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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2025

Ribosomal A-site interactions with near-cognate tRNAs drive stop codon readthrough.

Zuzana Čapková Pavlíková, Petra Miletínová, Adriana Roithová, Klára Pospíšilová, Kristína Záhonová, Ambar Kachale, Thomas Becker, Ignacio M Durante, Julius Lukeš, Zdeněk Paris and 2 more

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Zuzana Čapková Pavlíková *Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Petra Miletínová *Laboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Adriana RoithováLaboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Klára PospíšilováLaboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Kristína ZáhonováInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-0267
Ambar KachaleInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
Thomas BeckerDepartment of Biochemistry, Gene Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8458-2738
Ignacio M DuranteInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
Julius LukešInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
Zdeněk ParisInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
Petra BeznoskováLaboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Leoš Shivaya ValášekLaboratory of Regulation of Gene Expression, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. valasekl@biomed.cas.cz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8123-8667

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Abstract

Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) serve as a dictionary for the ribosome translating the genetic message from mRNA into a polypeptide chain. In addition to this canonical role, tRNAs are involved in other processes such as programmed stop codon readthrough (SC-RT). There, tRNAs with near-cognate anticodons to stop codons must outcompete release factors and incorporate into the ribosomal decoding center to prevent termination and allow translation to continue. However, not all near-cognate tRNAs promote efficient SC-RT. Here, with the help of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Trypanosoma brucei, we demonstrate that those tRNAs that promote efficient SC-RT establish critical contacts between their anticodon stem (AS) and ribosomal proteins Rps30/eS30 and Rps25/eS25 forming the decoding site. Unexpectedly, the length and well-defined nature of the AS determine the strength of these contacts, which is reflected in organisms with reassigned stop codons. These findings open an unexplored direction in tRNA biology that should facilitate the design of artificial tRNAs with specifically altered decoding abilities.

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Codon, TerminatorProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA, TransferAnticodonNucleic Acid ConformationRibosomal ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeTrypanosoma brucei bruceiAnticodonCodon, TerminatorRibosomal ProteinsRNA, Transfer

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