Role of large thermal fluctuations and magnesium ions in t-RNA selectivity of the ribosome
- 22 February 2011
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 108 (10), 3947-3951
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1100671108
Abstract
The fidelity of translation selection begins with the base pairing of codon-anticodon complex between the m-RNA and tRNAs. Binding of cognate and near-cognate tRNAs induces 30S subunit of the ribosome to wrap around the ternary complex, EF-Tu(GTP)aa-tRNA. We have proposed that large thermal fluctuations play a crucial role in the selection process. To test this conjecture, we have developed a theoretical technique to determine the probability that the ternary complex, as a result of large thermal fluctuations, forms contacts leading to stabilization of the GTPase activated state. We argue that the configurational searches for such processes are in the tail end of the probability distribution and show that the probability for this event is localized around the most likely configuration. Small variations in the repositioning of cognate relative to near-cognate complexes lead to rate enhancement of the cognate complex. The binding energies of over a dozen unique site-bound magnesium structural motifs are investigated and provide insights into the nature of interaction of divalent metal ions with the ribosome.Keywords
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