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ArticleThe EMBO journal2001

Specific interaction between the ribosome recycling factor and the elongation factor G from Mycobacterium tuberculosis mediates peptidyl-tRNA release and ribosome recycling in Escherichia coli.

A R Rao, U Varshney

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Structural basis for ribosome recycling by RRF and tRNA.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2020
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  9. Structural insights into unique features of the human mitochondrial ribosome recycling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  11. Advances inSynthetic biology (Oxford, England) · 2018
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  18. Initiation with elongator tRNAs.Journal of bacteriology · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A R RaoDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India.
U Varshney
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Once the translating ribosomes reach a termination codon, the nascent polypeptide chain is released in a factor-dependent manner. However, the P-site-bound deacylated tRNA and the ribosomes themselves remain bound to the mRNA (post-termination complex). The ribosome recycling factor (RRF) plays a vital role in dissociating this complex. Here we show that the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RRF (MtuRRF) fails to rescue Escherichia coli LJ14, a strain temperature-sensitive for RRF (frr(ts)). More interestingly, co-expression of M.tuberculosis elongation factor G (MtuEFG) with MtuRRF rescues the frr(ts) strain of E.coli. The simultaneous expression of MtuEFG is also needed to cause an enhanced release of peptidyl-tRNAs in E.coli by MtuRRF. These observations provide the first genetic evidence for a functional interaction between RRF and EFG. Both the in vivo and in vitro analyses suggest that RRF does not distinguish between the translating and terminating ribosomes for their dissociation from mRNA. In addition, complementation of E.coli PEM100 (fusA(ts)) with MtuEFG suggests that the mechanism of RRF function is independent of the translocation activity of EFG.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceCloning, MolecularEscherichia coliKineticsMolecular Sequence DataMycobacterium tuberculosisPeptide Elongation Factor GPlasmidsProteinsRecombinant ProteinsRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRNA, TransferRNA, Transfer, Amino AcylSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidPeptide Elongation Factor GProteinsRecombinant ProteinsRibosomal Proteinsribosome releasing factorRNA, TransferRNA, Transfer, Amino AcyltRNA, peptidyl-

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PMID11387230
PMCPMC125489
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