particle cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions of eukaryotic 80S ribosomes containing nascent chains with high alpha-helical propensity located within the exit tunnel. The maps enable direct visualization of density for helices as well as allowing the sites of interaction with the tunnel wall components to be elucidated. In particular regions of the tunnel, the nascent chain adopts distinct conformations and establishes specific contacts with tunnel components, both ribosomal RNA and proteins, that have been previously implicated in nascent chain-ribosome interaction.