The x-ray structure of the gamma-subunit of the heterotrimeric translation initiation factor eIF2 has been determined to 2.4-A resolution. eIF2 is a GTPase that delivers the initiator Met-tRNA to the P site on the small ribosomal subunit during a rate-limiting initiation step in translation. The structure of eIF2gamma closely resembles that of EF1A.GTP, consisting of an N-terminal G domain followed by two beta-barrels arranged in a closed configuration with domain II packed against the G domain in the vicinity of the Switch regions. The G domain of eIF2gamma has an unusual zinc ribbon motif, not previously found in other GTPases. Structure-based site-directed mutagenesis was used to identify two adjacent features on the surface of eIF2gamma that bind the alpha-subunit and Met-tRNA(i)(Met), respectively. These structural, biochemical, and genetic results provide new insights into eIF2 ternary complex assembly.
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The x-ray structure of the gamma-subunit of the heterotrimeric translation initiation factor eIF2 has been determined to 2.4-A resolution. eIF2 is a GTPase that delivers the initiator Met-tRNA to the P site on the small ribosomal subunit during a rate-limiting initiation step in translation. The structure of eIF2gamma closely resembles that of EF1A.GTP, consisting of an N-terminal G domain followed by two beta-barrels arranged in a closed configuration with domain II packed against the G domain in the vicinity of the Switch regions. The G domain of eIF2gamma has an unusual zinc ribbon motif, not previously found in other GTPases. Structure-based site-directed mutagenesis was used to identify two adjacent features on the surface of eIF2gamma that bind the alpha-subunit and Met-tRNA(i)(Met), respectively. These structural, biochemical, and genetic results provide new insights into eIF2 ternary complex assembly.
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J. Biol. Chem.
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Alone P.,
Burley S.K.,
Cao C.,
Dever T.E.,
Roll-Mecak A.
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2004
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10634-10642
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X-ray structure of translation initiation factor eIF2gamma: implications for tRNA and eIF2alpha binding.
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279
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doi:10.1074/jbc.M310418200
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