Abstract
No-go decay (NGD) targets mRNAs with stalls in translation elongation for endonucleolytic cleavage in a process involving the Dom34 and Hbs1 proteins. The crystal structure of a Schizosaccharomyces pombe Dom34-Hbs1 complex reveals an overall shape similar to that of eRF1-eRF3-GTP and EF-Tu-tRNA-GDPNP. Similarly to eRF1 and GTP binding to eRF3, Dom34 and GTP bind to Hbs1 with strong cooperativity, and Dom34 acts as a GTP-dissociation inhibitor (GDI). A marked conformational change in Dom34 occurs upon binding to Hbs1, leading Dom34 to resemble a portion of a tRNA and to position a conserved basic region in a position expected to be near the peptidyl transferase center. These results support the idea that the Dom34-Hbs1 complex functions to terminate translation and thereby commit mRNAs to NGD. Consistent with this role, NGD at runs of arginine codons, which cause a strong block to elongation, is independent of the Dom34-Hbs1 complex.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1233-1240 |
Journal | Nature Structural and Molecular Biology |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Oct |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank the beamline scientists at ID23-1 (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France) for assistance and access to synchrotron radiation facilities. This work is financially supported by the Biomedical Research Council of A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) (H.S.), European Regional Development Fund through the Center of Excellence in Chemical Biology (V.H.) and by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (R.P.).
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology