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ArticleThe international journal of biochemistry & cell biology2025

Multi-channel smFRET study reveals a compact conformation of EF-G on the ribosome.

Jordan L Johnson, Jacob H Steele, Ran Lin, Victor G Stepanov, Miriam N Gavriliuc, Yuhong Wang

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Article in The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. D81 Mutants Reveal Hidden EF-Tu Diversity while Natural Sequences Preserve Aspartate.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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Jordan L JohnsonDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Jacob H SteeleDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Ran LinDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Victor G StepanovDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Miriam N GavriliucDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Yuhong WangDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA. Electronic address: ywang60@uh.edu.

Funding

HOUSTON AREA MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008280 · NIGMS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI WENSEL, THEODORE G · 1988 to 2023
$8.0M
EF-Tu mutagenesis and functional studyR01GM111452 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI YUHONG WANG, Shoujun Xu · 2015 to 2026
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM111452NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While elongation factor G (EF-G) is crucial for ribosome translocation, the role of its GTP hydrolysis remains ambiguous. EF-G's indispensability is further exemplified by the phosphorylation of human eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) at Thr56, which inhibits protein synthesis globally, but its exact mechanism is not clear. In this study, we developed a multi-channel single-molecule FRET (smFRET) microscopy methodology to examine the conformational changes of E. coli EF-G induced by mutations that closely aligned with eEF2's Thr56 residue. We utilized Alexa 488/594 double-labeled EF-G to catalyze the translocation of fMet-Phe-tRNA

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Escherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferPeptide Elongation Factor GRibosomesGuanosine TriphosphateHumansHydrolysisMutationProtein ConformationSingle Molecule ImagingEscherichia coli ProteinsGuanosine TriphosphatePeptide Elongation Factor GCompact EF-GInduced-fitMulti-channel smFRETRibosome translocationSingle molecule FRET

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PMID40210088
PMCPMC12175753

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