Download MendeleyStructural Dynamics of Bacterial Translation Initiation Factor IF2.
Wienk, H., Tishchenko, E., Belardinelli, R., Tomaselli, S., Dongre, R., Spurio, R., Folkers, G.E., Gualerzi, C.O., Boelens, R.(2012) J Biol Chem 287: 10922-10932
- PubMed: 22308033
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.333393
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2LKC, 2LKD - PubMed Abstract:
Bacterial translation initiation factor IF2 promotes ribosomal subunit association, recruitment, and binding of fMet-tRNA to the ribosomal P-site and initiation dipeptide formation. Here, we present the solution structures of GDP-bound and apo-IF2-G2 of Bacillus stearothermophilus and provide evidence that this isolated domain binds the 50 S ribosomal subunit and hydrolyzes GTP. Differences between the free and GDP-bound structures of IF2-G2 suggest that domain reorganization within the G2-G3-C1 regions underlies the different structural requirements of IF2 during the initiation process. However, these structural signals are unlikely forwarded from IF2-G2 to the C-terminal fMet-tRNA binding domain (IF2-C2) because the connected IF2-C1 and IF2-C2 modules show completely independent mobility, indicating that the bacterial interdomain connector lacks the rigidity that was found in the archaeal IF2 homolog aIF5B.
Organizational Affiliation:
Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, NMR Spectroscopy, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
