The Crystal Structure of the Signal Recognition Particle in Complex with its Receptor.
Ataide, S.F., Schmitz, N., Shen, K., Ke, A., Shan, S., Doudna, J.A., Ban, N.(2011) Science 331: 881
- PubMed: 21330537
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1196473
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2XXA - PubMed Abstract:
Cotranslational targeting of membrane and secretory proteins is mediated by the universally conserved signal recognition particle (SRP). Together with its receptor (SR), SRP mediates the guanine triphosphate (GTP)-dependent delivery of translating ribosomes bearing signal sequences to translocons on the target membrane. Here, we present the crystal structure of the SRP:SR complex at 3.9 angstrom resolution and biochemical data revealing that the activated SRP:SR guanine triphosphatase (GTPase) complex binds the distal end of the SRP hairpin RNA where GTP hydrolysis is stimulated. Combined with previous findings, these results suggest that the SRP:SR GTPase complex initially assembles at the tetraloop end of the SRP RNA and then relocalizes to the opposite end of the RNA. This rearrangement provides a mechanism for coupling GTP hydrolysis to the handover of cargo to the translocon.
Organizational Affiliation:
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland.