PMID:15872184
| Citation |
Bélanger, F, Théberge-Julien, G, Cunningham, PR and Brakier-Gingras, L (2005) A functional relationship between helix 1 and the 900 tetraloop of 16S ribosomal RNA within the bacterial ribosome. RNA 11:906-13 |
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| Abstract |
The conserved 900 tetraloop that caps helix 27 of 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) interacts with helix 24 of 16S rRNA and also with helix 67 of 23S rRNA, forming the intersubunit bridge B2c, proximal to the decoding center. In previous studies, we investigated how the interaction between the 900 tetraloop and helix 24 participates in subunit association and translational fidelity. In the present study, we investigated whether the 900 tetraloop is involved in other undetected interactions with different regions of the Escherichia coli 16S rRNA. Using a genetic complementation approach, we selected mutations in 16S rRNA that compensate for a 900 tetraloop mutation, A900G, which severely impairs subunit association and translational fidelity. Mutations were randomly introduced in 16S rRNA, using either a mutagenic XL1-Red E. coli strain or an error-prone PCR strategy. Gain-offunction mutations were selected in vivo with a specialized ribosome system. Two mutations, the deletion of U12 and the U12C substitution, were thus independently selected in helix 1 of 16S rRNA. This helix is located in the vicinity of helix 27, but does not directly contact the 900 tetraloop in the crystal structures of the ribosome. Both mutations correct the subunit association and translational fidelity defects caused by the A900G mutation, revealing an unanticipated functional interaction between these two regions of 16S rRNA. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC1370775 Online version:10.1261/rna.2160405 |
| Keywords |
Base Sequence; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational/genetics; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry; RNA, Bacterial/genetics; RNA, Bacterial/metabolism; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism; Ribosomes/metabolism |
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