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Archaeal translation initiation factor 2 (aIF2) is homologous to its eukaryotic counterpart (eIF2). It is a heterotrimeric protein consisting of α, β, and γ subunits. The protein e/aIF2 forms a ternary complex with guanosine 5′-triphosphate and the initiator methionyl-tRNA (Met-tRNAi) and delivers the latter to the ribosome. In archaea, translation initiation factor 2 has an additional function. The γ subunit of aIF2 binds mRNAs with a triphosphate at the 5′-end and prevents 5′-to-3′ directional mRNA decay. To determine the mRNA-binding site on the surface of aIF2γ, mutations were introduced into the protein sequence at sites of possible interactions with mRNA. The crystals of the mutant forms of aIF2γ were obtained, and X-ray diffraction data sets suitable for structure determination at atomic resolution were collected.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Arkhipova, E.A. Stolboushkina, O.S. Nikonov, A.G. Gabdulkhakov, M.B. Garber, 2014, published in Kristallografiya, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 76–79.
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Arkhipova, V.I., Stolboushkina, E.A., Nikonov, O.S. et al. Crystallization of mutant forms of the γ subunit of archaeal translation initiation factor 2. Crystallogr. Rep. 59, 71–74 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774514010027
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