Fredrick Kurt
Department of Microbiology, Ohio State Biochemistry Program, and Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
J Bacteriol. 2015 Mar;197(6):1014-6. doi: 10.1128/JB.02579-14. Epub 2014 Dec 29.
Ribosomes employ a "kinetic discrimination" mechanism, in which correct substrates are incorporated more rapidly than incorrect ones. The structural basis of this mechanism may involve 30S domain closure, a global conformational change that coincides with codon recognition. In a direct screen for fidelity-altering mutations, Agarwal and coworkers (D. Agarwal, D. Kamath, S. T. Gregory, and M. O'Connor, J Bacteriol 197:1017-1025, 2015, doi:10.1128/JB.02485-14) isolated mutations that progressively truncate the C terminus of S4. All of these promote miscoding and undoubtedly destabilize the S4-S5 interface, consistent with the domain closure model.
核糖体采用一种“动力学甄别”机制,其中正确的底物比错误的底物掺入速度更快。该机制的结构基础可能涉及30S结构域闭合,这是一种与密码子识别同时发生的全局构象变化。在一项针对改变保真度突变的直接筛选中,阿加瓦尔及其同事(D. 阿加瓦尔、D. 卡马特、S. T. 格雷戈里和M. 奥康纳,《细菌学杂志》197:1017 - 1025,2015,doi:10.1128/JB.02485 - 14)分离出了逐渐截断S4 C末端的突变。所有这些突变都会促进错义编码,并且无疑会破坏S4 - S5界面的稳定性,这与结构域闭合模型一致。