title: Eukaryotic initiation factors 4G and 4A mediate conformational changes downstream of the initiation codon of the encephalomyocarditis virus internal ribosomal entry site.
abstract: Initiation of translation of encephalomyocarditis virus mRNA is mediated by an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) comprising structural domains H, I, J-K, and L immediately upstream of the initiation codon AUG at nucleotide 834 (AUG834). Assembly of 48S ribosomal complexes on the IRES requires eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2), eIF3, eIF4A, and the central domain of eIF4G to which eIF4A binds. Footprinting experiments confirmed that eIF4G binds a three-way helical junction in the J-K domain and showed that it interacts extensively with RNA duplexes in the J-K and L domains. Deletion of apical hairpins in the J and K domains synergistically impaired the binding of eIF4G and IRES function. Directed hydroxyl radical probing, done by using Fe(II) tethered to surface residues in eIF4G's central domain, indicated that it is oriented with its N terminus towards the base of domain J and its C terminus towards the apex. eIF4G recruits eIF4A to a defined location on the IRES, and the eIF4G/eIF4A complex caused localized ATP-independent conformational changes in the eIF4G-binding region of the IRES. This complex also induced more extensive conformational rearrangements at the 3' border of the ribosome binding site that required ATP and active eIF4A. We propose that these conformational changes prepare the region flanking AUG834 for productive binding of the ribosome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Kolupaeva
authors.forename: Ivan B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Lomakin
authors.forename: Tatyana V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Pestova
authors.forename: Christopher U T
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Hellen
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D004686:Encephalomyocarditis virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D039601:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A / Q000378:metabolism*; D039603:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D039603:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G; D012313:RNA; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D039601:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A