Sites of interaction of the CCA end of peptidyl-tRNA with 23S rRNA.
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 88 (9), 3725-3728
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.9.3725
Abstract
Oligonucleotide fragments derived from the 39 CCA terminus of acylated tRNA, such as CACCA-(AcPhe), UACCA-(AcLeu), and CAACCA-(fMet), bind specifically to ribosomes in the presence of sparsomycin and methanol [Monro, R. E., Celma, M. L. & Vazquez, D. (1969) Nature (London) 222, 356-358]. All three oligonucleotides protect a characteristic set of bases in 23S rRNA from chemical probes: G2252, G2253, A2439, A2451, U2506, and U2585. A2602 shows enhanced reactivity. These account for most of the same bases that are protected when peptidyl-tRNA analogues such as AcPhe-tRNA are bound to the ribosomal P site, and correspond precisely to those bases whose protection is abolished by removal of the 39-CA end of tRNA. We conclude that most of the observed interactions between tRNA and 23S rRNA in the 50S ribosomal P site involve the conserved CCA terminus of tRNA. Sparsomycin may inhibit protein synthesis by stabilizing interaction between the peptidyl-CCA and the 23S P site, preventing formation of the intermediate A/P hybrid state.Keywords
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