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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Information must be shared and functions coordinated among the spatially distinct functional centers of the ribosome. To address these issues, a yeast-based genetic system enabling generation of stable strains expressing only mutant forms of rRNA was devised. The B1a bridge (helix 38) has been implicated in the subtle modulation of numerous ribosomal functions. Base-specific mutations were introduced into helix 38 at sites affecting the B1a bridge and where it contacts the aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) D-loop. Both sets of mutants promoted increased affinities for aa-tRNA but had different effects in their responses to two A-site-specific drugs and on suppression nonsense codons. Structural analyses revealed an arc of nucleotides in 25S rRNA that link the B1a bridge, the peptidyltransferase center, the GTPase-associated center, and the sarcin/ricin loop. We propose that a series of regularly spaced "hinge bases" provide fulcrums around which rigid helices can reorient themselves depending on the occupancy status of the A-site.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0270-7306
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8992-9002
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
An arc of unpaired "hinge bases" facilitates information exchange among functional centers of the ribosome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, 2135 Microbiology Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural