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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

A cascade of structural rearrangements positions peptide release factor 2 for polypeptide hydrolysis on the ribosome.

Nina Michael, Bridget Y Huang, Korak Kumar Ray, Colin D Kinz-Thompson, Ruben L Gonzalez

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Nina Michael *Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.ORCID 0009-0008-5954-9483
Bridget Y Huang *Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Korak Kumar RayDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.ORCID 0000-0001-5390-698X
Colin D Kinz-ThompsonDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.ORCID 0000-0002-2636-7893
Ruben L GonzalezDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.ORCID 0000-0002-1344-5581

Funding

The Structural Dynamics of Translation InitiationR01GM084288 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI GONZALEZ, RUBEN L · 2009 to 2022
$4.4M
The Structural Dynamics of Translation and Translational ControlR35GM153724 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Ruben L Gonzalez · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
The structural dynamics of ribosomal frameshifting and ribosome rescueR01GM137608 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI GONZALEZ, RUBEN L · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084288NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM137608NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM153724NSF | BIO | Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) MCB 0644262NSF | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) DGE-11-44155
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Abstract

Peptide release factor 2 (RF2) catalyzes the release of the nascent polypeptide chain from the bacterial ribosomal complex during translation termination and a subset of ribosome rescue pathways. Despite its critical role, the mechanisms that govern RF2 function and regulation remain elusive. Here, using single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer, we characterize the conformational landscape that RF2 explores on the ribosomal complex and show that RF2 binding and dissociation from the ribosome follows a series of conformational rearrangements which depend on its ribosomal binding platform. We also show how further interactions with the ribosomal complex are necessary to properly position RF2 for polypeptide release. This work investigates not only the dynamics RF2 undergoes while in complex with the ribosome, but also identifies a potential mechanism by which the regulation of these dynamics may be disrupted, which may be exploited for future development of broad-spectrum antibiotics.

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Escherichia coli ProteinsPeptidesPeptide Termination FactorsRibosomesEscherichia coliFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHydrolysisPeptide Chain Termination, TranslationalProtein BindingProtein ConformationEscherichia coli Proteinspeptide chain termination release factor 2PeptidesPeptide Termination FactorsArfARF2ribosome rescuesingle-molecule kineticstranslation termination

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PMID41231940
PMCPMC12646239

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