Summary: Elongation factor P (EF-P) OB domain

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Elongation factor P (EF-P) KOW-like domain

crystal structure of translation initiation factor 5a from pyrococcus horikoshii

Identifiers

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EFP_N

Pfam clan

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PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

Elongation factor P (EF-P) OB domain

crystal structure of translation elongation factor p from thermus thermophilus hb8

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Symbol

EFP

Pfam clan

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PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

Elongation factor P, C-terminal

crystal structure of translation elongation factor p from thermus thermophilus hb8

Identifiers

Symbol

Elong-fact-P_C

1ueb / SUPFAM

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Pfam	structures / ECOD
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

EF-P (elongation factor P) is a prokaryotic protein translation factor required for efficient peptide bond synthesis on 70S ribosomes from fMet-tRNA_f^Met.^[1] It probably functions indirectly by altering the affinity of the ribosome for aminoacyl-tRNA, thus increasing their reactivity as acceptors for peptidyl transferase.

EF-P consists of three domains:

An N-terminal KOW-like domain
A central OB domain, which forms an oligonucleotide-binding fold. It is not clear if this region is involved in binding nucleic acids^[2]
A C-terminal domain which adopts an OB-fold, with five beta-strands forming a beta-barrel in a Greek-key topology^[2]

eIF5A is the eukaryotic homolog of EF-P.

Function

It has been suggested that after binding of the initiator tRNA to the P/I site, it is correctly positioned to the P site by binding of EF-P to the E site.^[3] Additionally, EF-P has been shown to assist in efficient translation of three or more consecutive proline residues.^[4]

References

^ Aoki H, Adams SL, Turner MA, Ganoza MC (1997). "Molecular characterization of the prokaryotic efp gene product involved in a peptidyltransferase reaction". Biochimie. 79 (1): 7â€“11. doi:10.1016/S0300-9084(97)87619-5. PMID 9195040.
^ ^a ^b Hanawa-Suetsugu K, Sekine S, Sakai H, Hori-Takemoto C, Terada T, Unzai S, Tame JR, Kuramitsu S, Shirouzu M, Yokoyama S (June 2004). "Crystal structure of elongation factor P from Thermus thermophilus HB8". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (26): 9595â€“600. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.9595H. doi:10.1073/pnas.0308667101. PMC 470720. PMID 15210970.
^ Leaps in Translational Elongation Science (2009) 326, 677.
^ Ude, Susanne; Lassak, JÃ¼rgen; Starosta, Agata L.; Kraxenberger, Tobias; Wilson, Daniel N.; Jung, Kirsten (2013-01-04). "Translation Elongation Factor EF-P Alleviates Ribosome Stalling at Polyproline Stretches". Science. 339 (6115): 82â€“85. Bibcode:2013Sci...339...82U. doi:10.1126/science.1228985. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 23239623.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR015365

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InterPro entry IPR001059

Elongation factor P (EF-P) is a prokaryotic protein translation factor required for efficient peptide bond synthesis on 70S ribosomes from fMet-tRNAfMet [ PUBMED:9195040 , PUBMED:9405429 ]. EF-P enhances the synthesis of certain dipeptides with N-formylmethionyl-tRNA and puromycine in vitro. EF-P binds to both the 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits. EF-P binds near the streptomycine binding site of the 16S rRNA in the 30S subunit. EF-P interacts with domains 2 and 5 of the 23S rRNA. The L16 ribosomal protein of the 50S or its N-terminal fragment are required for EF-P mediated peptide bond synthesis, whereas L11, L15, and L7/L12 are not required in this reaction, suggesting that EF-P may function at a different ribosomal site than most other translation factors. EF-P is essential for cell viability and is required for protein synthesis. EF-P is mainly present in bacteria. The EF-P homologs in archaea and eukaryotes are the initiation factors aIF5A and eIF5A, respectively.

EF-P has 3 domains (domains I, II, and III). Domains II and III are S1-like domains and have structural homology to the eIF5A domain C, suggesting that domains II and III evolved by duplication. This entry reresents the central domain of elongation factor P and its homologues. It forms an oligonucleotide-binding (OB) fold, though it is not clear if this region is involved in binding nucleic acids [ PUBMED:15210970 ].

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Molecular function	translation elongation factor activity (GO:0003746)
Biological process	translational elongation (GO:0006414)

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Pfam Clan

This family is a member of clan OB (CL0021), which has the following description:

The OB (oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding) was defined by Murzin [1]. The common part of the OB-fold, has a five-stranded beta-sheet coiled to form a closed beta-barrel. This barrel is capped by an alpha-helix located between the third and fourth strands [1].

The clan contains the following 112 members:

BOF BRCA-2_OB1 BRCA-2_OB3 CcmE CDC13_N Cdc13_OB2 CDC24_OB1 CDC24_OB2 CDC24_OB3 CSD CSD2 CusF_Ec CysA_C_terminal DNA_ligase_A_C DNA_ligase_C DNA_ligase_OB DNA_ligase_OB_2 DNA_pol_D_N DUF1344 DUF1449 DUF2110 DUF223 DUF2815 DUF3127 DUF3217 DUF3299 DUF5666 DUF6484 DUF961 EFP eIF-1a eIF-5a Elong-fact-P_C EutN_CcmL EXOSC1 FbpC_C_terminal Fimbrial_PilY2 GlcV_C_terminal Gp138_N gp32 Gp5_OB HIN HROB ID MCM_OB mRNA_cap_C MRP-S35 NfeD NigD_N NlpE_C OB_aCoA_assoc OB_Dis3 OB_MalK OB_NTP_bind OB_RNB PCB_OB Phage_base_V Phage_DNA_bind Phage_SSB Pol_alpha_B_N POT1 POT1PC Prot_ATP_ID_OB Prot_ATP_OB_N RecG_wedge RecJ_OB RecO_N RecO_N_2 Rep-A_N Rep_fac-A_3 Rep_fac-A_C REPA_OB_2 Rho_RNA_bind Ribosom_S12_S23 Ribosomal_L2 Ribosomal_S17 Ribosomal_S28e Ribosomal_S4e RMI1_C RMI1_N RMI2 RNA_pol_Rbc25 RNA_pol_Rpb8 RNA_pol_RpbG RNase_II_C_S1 RPA43_OB Rrp44_CSD1 Rrp44_S1 RsgA_N RuvA_N S1 S1-like S1_2 SfsA_N SSB ssDBP Stn1 TEBP_beta Ten1 Ten1_2 TOBE TOBE_2 TOBE_3 TPP1 TRAM TRAM_2 tRNA_anti-codon tRNA_anti-like tRNA_anti_2 tRNA_bind TTC5_OB WCOB

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Curation

Seed source:

Prosite

Previous IDs:

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Domain

Sequence Ontology:

SO:0000417

Author:

Finn RD

, Bateman A

Number in seed:

687

Number in full:

9072

Average length of the domain:

53.70 aa

Average identity of full alignment:

33 %

Average coverage of the sequence by the domain:

28.21 %

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Parameter	Sequence	Domain
Gathering cut-off	21.1	21.1
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A0A1D6ISX4	View 3D Structure	Click here
F4JUX3	View 3D Structure	Click here
I1JVU1	View 3D Structure	Click here
I1L709	View 3D Structure	Click here
I1N388	View 3D Structure	Click here
P0A6N4	View 3D Structure	Click here
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P9WNM3	View 3D Structure	Click here
Q2FY41	View 3D Structure	Click here
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Q2RBC6	View 3D Structure	Click here
Q8I318	View 3D Structure	Click here
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Family: EFP (PF01132)

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