title: The N terminus of eukaryotic translation elongation factor 3 interacts with 18 S rRNA and 80 S ribosomes.
abstract: Elongation factor-3 (EF-3) is an essential fungal-specific translation factor which exhibits a strong ribosome-dependent ATPase activity and has sequence homologies that may predict domains critical for its role in protein synthesis, including a domain at the N terminus, which exhibits sequence homology with Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S5. A portion of the N terminus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae EF-3 (spanning the S5 homology region) has been cloned, expressed, and purified from E. coli. UV cross-linking experiments revealed that the N-terminal EF-3 protein (N-term EF-3) can be specifically cross-linked to 18 S rRNA. Filter-binding assays confirmed these data, and also established that the interaction has a Kd approximately 238 nM. Additional evidence shows that N-term EF-3 is able to associate with yeast ribosomes and inhibit the ribosome-dependent ATPase activity of native EF-3. These data taken together suggest that at least one of the ribosome-binding sites of EF-3 is located at the N terminus.
authors.affiliation: RNA Research Group, Department of Molecular Recognition, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA. Richard_R_Gontarek@sbphrd.com
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gontarek
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nurse
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Prescott
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000378:metabolism*; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C111584:YEF3 protein, S cerevisiae