Role of the Ribosomal P-Site Elements of m(2)G966, m(5)C967, and the S9 C-Terminal Tail in Maintenance of the Reading Frame during Translational Elongation in Escherichia coli

Arora, Smriti and Bhamidimarri, Satya Prathyusha and Weber, Michael HW and Varshney, Umesh (2013) Role of the Ribosomal P-Site Elements of m(2)G966, m(5)C967, and the S9 C-Terminal Tail in Maintenance of the Reading Frame during Translational Elongation in Escherichia coli. In: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 195 (16). pp. 3524-3530.

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Abstract

The ribosomal P-site hosts the peptidyl-tRNAs during translation elongation. Which P-site elements support these tRNA species to maintain codon-anticodon interactions has remained unclear. We investigated the effects of P-site features of methylations of G966, C967, and the conserved C-terminal tail sequence of Ser, Lys, and Arg (SKR) of the S9 ribosomal protein in maintenance of the translational reading frame of an mRNA. We generated Escherichia coli strains deleted for the SKR sequence in S9 ribosomal protein, RsmB (which methylates C967), and RsmD (which methylates G966) and used them to translate LacZ from its +1 and -1 out-of-frame constructs. We show that the S9 SKR tail prevents both the +1 and -1 frameshifts and plays a general role in holding the P-site tRNA/peptidyl-tRNA in place. In contrast, the G966 and C967 methylations did not make a direct contribution to the maintenance of the translational frame of an mRNA. However, deletion of rsmB in the S9 Delta 3 background caused significantly increased -1 frameshifting at 37 degrees C. Interestingly, the effects of the deficiency of C967 methylation were annulled when the E. coli strain was grown at 30 degrees C, supporting its context-dependent role.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Publisher:	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article is belongs to AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2013 06:53
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2013 06:53
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/47293

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