title: Structural characterization of the ribosome maturation protein, RimM.
abstract: The RimM protein has been implicated in the maturation of the 30S ribosomal subunit. It binds to ribosomal protein S19, located in the head domain of the 30S subunit. Multiple sequence alignments predicted that RimM possesses two domains in its N- and C-terminal regions. In the present study, we have produced Thermus thermophilus RimM in both the full-length form (162 residues) and its N-terminal fragment, spanning residues 1 to 85, as soluble proteins in Escherichia coli and have performed structural analyses by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Residues 1 to 80 of the RimM protein fold into a single structural domain adopting a six-stranded beta-barrel fold. On the other hand, the C-terminal region of RimM (residues 81 to 162) is partly folded in solution. Analyses of 1H-15N heteronuclear single quantum correlation spectra revealed that a wide range of residues in the C-terminal region, as well as the residues in the vicinity of a hydrophobic patch in the N-terminal domain, were dramatically affected upon complex formation with ribosomal protein S19.
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Sakura
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tatsuguchi
authors.forename: Eiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaminishi
authors.forename: Mikako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muto
authors.forename: Chie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016963:Thermus thermophilus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C040343:ribosomal protein S19