Primary Citation of Related Structures: 7L08, 7L20
PubMed Abstract:
Ribosomes are recycled for a new round of translation initiation by dissociation of ribosomal subunits, messenger RNA and transfer RNA from their translational post-termination complex. Here we present cryo-EM structures of the human 55S mitochondrial ribosome (mitoribosome) and the mitoribosomal large 39S subunit in complex with mitoribosome recycling factor (RRF mt ) and a recycling-specific homolog of elongation factor G (EF-G2 mt ) ...
Ribosomes are recycled for a new round of translation initiation by dissociation of ribosomal subunits, messenger RNA and transfer RNA from their translational post-termination complex. Here we present cryo-EM structures of the human 55S mitochondrial ribosome (mitoribosome) and the mitoribosomal large 39S subunit in complex with mitoribosome recycling factor (RRF mt ) and a recycling-specific homolog of elongation factor G (EF-G2 mt ). These structures clarify an unusual role of a mitochondria-specific segment of RRF mt , identify the structural distinctions that confer functional specificity to EF-G2 mt , and show that the deacylated tRNA remains with the dissociated 39S subunit, suggesting a distinct sequence of events in mitoribosome recycling. Furthermore, biochemical and structural analyses reveal that the molecular mechanism of antibiotic fusidic acid resistance for EF-G2 mt is markedly different from that of mitochondrial elongation factor EF-G1 mt , suggesting that the two human EF-G mt s have evolved diversely to negate the effect of a bacterial antibiotic.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA. rajendra.agrawal@health.ny.gov.
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