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How the initiating ribosome copes with ppGpp to translate mRNAs

dc.contributor.author Vinogradova D.S. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Zegarra V. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Maksimova E. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Nakamoto J.A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Kasatsky P. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Paleskava A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Konevega A.L. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Milón P. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.description.abstract During host colonization, bacteria use the alarmones (p)ppGpp to reshape their proteome by acting pleiotropically on DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. Here, we elucidate how the initiating ribosome senses the cellular pool of guanosine nucleotides and regulates the progression towards protein synthesis. Our results show that the affinity of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and the inhibitory concentration of ppGpp for the 30S-bound initiation factor IF2 vary depending on the programmed mRNA. The TufA mRNA enhanced GTP affinity for 30S complexes, resulting in improved ppGpp tolerance and allowing efficient protein synthesis. Conversely, the InfA mRNA allowed ppGpp to compete with GTP for IF2, thus stalling 30S complexes. Structural modeling and biochemical analysis of the TufA mRNA unveiled a structured enhancer of translation initiation (SETI) composed of two consecutive hairpins proximal to the translation initiation region (TIR) that largely account for ppGpp tolerance under physiological concentrations of guanosine nucleotides. Furthermore, our results show that the mechanism enhancing ppGpp tolerance is not restricted to the TufA mRNA, as similar ppGpp tolerance was found for the SETI-containing Rnr mRNA. Finally, we show that IF2 can use pppGpp to promote the formation of 30S initiation complexes (ICs), albeit requiring higher factor concentration and resulting in slower transitions to translation elongation. Altogether, our data unveil a novel regulatory mechanism at the onset of protein synthesis that tolerates physiological concentrations of ppGpp and that bacteria can exploit to modulate their proteome as a function of the nutritional shift happening during stringent response and infection. © 2020 Vinogradova et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000593
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85078947441
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/2638
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartof PLoS Biology
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject General Neuroscience
dc.subject General Agricultural and Biological Sciences es_PE
dc.subject General Immunology and Microbiology es_PE
dc.subject.ocde http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.04.03
dc.title How the initiating ribosome copes with ppGpp to translate mRNAs
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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