Identification of amino acids responsible for stop codon recognition for polypeptide chain release factor

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijun Xu ◽  
Yanrong Hao ◽  
Cui Li ◽  
Quan Shen ◽  
Baofeng Chai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stop Codon ◽  
Translation Termination ◽  
Release Factor ◽  
Codon Reassignment ◽  
Eukaryotic Translation ◽  
Codon Recognition ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Stop Codon Recognition ◽  
Stop Codon Reassignment

One factor involved in eukaryotic translation termination is class 1 release factor in eukaryotes (eRF1), which functions to decode stop codons. Variant code species, such as ciliates, frequently exhibit altered stop codon recognition. Studies revealed that some class-specific residues in the eRF1 N-terminal domain are responsible for stop codon reassignment in ciliates. Here, we investigated the effects on stop codon recognition of chimeric eRF1s containing the N-terminal domain of Euplotes octocarinatus and Blepharisma japonicum eRF1 fused to Saccharomyces cerevisiae M and C domains using dual luciferase read-through assays. Mutation of class-specific residues in different eRF1 classes was also studied to identify key residues and motifs involved in stop codon decoding. As expected, our results demonstrate that 3 pockets within the eRF1 N-terminal domain were involved in decoding stop codon nucleotides. However, allocation of residues to each pocket was revalued. Our data suggest that hydrophobic and class-specific surface residues participate in different functions: modulation of pocket conformation and interaction with stop codon nucleotides, respectively. Residues conserved across all eRF1s determine the relative orientation of the 3 pockets according to stop codon nucleotides. However, quantitative analysis of variant ciliate and yeast eRF1 point mutants did not reveal any correlation between evolutionary conservation of class-specific residues and termination-related functional specificity and was limited in elucidating a detailed mechanism for ciliate stop codon reassignment. Thus, based on isolation of suppressor tRNAs from Euplotes and Tetrahymena, we propose that stop codon reassignment in ciliates may be controlled by cooperation between eRF1 and suppressor tRNAs.

scholarly journals Eukaryotic Release Factor 1 Phosphorylation by CK2 Protein Kinase Is Dynamic but Has Little Effect on the Efficiency of Translation Termination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1378-1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam K. Kallmeyer ◽  
Kim M. Keeling ◽  
David M. Bedwell
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Stop Codon ◽  
Translation Termination ◽  
Release Factor ◽  
Codon Recognition ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Stop Codon Recognition

ABSTRACT Protein synthesis requires a large commitment of cellular resources and is highly regulated. Previous studies have shown that a number of factors that mediate the initiation and elongation steps of translation are regulated by phosphorylation. In this report, we show that a factor involved in the termination step of protein synthesis is also subject to phosphorylation. Our results indicate that eukaryotic release factor 1 (eRF1) is phosphorylated in vivo at serine 421 and serine 432 by the CK2 protein kinase (previously casein kinase II) in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Phosphorylation of eRF1 has little effect on the efficiency of stop codon recognition or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Also, phosphorylation is not required for eRF1 binding to the other translation termination factor, eRF3. In addition, we provide evidence that the putative phosphatase Sal6p does not dephosphorylate eRF1 and that the state of eRF1 phosphorylation does not influence the allosuppressor phenotype associated with a sal6Δ mutation. Finally, we show that phosphorylation of eRF1 is a dynamic process that is dependent upon carbon source availability. Since many other proteins involved in protein synthesis have a CK2 protein kinase motif near their extreme C termini, we propose that this represents a common regulatory mechanism that is shared by factors involved in all three stages of protein synthesis.

scholarly journals PABP enhances release factor recruitment and stop codon recognition during translation termination

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (16) ◽  
pp. 7766-7776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandr Ivanov ◽  
Tatyana Mikhailova ◽  
Boris Eliseev ◽  
Lahari Yeramala ◽  
Elizaveta Sokolova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stop Codon ◽  
Translation Termination ◽  
Release Factor ◽  
Codon Recognition ◽  
Stop Codon Recognition

scholarly journals Nsp1 of SARS-CoV-2 Stimulates Host Translation Termination

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey Shuvalov ◽  
Ekaterina Shuvalova ◽  
Nikita Biziaev ◽  
Elizaveta Sokolova ◽  
Konstantin Evmenov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stop Codon ◽  
Translation Termination ◽  
Translation System ◽  
Release Factor ◽  
Viral Mrnas ◽  
Codon Recognition ◽  
Free Translation ◽  
Stop Codon Recognition ◽  
A Cell

ABSTRACTThe Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 regulates the translation of host and viral mRNAs in cells. Nsp1 inhibits host translation initiation by occluding the entry channel of the 40S ribosome subunit. The structural study of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1-ribosomal complexes reported post-termination 80S complex containing Nsp1 and the eRF1 and ABCE1 proteins. Considering the presence of Nsp1 in the post-termination 80S ribosomal complex simultaneously with eRF1, we hypothesized that Nsp1 may be involved in translation termination. Using a cell-free translation system and reconstituted in vitro translation system, we show that Nsp1 stimulates translation termination in the stop codon recognition stage at all three stop codons. This stimulation targets the release factor 1 (eRF1) and does not affect the release factor 3 (eRF3). The activity of Nsp1 in translation termination is provided by its N-terminal domain and the minimal required part of eRF1 is NM domain. We assume that biological meaning of Nsp1 activity in translation termination is binding with the 80S ribosomes translating host mRNAs and removal them from the pool of the active ribosomes.

Regulation of translation termination: conserved structural motifs in bacterial and eukaryotic polypeptide release factors

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1113-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu Nakamura ◽  
Koichi Ito ◽  
Kiyoyuki Matsumura ◽  
Yoichi Kawazu ◽  
Kanae Ebihara
Keyword(s):  
Functional Organization ◽  
Stop Codon ◽  
Translation Termination ◽  
Domain Model ◽  
Rna Recognition ◽  
Release Factor ◽  
Structural Motifs ◽  
Release Factors ◽  
Codon Recognition ◽  
Stop Codon Recognition

Translation termination requires codon-dependent polypeptide release factors. The mechanism of stop codon recognition by release factors is unknown and holds considerable interest since it entails protein–RNA recognition rather than the well-understood mRNA–tRNA interaction in codon–anticodon pairing. Bacteria have two codon-specific release factors and our picture of prokaryotic translation is changing because a third factor, which stimulates the other two, has now been found. Moreover, a highly conserved eukaryotic protein family possessing properties of polypeptide release factor has now been sought. This review summarizes our current understanding of the structural and functional organization of release factors as well as our recent findings of highly conserved structural motifs in bacterial and eukaryotic polypeptide release factors.Key words: translation termination, stop codon recognition, peptide chain release factors, seven-domain model.

scholarly journals Structure of the mammalian ribosomal pre-termination complex associated with eRF1•eRF3•GDPNP

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 3409-3418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amédée des Georges ◽  
Yaser Hashem ◽  
Anett Unbehaun ◽  
Robert A. Grassucci ◽  
Derek Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Stop Codon ◽  
Translation Termination ◽  
Gtpase Activity ◽  
Gtp Hydrolysis ◽  
Eukaryotic Translation ◽  
Release Factors ◽  
Codon Recognition ◽  
Cryo Electron Microscopy ◽  
Stop Codon Recognition

Abstract Eukaryotic translation termination results from the complex functional interplay between two release factors, eRF1 and eRF3, in which GTP hydrolysis by eRF3 couples codon recognition with peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis by eRF1. Here, we present a cryo-electron microscopy structure of pre-termination complexes associated with eRF1•eRF3•GDPNP at 9.7 -Å resolution, which corresponds to the initial pre-GTP hydrolysis stage of factor attachment and stop codon recognition. It reveals the ribosomal positions of eRFs and provides insights into the mechanisms of stop codon recognition and triggering of eRF3’s GTPase activity.

scholarly journals Conformational control of translation termination on the 70S ribosome

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egor Svidritskiy ◽  
Andrei A. Korostelev
Keyword(s):  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Stop Codon ◽  
Translation Termination ◽  
Release Factor ◽  
Codon Recognition ◽  
Peptide Release ◽  
Stop Codon Recognition ◽  
70S Ribosome ◽  
A Site

AbstractTranslation termination ensures proper lengths of cellular proteins. During termination, release factor (RF) recognizes a stop codon and catalyzes peptide release. Conformational changes in RF are thought to underlie accurate translation termination. If true, the release factor should bind the A-site codon in inactive (compact) conformation(s), but structural studies of ribosome termination complexes have only captured RFs in an extended, active conformation. Here, we identify a hyper-accurate RF1 variant, and present crystal structures of 70S termination complexes that suggest a structural pathway for RF1 activation. In the presence of blasticidin S, the catalytic domain of RF1 is removed from the peptidyl-transferase center, whereas the codon-recognition domain is fully engaged in stop-codon recognition in the decoding center. RF1 codon recognition induces decoding-center rearrangements that precede accommodation of the catalytic domain. Our findings suggest how structural dynamics of RF1 and the ribosome coordinate stop-codon recognition with peptide release, ensuring accurate translation termination.

scholarly journals Dissecting the Contribution of Release Factor Interactions to Amber Stop Codon Reassignment Efficiencies of the Methanocaldococcus jannaschii Orthogonal Pair

Genes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 546 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Schwark ◽  
Margaret Schmitt ◽  
John Fisk
Keyword(s):  
Stop Codon ◽  
Release Factor ◽  
Codon Reassignment ◽  
Methanocaldococcus Jannaschii ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Amber Stop Codon ◽  
Orthogonal Pair ◽  
Amber Codon ◽  
Quantitative Contribution ◽  
Stop Codon Reassignment

Non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) are finding increasing use in basic biochemical studies and biomedical applications. The efficiency of ncAA incorporation is highly variable, as a result of competing system composition and codon context effects. The relative quantitative contribution of the multiple factors affecting incorporation efficiency are largely unknown. This manuscript describes the use of green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporters to quantify the efficiency of amber codon reassignment using the Methanocaldococcus jannaschii orthogonal pair system, commonly employed for ncAA incorporation, and quantify the contribution of release factor 1 (RF1) to the overall efficiency of amino acid incorporation. The efficiencies of amber codon reassignments were quantified at eight positions in GFP and evaluated in multiple combinations. The quantitative contribution of RF1 competition to reassignment efficiency was evaluated through comparisons of amber codon suppression efficiencies in normal and genomically recoded Escherichia coli strains. Measured amber stop codon reassignment efficiencies for eight single stop codon GFP variants ranged from 51 to 117% in E. coli DH10B and 76 to 104% in the RF1 deleted E. coli C321.ΔA.exp. Evaluation of efficiency changes in specific sequence contexts in the presence and absence of RF1 suggested that RF1 specifically interacts with +4 Cs and that the RF1 interactions contributed approximately half of the observed sequence context-dependent variation in measured reassignment efficiency. Evaluation of multisite suppression efficiencies suggests that increasing demand for translation system components limits multisite incorporation in cells with competing RF1.

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