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Translational termination without a stop codon
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James NR
; Brown A
; Gordiyenko Y
; Ramakrishnan V
Science
2016[Dec]; 354
(6318
): 1437-1440
PMID27934701
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Ribosomes stall when they encounter the end of messenger RNA (mRNA) without an
in-frame stop codon. In bacteria, these "nonstop" complexes can be rescued by
alternative ribosome-rescue factor A (ArfA). We used electron cryomicroscopy to
determine structures of ArfA bound to the ribosome with 3'-truncated mRNA, at
resolutions ranging from 3.0 to 3.4 angstroms. ArfA binds within the ribosomal
mRNA channel and substitutes for the absent stop codon in the A site by
specifically recruiting release factor 2 (RF2), initially in a compact
preaccommodated state. A similar conformation of RF2 may occur on stop codons,
suggesting a general mechanism for release-factor-mediated translational
termination in which a conformational switch leads to peptide release only when
the appropriate signal is present in the A site.