DISTANCE MOVED BY TRANSFER-RNA DURING TRANSLOCATION FROM THE A SITE TO THE P SITE ON THE RIBOSOME
DISTANCE MOVED BY TRANSFER-RNA DURING TRANSLOCATION FROM THE A SITE TO THE P SITE ON THE RIBOSOME
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(82)90462-4
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
CANTOR, CR
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作者:
JOHNSON, AE;ADKINS, HJ;CANTOR, CR
Singlet-singlet energy transfer was used to measure the distance between the midsections of 2 transfer RNA molecules bound to the same ribosome. Two Escherichia coli tRNA species were modified by the covalent attachment of a fluorescent dye to 4-thiouridine: tRNAfMet was reacted with 5-[2-(2-iodoacetamido)ethylamino]-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid (IAEDANS) to give tRNAfMet-AEDANS8, and tRNAPhe with 5-iodoacetamidofluorescein to give tRNAPhe-F8. These fluorescent-labeled tRNA were purified by chromatography on RPC-5. The modified tRNAfMet-AEDANS8 interacted to the same extent as the unmodified tRNA with methionyl-tRNA synthetase, transformylase, initiation factors, ribosomes and the peptidyltransferase. The ability of tRNAPhe-F8 to interact with phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase, elongation factor EF-Tu .cntdot. GTP complex and the ribosomal complex was only slightly diminished by the presence of the fluorescein dye. Ribosomal complexes were prepared for the energy transfer experiments by binding fMet-tRNAfMet-AEDANS8 (the donor) to the P site using an A-U-G-U4-5 message, and then binding Phe-tRNAPhe-F8 (the acceptor) to the A site using EF-Tu .cntdot. GTP. The necessary control samples were prepared in parallel using unmodified tRNA in place of the donor, the acceptor or both. The fluorescence of the donor dye in the P site was strongly quenched (.apprx. 70%) when the acceptor dye was present in the A site. This high efficiency of energy transfer corresponds to a separation distance of 26(.+-. 4) .ANG. between the dyes. The midsections of the tRNA bound in the A and P sites are therefore located close to each other, separated by only 2-10 .ANG., and translocation from the A site into the immediately adjacent P site requires a movement of < 30 .ANG.. This arrangement of the tRNA suggests that the ejection of the deacylated tRNA from the P site might be powered by the electrostatic repulsion between the tRNA bound in the A and P sites.