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ArticleeLife2018

Dynamics of ribosomes and release factors during translation termination in

Sarah Adio, Heena Sharma, Tamara Senyushkina, Prajwal Karki, Cristina Maracci, Ingo Wohlgemuth, Wolf Holtkamp, Frank Peske, Marina V Rodnina

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Charting the sequence-activity landscape of peptide inhibitors of translation termination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah AdioDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Heena SharmaDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Tamara SenyushkinaDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Prajwal KarkiDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6187-6506
Cristina MaracciDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3810-7180
Ingo WohlgemuthDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Wolf HoltkampDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Frank PeskeDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Marina V RodninaDepartment of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0105-3879
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Release factors RF1 and RF2 promote hydrolysis of peptidyl-tRNA during translation termination. The GTPase RF3 promotes recycling of RF1 and RF2. Using single molecule FRET and biochemical assays, we show that ribosome termination complexes that carry two factors, RF1-RF3 or RF2-RF3, are dynamic and fluctuate between non-rotated and rotated states, whereas each factor alone has its distinct signature on ribosome dynamics and conformation. Dissociation of RF1 depends on peptide release and the presence of RF3, whereas RF2 can dissociate spontaneously. RF3 binds in the GTP-bound state and can rapidly dissociate without GTP hydrolysis from termination complex carrying RF1. In the absence of RF1, RF3 is stalled on ribosomes if GTP hydrolysis is blocked. Our data suggest how the assembly of the ribosome-RF1-RF3-GTP complex, peptide release, and ribosome fluctuations promote termination of protein synthesis and recycling of the release factors.

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Peptide Chain Termination, TranslationalCarbocyaninesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferFluorescent DyesGuanosine TriphosphateHydrolysisKineticsPeptide Termination FactorsProtein BindingProtein ConformationRibosomesRNA, Transfer, Amino AcylSingle Molecule ImagingThermodynamicsCarbocyaninescyanine dye 3cyanine dye 5Escherichia coli ProteinsFluorescent DyesGuanosine TriphosphatePeptide Termination FactorsprfA protein, E coliprfB protein, E coliprfC protein, E coliRNA, Transfer, Amino AcyltRNA, peptidyl-biochemistrychemical biologyconformational dynamicsE. coliGTP hydrolysismolecular biophysicsprotein synthesisribosomesmFRETstructural biologytranslation termination

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PMID29889659
PMCPMC5995542
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