Protein Domain : IPR018269

Type:  Conserved_site Name:  Ribosomal protein S13, conserved site
Description:  Ribosomes are the particles that catalyse mRNA-directed protein synthesis in all organisms. The codons of the mRNA are exposed on the ribosome to allow tRNA binding. This leads to the incorporation of amino acids into the growing polypeptide chain in accordance with the genetic information. Incoming amino acid monomers enter the ribosomal A site in the form of aminoacyl-tRNAs complexed with elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and GTP. The growing polypeptide chain, situated in the P site as peptidyl-tRNA, is then transferred to aminoacyl-tRNA and the new peptidyl-tRNA, extended by one residue, is translocated to the P site with the aid the elongation factor G (EF-G) and GTP as the deacylated tRNA is released from the ribosome through one or more exit sites [, ]. About 2/3 of the mass of the ribosome consists of RNA and 1/3 of protein. The proteins are named in accordance with the subunit of the ribosome which they belong to - the small (S1 to S31) and the large (L1 to L44). Usually they decorate the rRNA cores of the subunits. Many ribosomal proteins, particularly those of the large subunit, are composed of a globular, surfaced-exposed domain with long finger-like projections that extend into the rRNA core to stabilise its structure. Most of the proteins interact with multiple RNA elements, often from different domains. In the large subunit, about 1/3 of the 23S rRNA nucleotides are at least in van der Waal's contact with protein, and L22 interacts with all six domains of the 23S rRNA. Proteins S4 and S7, which initiate assembly of the 16S rRNA, are located at junctions of five and four RNA helices, respectively. In this way proteins serve to organise and stabilise the rRNA tertiary structure. While the crucial activities of decoding and peptide transfer are RNA based, proteins play an active role in functions that may have evolved to streamline the process of protein synthesis. In addition to their function in the ribosome, many ribosomal proteins have some function 'outside' the ribosome [, ].Ribosomal protein S13 is one of the proteins from the small ribosomal subunit. In Escherichia coli, S13 is known to be involved in binding fMet-tRNA and, hence, in the initiation of translation. It is a basic protein of 115 to 177 amino-acid residues that contains thee helices and a beta-hairpin in the core of the protein, forming a helix-two turns-helix (H2TH) motif, and a non-globular C-terminal extension. This family of ribosomal proteins is present in prokaryotes, eukaryotes and archaea []. Short Name:  Ribosomal_S13_CS

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1 Cross References

Identifier
PS00646

4 Found Ins

DB identifier Type Name
IPR010979 Domain Ribosomal protein S13-like, H2TH
IPR001892 Family Ribosomal protein S13
IPR019980 Family Ribosomal protein S13, bacterial-type
IPR019977 Family Ribosomal protein S13, archaeal

4 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0003723 IPR018269
GO:0003735 IPR018269
GO:0006412 IPR018269
GO:0005840 IPR018269

4 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0003723 IPR018269
GO:0003735 IPR018269
GO:0006412 IPR018269
GO:0005840 IPR018269

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0 Proteins

4 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            11297922
            11290319
            11114498
            1872840