3WXM

Crystal structure of archaeal Pelota and GTP-bound EF1 alpha complex

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.261 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.202 

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Literature

Structural basis for mRNA surveillance by archaeal Pelota and GTP-bound EF1 alpha complex

Kobayashi, K., Kikuno, I., Kuroha, K., Saito, K., Ito, K., Ishitani, R., Inada, T., Nureki, O.

(2010) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107: 17575-17579

  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009598107
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3WXM

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • No-go decay and nonstop decay are mRNA surveillance pathways that detect translational stalling and degrade the underlying mRNA, allowing the correct translation of the genetic code. In eukaryotes, the protein complex of Pelota (yeast Dom34) and Hbs1 translational GTPase recognizes the stalled ribosome containing the defective mRNA ...

    No-go decay and nonstop decay are mRNA surveillance pathways that detect translational stalling and degrade the underlying mRNA, allowing the correct translation of the genetic code. In eukaryotes, the protein complex of Pelota (yeast Dom34) and Hbs1 translational GTPase recognizes the stalled ribosome containing the defective mRNA. Recently, we found that archaeal Pelota (aPelota) associates with archaeal elongation factor 1α (aEF1α) to act in the mRNA surveillance pathway, which accounts for the lack of an Hbs1 ortholog in archaea. Here we present the complex structure of aPelota and GTP-bound aEF1α determined at 2.3-Å resolution. The structure reveals how GTP-bound aEF1α recognizes aPelota and how aPelota in turn stabilizes the GTP form of aEF1α. Combined with the functional analysis in yeast, the present results provide structural insights into the molecular interaction between eukaryotic Pelota and Hbs1. Strikingly, the aPelota·aEF1α complex structurally resembles the tRNA·EF-Tu complex bound to the ribosome. Our findings suggest that the molecular mimicry of tRNA in the distorted "A/T state" conformation by Pelota enables the complex to efficiently detect and enter the empty A site of the stalled ribosome.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Division of Structure Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Elongation factor 1-alpha A, C, E, G447Aeropyrum pernix K1Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: tuf, APE_1844
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Protein pelota homolog B, D, F, H376Aeropyrum pernix K1Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: pelA, APE_1800.1
EC: 3.1
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.261 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.202 
  • Space Group: C 2 2 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 148.926α = 90
b = 158.944β = 90
c = 427.236γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
HKL-2000data collection
SHARPphasing
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 2014-09-03
    Type: Initial release