The role of cholesteryl 14-methylhexadecanoate in the function of eukaryotic peptide elongation factor 1.

The binding of [3H]cholesteryl 14-methylhexadecanoate by a highly purified peptide elongation factor 1 from rabbit reticulocytes is significantly enhanced by GTP and CTP, much less by guanosine 5'-[beta, gamma-methylene]-triphosphate and not at all by ATP or UTP. Removal of endogenous cholesteryl 14-methylhexadecanoate present in the molecule of the factor [Hradec, J. et al. (1971) Biochem. J. 123, 959-966] by digestion with immobilized cholesterol esterase resulted in an almost complete loss of GTPase activity and this could be restored to nearly normal values by the addition of the ester. The same holds true for the GTP-dependent autophosphorylation of the protein-synthesis factor. Cholesteryl 14-methylhexadecanoate was bound only by the beta subunit of the factor. Addition of the alpha subunit, which was inactive on its own, stimulated the binding of the ester to the beta subunit in a sigmoid dependence. The binding of the ester was significantly stimulated by aminoacyl-tRNA but this effect was fully abolished by sodium fluoride, indicating a relation of cholesteryl 14-methylhexadecanoate to the dephosphorylation of the peptide elongation factor. Treatment of the factor with cholesterol esterase decreased its activity in the poly(U)-dependent binding of phenylalanyl-tRNA to ribosome and this activity was again restored by the addition of cholesteryl 14-methylhexadecanoate. The ester thus interacts with the GTP-dependent autophosphorylation of peptide elongation factor 1 and in this way modulates the activity of the factor. A putative scheme is presented explaining the mode of action of cholesteryl 14-methylhexadecanoate.

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