Zheng Sanduo, Ye Keqiong
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China.
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China.
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2014 Jul;70(Pt 7):918-21. doi: 10.1107/S2053230X14010905. Epub 2014 Jun 18.
Eukaryotic ribosome synthesis requires a vast number of transiently associated factors. Mpp10, Imp3 and Imp4 form a protein complex in the 90S pre-ribosomal particle that conducts early processing of 18S rRNA. Here, a short fragment of Mpp10 was identified to associate with and increase the solubility of Imp3. An Imp3-Mpp10 complex was co-expressed, co-purified and co-crystallized. Preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the crystal diffracted to 2.1 Å resolution and belonged to space group P2₁2₁2₁, with unit-cell parameters a=51.6, b=86.9, c=88.7 Å.
真核生物核糖体的合成需要大量瞬时结合因子。Mpp10、Imp3和Imp4在90S核糖体前体颗粒中形成一个蛋白质复合物,该复合物对18S rRNA进行早期加工。在此,研究人员鉴定出Mpp10的一个短片段可与Imp3结合并增加其溶解度。Imp3-Mpp10复合物经共表达、共纯化和共结晶。初步X射线衍射分析表明,该晶体的衍射分辨率为2.1 Å,属于空间群P2₁2₁2₁,晶胞参数为a = 51.6、b = 86.9、c = 88.7 Å。