Blasticidin S inhibits translation by trapping deformed tRNA on the ribosome
Blasticidin S inhibits translation by trapping deformed tRNA on the ribosome
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1304922110
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发表时间:
2013-07-23
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Korostelev, Andrei A.
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作者:
Svidritskiy, Egor;Ling, Clarence;Korostelev, Andrei A.
The antibiotic blasticidin S (BlaS) is a potent inhibitor of protein synthesis in bacteria and eukaryotes. We have determined a 3.4-angstrom crystal structure of BlaS bound to a 70S-tRNA ribosome complex and performed biochemical and single-molecule FRET experiments to determine the mechanism of action of the antibiotic. We find that BlaS enhances tRNA binding to the P site of the large ribosomal subunit and slows down spontaneous intersubunit rotation in pretranslocation ribosomes. However, the antibiotic has negligible effect on elongation factor G catalyzed translocation of tRNA and mRNA. The crystal structure of the antibiotic-ribosome complex reveals that BlaS impedes protein synthesis through a unique mechanism by bending the 3' terminus of the P-site tRNA toward the A site of the large ribosomal subunit. Biochemical experiments demonstrate that stabilization of the deformed conformation of the P-site tRNA by BlaS strongly inhibits peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis by release factors and, to a lesser extent, peptide bond formation.