Structural basis of the ribosomal machinery for peptide bond formation, 
translocation, and nascent chain progression

Bashan, Anant; Agmon, Ilana; Zarivach, Raz; Schluenzen, Frank; Harms, Joerg; Berisio, Rita; Bartels, Heike; Franceschi, Francois; Auerbach, Tamar; Hansen, Harly A. S.; Kossoy, Elizaveta; Kessler, Maggie; Yonath, Ada

doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00009-1

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Structural basis of the ribosomal machinery for peptide bond formation, translocation, and nascent chain progression

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Harms, Joerg
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Berisio, Rita
Ribosomes, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

Bartels, Heike
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Franceschi, Francois
Ribosomes, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

Yonath, Ada
Max Planck Society;

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Bashan, A., Agmon, I., Zarivach, R., Schluenzen, F., Harms, J., Berisio, R., et al. (2003). Structural basis of the ribosomal machinery for peptide bond formation, translocation, and nascent chain progression. Molecular Cell, 11(1), 91-102. doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00009-1.

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Abstract

Crystal structures of tRNA mimics complexed with the large ribosomal subunit of Deinococcus radiodurans indicate that remote interactions determine the precise orientation of tRNA in the peptidyl-transferase center (PTC). The PTC tolerates various orientations of puromycin derivatives and its flexibility allows the conformational rearrangements required for peptide-bond formation. Sparsomycin binds to A2602 and alters the PTC conformation. H69, the intersubunit-bridge connecting the PTC and decoding site, may also participate in tRNA placement and translocation. A spiral rotation of the 3′ end of the A-site tRNA around a 2-fold axis of symmetry identified within the PTC suggests a unified ribosomal machinery for peptide-bond formation, A-to-P-site translocation, and entrance of nascent proteins into the exit tunnel. Similar 2-fold related regions, detected in all known structures of large ribosomal subunits, indicate the universality of this