Affinities of tRNA binding sites of ribosomes from Escherichia coli.

The binding affinities of tRNAPhe, Phe-tRNAPhe, and N-AcPhe-tRNAPhe from either Escherichia coli or yeast to the P, A, and E sites of E. coli 70S ribosomes were determined at various ionic conditions. For the titrations, both equilibrium (fluorescence) and nonequilibrium (filtration) techniques were used. Site-specific rather than stoichiometric binding constants were determined by taking advantage of the varying affinities, stabilities, and specificities of the three binding sites. The P site of poly(U)-programmed ribosomes binds tRNAPhe and N-AcPhe-tRNAPhe with binding constants in the range of 10(8) M-1 and 5 X 10(9) M-1, respectively. Binding to the A site is 10-200 times weaker, depending on the Mg2+ concentration. Phe-tRNAPhe binds to the A site with a similar affinity. Coupling A site binding of Phe-tRNAPhe to GTP hydrolysis, by the addition of elongation factor Tu and GTP, leads to an apparent increase of the equilibrium constant by at least a factor of 10(4). Upon omission of poly(U), the affinity of the P site is lowered by 2-4 orders of magnitude, depending on the ionic conditions, while A site binding is not detectable anymore. The affinity of the E site, which specifically binds deacylated tRNAPhe, is comparable to that of the A site. In contrast to P and A sites, binding to the E site is labile and insensitive to changes of the ionic strength. Omission of the mRNA lowers the affinity at most by a factor of 4, suggesting that there is no efficient codon-anticodon interaction in the E site. On the basis of the equilibrium constants, the displacement step of translocation, to be exergonic, requires that the tRNA leaving the P site is bound to the E site. Under in vivo conditions, the functional role of transient binding of the leaving tRNA to the E site, or a related site, most likely is to enhance the rate of translocation.

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