RRC ID 35190
著者 Qin Y, Polacek N, Vesper O, Staub E, Einfeldt E, Wilson DN, Nierhaus KH.
タイトル The highly conserved LepA is a ribosomal elongation factor that back-translocates the ribosome.
ジャーナル Cell
Abstract The ribosomal elongation cycle describes a series of reactions prolonging the nascent polypeptide chain by one amino acid and driven by two universal elongation factors termed EF-Tu and EF-G in bacteria. Here we demonstrate that the extremely conserved LepA protein, present in all bacteria and mitochondria, is a third elongation factor required for accurate and efficient protein synthesis. LepA has the unique function of back-translocating posttranslocational ribosomes, and the results suggest that it recognizes ribosomes after a defective translocation reaction and induces a back-translocation, thus giving EF-G a second chance to translocate the tRNAs correctly. We suggest renaming LepA as elongation factor 4 (EF4).
巻・号 127(4)
ページ 721-33
公開日 2006-11-17
DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.037
PII S0092-8674(06)01298-0
PMID 17110332
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Computational Biology Conserved Sequence* Escherichia coli / metabolism* Escherichia coli Proteins / chemistry Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism* GTP Phosphohydrolases / metabolism Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism Models, Genetic Molecular Sequence Data Peptide Elongation Factor G / chemistry Peptide Elongation Factors / metabolism* Peptide Initiation Factors Phylogeny Protein Biosynthesis / genetics* Protein Structure, Secondary Protein Structure, Tertiary Ribosomes / metabolism* Transcription, Genetic Transcriptional Elongation Factors / chemistry Transcriptional Elongation Factors / metabolism*
IF 38.637
引用数 150
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
原核生物(大腸菌)