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| Structure of translation factor eIF4E bound to m(7)GDP and interaction with 4E-binding protein |
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| Author(s): Matsuo H, Li HJ, McGuire AM, Fletcher CM, Gingras AC, Sonenberg N, Wagner G |
| Source: NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY Volume: 4 Issue: 9 Pages: 717-724 Published: SEP 1997 |
| Times Cited: 213 References: 33 |
| Abstract: eIF4E, the mRNA cap binding protein, is a master switch that controls eukaryotic translation. To be active. it must bind eIF4G and form the eIF4F complex, which also contains eIF4A, Translation is downregulated by association of eIF4E with 4E-BP, which occupies the eIF4G binding site, Signalling events acting on 4E-BP cause it to dissociate from eIF4E, and eIF4E is then free to bind eIF4G to form the active eIF4F complex. We have solved the structure of the yeast eIF4E/m(7)Gpp complex in a CHAPS micelle. We determined the position of the second nucleotide in a complex with m(7)GpppA, and identified the 4E-BP binding site, eIF4E has a curved eight-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet, decorated with three helices on the convex face and three smaller helices inserted in connecting loops. The m(7)G of the cap is intercalated into a stack of tryptophans in the concave face. The 4E-BP binding site is located in a region encompassing one edge of the beta-sheet, the adjacent helix a2 and several regions of non-regular secondary structure. It is adjacent to, but does not overlap the cap-binding site. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. HARVARD UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT BIOL CHEM & MOL PHARMACOL, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
2. MCGILL UNIV, DEPT BIOCHEM, MONTREAL, PQ H3G 1Y6 CANADA |
| Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING CO, 345 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1707 |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biophysics; Cell Biology |
| IDS Number: XU716 |
| ISSN: 1072-8368 |
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