PMID- 17951333 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080118 LR - 20211020 IS - 1469-9001 (Electronic) IS - 1355-8382 (Print) IS - 1355-8382 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 12 DP - 2007 Dec TI - Thiostrepton inhibition of tRNA delivery to the ribosome. PG - 2091-7 AB - Ribosome-stimulated hydrolysis of guanosine-5'-triphosphate (GTP) by guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) translation factors drives protein synthesis by the ribosome. Allosteric coupling of GTP hydrolysis by elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) at the ribosomal GTPase center to messenger RNA (mRNA) codon:aminoacyl-transfer RNA (aa-tRNA) anticodon recognition at the ribosomal decoding site is essential for accurate and rapid aa-tRNA selection. Here we use single-molecule methods to investigate the mechanism of action of the antibiotic thiostrepton and show that the GTPase center of the ribosome has at least two discrete functions during aa-tRNA selection: binding of EF-Tu(GTP) and stimulation of GTP hydrolysis by the factor. We separate these two functions of the GTPase center and assign each to distinct, conserved structural regions of the ribosome. The data provide a specific model for the coupling between the decoding site and the GTPase center during aa-tRNA selection as well as a general mechanistic model for ribosome-stimulated GTP hydrolysis by GTPase translation factors. FAU - Gonzalez, Ruben L Jr AU - Gonzalez RL Jr AD - Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5126, USA. FAU - Chu, Steven AU - Chu S FAU - Puglisi, Joseph D AU - Puglisi JD LA - eng GR - R01 GM051266/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM51266/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20071019 PL - United States TA - RNA JT - RNA (New York, N.Y.) JID - 9509184 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 86-01-1 (Guanosine Triphosphate) RN - 9014-25-9 (RNA, Transfer) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (GTP Phosphohydrolases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Peptide Elongation Factor Tu) RN - HR4S203Y18 (Thiostrepton) SB - IM MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology MH - GTP Phosphohydrolases/metabolism MH - Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Biology MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/drug effects/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/*genetics MH - RNA, Transfer/drug effects/*genetics MH - Ribosomes/drug effects/*physiology MH - Spectrometry, Fluorescence MH - Thiostrepton/*pharmacology PMC - PMC2080598 EDAT- 2007/10/24 09:00 MHDA- 2008/01/19 09:00 PMCR- 2008/06/01 CRDT- 2007/10/24 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/01/19 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - rna.499407 [pii] AID - RA [pii] AID - 10.1261/rna.499407 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - RNA. 2007 Dec;13(12):2091-7. doi: 10.1261/rna.499407. Epub 2007 Oct 19.