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Codon-Anticodon Interaction at the P Site Is a Prerequisite for tRNA Interaction with the Small Ribosomal Subunit

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Schäfer,  Markus A.
Max Planck Society;

Tastan,  A. Özlem
Max Planck Society;

Patzke,  Sebastian
Max Planck Society;

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Blaha,  Gregor
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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Wilson,  Daniel N.
Dept. of Vertebrate Genomics (Head: Hans Lehrach), 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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Schäfer, M. A., Tastan, A. Ö., Patzke, S., Blaha, G., Spahn, C. M. T., Wilson, D. N., et al. (2002). Codon-Anticodon Interaction at the P Site Is a Prerequisite for tRNA Interaction with the Small Ribosomal Subunit. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(21), 19095-19105.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0010-8C48-9
Abstract
The arrival of high resolution crystal structures for the ribosomal subunits opens a new phase of molecular analysis and asks for corresponding analyses of ribosomal function. Here we apply the phosphorothioate technique to dissect tRNA interactions with the ribosome. We demonstrate that a tRNA bound to the P site of non-programmed 70 S ribosomes contacts predominantly the 50 S, as opposed to the 30 S subunit, indicating that codon-anticodon interaction at the P site is a prerequisite for 30 S binding. Protection patterns of tRNAs bound to isolated subunits and programmed 70 S ribosomes were compared. The results suggest the presence of a movable domain in the large ribosomal subunit that carries tRNA and reveal that only ~15% of a tRNA, namely residues 30 ± 1 to 43 ± 1, contact the 30 S subunit of programmed 70 S ribosomes, whereas the remaining 85% make contact with the 50 S subunit. Identical protection patterns of two distinct elongator tRNAs at the P site were identified as tRNA species-independent phosphate backbone contacts. The sites of protection correlate nicely with the predicted ribosomal-tRNA contacts deduced from a 5.5-Å crystal structure of a programmed 70 S ribosome, thus refining which ribosomal components are critical for tRNA fixation at the P site.