Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York City, NY 10032, USA.
J Struct Biol. 2013 Feb;181(2):190-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.11.006. Epub 2012 Dec 8.
Affinity grids (AG) are specialized EM grids that bind macromolecular complexes containing tagged proteins to obtain maximum occupancy for structural analysis through single-particle EM. In this study, utilizing AG, we show that His-tagged activated PKC βII binds to the small ribosomal subunit (40S). We reconstructed a cryo-EM map which shows that PKC βII interacts with RACK1, a seven-bladed β-propeller protein present on the 40S and binds in two different regions close to blades 3 and 4 of RACK1. This study is a first step in understanding the molecular framework of PKC βII/RACK1 interaction and its role in translation.
亲和网格(AG)是专门的 EM 网格,可将含有标记蛋白的大分子复合物结合在一起,通过单颗粒 EM 获得最大的结构分析占有率。在这项研究中,我们利用 AG 表明,His 标记的激活型 PKCβII 与小核糖体亚基(40S)结合。我们重建了一个冷冻电镜图谱,显示 PKCβII 与 RACK1 相互作用,RACK1 是存在于 40S 上的七叶β-推进器蛋白,与 RACK1 的第 3 和第 4 叶附近的两个不同区域结合。这项研究是理解 PKCβII/RACK1 相互作用的分子框架及其在翻译中的作用的第一步。