Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 13, 234 - 241 (2006)
Published online: 26 February 2006; | doi:10.1038/nsmb1060
The hybrid state of tRNA binding is an authentic translation elongation intermediateSilke Dorner, Julie L Brunelle, Divya Sharma
& Rachel Green
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Correspondence should be addressed to Rachel Green ragreen@jhmi.edu The GTPase elongation factor (EF)-G is responsible for promoting the translocation of the messenger RNA–transfer RNA complex on the ribosome, thus opening up the A site for the next aminoacyl-tRNA. Chemical modification and cryo-EM studies have indicated that tRNAs can bind the ribosome in an alternative 'hybrid' state after peptidyl transfer and before translocation, though the relevance of this state during translation elongation has been a subject of debate. Here, using pre–steady-state kinetic approaches and mutant analysis, we show that translocation by EF-G is most efficient when tRNAs are bound in a hybrid state, supporting the argument that this state is an authentic intermediate during translation.
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