Chapter title |
Crystallographic Studies of the Ribosomal A-Site Molecular Switches by Using Model RNA Oligomers.
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Chapter number | 20 |
Book title |
Nucleic Acid Crystallography
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-2763-0_20 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-2762-3, 978-1-4939-2763-0
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Authors |
Kondo, Jiro, Jiro Kondo |
Abstract |
An RNA molecular switch in the aminoacyl-tRNA decoding site (A site) of the ribosome plays a key role in the decoding process of the protein biosynthesis. The switch discriminates a single cognate-tRNA from near-cognate tRNAs by changing its conformation from "off" to "on" states and recognizing the first two base pairs of codon-anticodon mini-helix to check whether these base pairs are of the canonical Watson-Crick type or not. Aminoglycoside antibiotics specifically target the "on" state of the bacterial A-site molecular switch and disturb the fidelity of the decoding process, resulting to cell death. If it occurs in human who was given aminoglycosides, it can lead to undesirable side effects. In order to understand the molecular bases of the decoding and the antibacterial and toxic side effects of aminoglycosides, it is necessary to determine the three-dimensional structures of the A-site molecular switches both in the presence and absence of aminoglycosides. This chapter focuses on methods in crystallographic studies of the A-site switches by using model RNA oligomers. The methods can be utilized in crystallographic studies of any DNA/RNA oligomers. |
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