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Programmed -1 frameshifting by kinetic partitioning during impeded translocation.

ABSTRACT: Programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting (-1PRF) is an mRNA recoding event utilized by cells to enhance the information content of the genome and to regulate gene expression. The mechanism of -1PRF and its timing during translation elongation are unclear. Here, we identified the steps that govern -1PRF by following the stepwise movement of the ribosome through the frameshifting site of a model mRNA derived from the IBV 1a/1b gene in a reconstituted in vitro translation system from Escherichia coli. Frameshifting occurs at a late stage of translocation when the two tRNAs are bound to adjacent slippery sequence codons of the mRNA. The downstream pseudoknot in the mRNA impairs the closing movement of the 30S subunit head, the dissociation of EF-G, and the release of tRNA from the ribosome. The slippage of the ribosome into the -1 frame accelerates the completion of translocation, thereby further favoring translation in the new reading frame.

SUBMITTER: Caliskan N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7112342 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Programmed -1 frameshifting by kinetic partitioning during impeded translocation.

Caliskan Neva N Katunin Vladimir I VI Belardinelli Riccardo R Peske Frank F Rodnina Marina V MV

Cell 20140601 7

Programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting (-1PRF) is an mRNA recoding event utilized by cells to enhance the information content of the genome and to regulate gene expression. The mechanism of -1PRF and its timing during translation elongation are unclear. Here, we identified the steps that govern -1PRF by following the stepwise movement of the ribosome through the frameshifting site of a model mRNA derived from the IBV 1a/1b gene in a reconstituted in vitro translation system from Escherichia coli. ...[more]

PMID: 24949973

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