PMID:20699223

Citation	Nemoto, N, Singh, CR, Udagawa, T, Wang, S, Thorson, E, Winter, Z, Ohira, T, Ii, M, Valásek, L, Brown, SJ and Asano, K (2010) Yeast 18 S rRNA is directly involved in the ribosomal response to stringent AUG selection during translation initiation. J. Biol. Chem. 285:32200-12
Abstract	In eukaryotes, the 40 S ribosomal subunit serves as the platform of initiation factor assembly, to place itself precisely on the AUG start codon. Structural arrangement of the 18 S rRNA determines the overall shape of the 40 S subunit. Here, we present genetic evaluation of yeast 18 S rRNA function using 10 point mutations altering the polysome profile. All the mutants reduce the abundance of the mutant 40 S, making it limiting for translation initiation. Two of the isolated mutations, G875A, altering the core of the platform domain that binds eIF1 and eIF2, and A1193U, changing the h31 loop located below the P-site tRNA(i)(Met), show phenotypes indicating defective regulation of AUG selection. Evidence is provided that these mutations reduce the interaction with the components of the preinitiation complex, thereby inhibiting its function at different steps. These results indicate that the 18 S rRNA mutations impair the integrity of scanning-competent preinitiation complex, thereby altering the 40 S subunit response to stringent AUG selection. Interestingly, nine of the mutations alter the body/platform domains of 18 S rRNA, potentially affecting the bridges to the 60 S subunit, but they do not change the level of 18 S rRNA intermediates. Based on these results, we also discuss the mechanism of the selective degradation of the mutant 40 S subunits.
Links	PubMed PMC2952221 Online version:10.1074/jbc.M110.146662
Keywords	Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Codon, Initiator/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Point Mutation; Protein Biosynthesis; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Protein Subunits/chemistry; Protein Subunits/genetics; Protein Subunits/metabolism; RNA, Fungal; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/metabolism; Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/chemistry; Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/genetics; Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic/metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
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