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ArticleScientific reports2019

Probing the dynamic stalk region of the ribosome using solution NMR.

Xiaolin Wang, John P Kirkpatrick, Hélène M M Launay, Alfonso de Simone, Daniel Häussinger, Christopher M Dobson, Michele Vendruscolo, Lisa D Cabrita, Christopher A Waudby, John Christodoulou

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  3. Common sequence motifs of nascent chains engage the ribosome surface and trigger factor.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  6. Direct visualization of translational GTPase factor pool formed around the archaeal ribosomal P-stalk by high-speed AFM.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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10 authors.

Xiaolin WangInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL and Birkbeck College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
John P KirkpatrickInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL and Birkbeck College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9761-3377
Hélène M M LaunayInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL and Birkbeck College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Alfonso de SimoneDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Daniel HäussingerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4798-0072
Christopher M DobsonCentre for Misfolding Disease, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-680X
Michele VendruscoloCentre for Misfolding Disease, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-1610
Lisa D CabritaInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL and Birkbeck College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Christopher A WaudbyInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL and Birkbeck College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. c.waudby@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7810-3753
John ChristodoulouInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL and Birkbeck College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. j.christodoulou@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding

Cancer Research UK FC001029Medical Research Council FC001029Medical Research Council MC_U117533887Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 206409/Z/17/ZWellcome Trust FC001029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe an NMR approach based on the measurement of residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) to probe the structural and motional properties of the dynamic regions of the ribosome. Alignment of intact 70S ribosomes in filamentous bacteriophage enabled measurement of RDCs in the mobile C-terminal domain (CTD) of the stalk protein bL12. A structural refinement of this domain using the observed RDCs did not show large changes relative to the isolated protein in the absence of the ribosome, and we also found that alignment of the CTD was almost independent of the presence of the core ribosome particle, indicating that the inter-domain linker has significant flexibility. The nature of this linker was subsequently probed in more detail using a paramagnetic alignment strategy, which revealed partial propagation of alignment between neighbouring domains, providing direct experimental validation of a structural ensemble previously derived from SAXS and NMR relaxation measurements. Our results demonstrate the prospect of better characterising dynamical and functional regions of more challenging macromolecular machines and systems, for example ribosome-nascent chain complexes.

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Escherichia coli ProteinsMacromolecular SubstancesMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein ConformationProtein Structural ElementsRibosomesRibosome Subunits, Large, BacterialStructure-Activity RelationshipX-Ray DiffractionEscherichia coli ProteinsMacromolecular Substances

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PMID31537834
PMCPMC6753160

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