Structural basis of signal-sequence recognition by the signal recognition particle (original) (raw)
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- Shenghua Huang1,
- Gitte Meriläinen1,
- Kristoffer Brännström2 &
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- A Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson1
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) recognizes and binds the signal sequence of nascent proteins as they emerge from the ribosome. We present here the 3.0-Å structure of a signal sequence bound to the Methanococcus jannaschii SRP core. Structural comparison with the free SRP core shows that signal-sequence binding induces formation of the GM-linker helix and a 180° flip of the NG domain—structural changes that ensure a hierarchical succession of events during protein targeting.
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We thank the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France) for provision of synchrotron radiation facilities, and T. Bergfors and U. Sauer for critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (A.E.S.-E.) and Kempe Foundation (A.E.S.-E.).
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Tobias Hainzl, Shenghua Huang, Gitte Meriläinen & A Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson - Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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T.H., S.H. and A.E.S.-E. contributed to every aspect of this work. G.M. contributed to cloning and protein production and K.B. to Biacore experiments.
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Hainzl, T., Huang, S., Meriläinen, G. et al. Structural basis of signal-sequence recognition by the signal recognition particle.Nat Struct Mol Biol 18, 389–391 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1994
- Received: 25 August 2010
- Accepted: 01 December 2010
- Published: 20 February 2011
- Issue Date: March 2011
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1994