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Qbeta-phage resistance by deletion of the coiled-coil motif in elongation factor Ts

Karring, Henrik LU ; Mathu, Sander G J ; van Duin, Jan ; Clark, Brian F C ; Kraal, Barend and Knudsen, Charlotte R (2004) In Journal of Biological Chemistry 279(3). p.1878-1884
Abstract
Elongation factor Ts (EF-Ts) is the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), which promotes the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-programmed ribosome in prokaryotes. The EF-Tu.EF-Ts complex, one of the EF-Tu complexes during protein synthesis, is also a component of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases like the polymerase from coliphage Qbeta. The present study shows that the Escherichia coli mutant GRd.tsf lacking the coiled-coil motif of EF-Ts is completely resistant to phage Qbeta and that Qbeta-polymerase complex formation is not observed. GRd.tsf is the first E. coli mutant ever described that is unable to form a Qbeta-polymerase complex while still maintaining an almost normal growth behavior. The phage... (More)
Elongation factor Ts (EF-Ts) is the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), which promotes the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-programmed ribosome in prokaryotes. The EF-Tu.EF-Ts complex, one of the EF-Tu complexes during protein synthesis, is also a component of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases like the polymerase from coliphage Qbeta. The present study shows that the Escherichia coli mutant GRd.tsf lacking the coiled-coil motif of EF-Ts is completely resistant to phage Qbeta and that Qbeta-polymerase complex formation is not observed. GRd.tsf is the first E. coli mutant ever described that is unable to form a Qbeta-polymerase complex while still maintaining an almost normal growth behavior. The phage resistance correlates with an observed instability of the mutant EF-Tu.EF-Ts complex in the presence of guanine nucleotides. Thus, the mutant EF-Tu.EF-Ts is the first EF-Tu.EF-Ts complex ever described that is completely inactive in the Qbeta-polymerase complex despite its almost full activity in protein synthesis. We propose that the role of EF-Ts in the Qbeta-polymerase complex is to control and trap EF-Tu in a stable conformation with affinity for RNA templates while unable to bind aminoacyl-tRNA. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Elongation factor Ts (EF-Ts) is the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), which promotes the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-programmed ribosome in prokaryotes. The EF-Tu.EF-Ts complex, one of the EF-Tu complexes during protein synthesis, is also a component of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases like the polymerase from coliphage Qbeta. The present study shows that the Escherichia coli mutant GRd.tsf lacking the coiled-coil motif of EF-Ts is completely resistant to phage Qbeta and that Qbeta-polymerase complex formation is not observed. GRd.tsf is the first E. coli mutant ever described that is unable to form a Qbeta-polymerase complex while still maintaining an almost normal growth behavior. The phage resistance correlates with an observed instability of the mutant EF-Tu.EF-Ts complex in the presence of guanine nucleotides. Thus, the mutant EF-Tu.EF-Ts is the first EF-Tu.EF-Ts complex ever described that is completely inactive in the Qbeta-polymerase complex despite its almost full activity in protein synthesis. We propose that the role of EF-Ts in the Qbeta-polymerase complex is to control and trap EF-Tu in a stable conformation with affinity for RNA templates while unable to bind aminoacyl-tRNA.}},
  author       = {{Karring, Henrik and Mathu, Sander G J and van Duin, Jan and Clark, Brian F C and Kraal, Barend and Knudsen, Charlotte R}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{1878--1884}},
  publisher    = {{American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology}},
  series       = {{Journal of Biological Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Qbeta-phage resistance by deletion of the coiled-coil motif in elongation factor Ts}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M306605200}},
  doi          = {{10.1074/jbc.M306605200}},
  volume       = {{279}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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