Structure of the ribosome post-recycling complex probed by chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry

Kiosze-Becker, Kristin; Ori, Alessandro; Gerovac, Milan; Heuer, Andre; Nürenberg-Goloub, Elina; Rashid, Umar Jan; Becker, Thomas; Beckmann, Roland; Beck, Martin und Tampé, Robert (2016): Structure of the ribosome post-recycling complex probed by chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry. In: Nature Communications, Vol. 7, 13248

Abstract

Ribosome recycling orchestrated by the ATP binding cassette (ABC) protein ABCE1 can be considered as the final-or the first-step within the cyclic process of protein synthesis, connecting translation termination and mRNA surveillance with re-initiation. An ATP-dependent tweezer-like motion of the nucleotide-binding domains in ABCE1 transfers mechanical energy to the ribosome and tears the ribosome subunits apart. The post-recycling complex (PRC) then re-initiates mRNA translation. Here, we probed the so far unknown architecture of the 1-MDa PRC (40S/30S.ABCE1) by chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry (XL-MS). Our study reveals ABCE1 bound to the translational factor-binding (GTPase) site with multiple cross-link contacts of the helix-loop-helix motif to the S24e ribosomal protein. Cross-linking of the FeS cluster domain to the ribosomal protein S12 substantiates an extreme lever-arm movement of the FeS cluster domain during ribosome recycling. We were thus able to reconstitute and structurally analyse a key complex in the translational cycle, resembling the link between translation initiation and ribosome recycling.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Department of Biochemistry
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
• ISSN: 2041-1723
• Language: English