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The Translation Inhibitor Rocaglamide Targets a Bimolecular Cavity between eIF4A and Polypurine RNA.

Molecular cell | 2019

A class of translation inhibitors, exemplified by the natural product rocaglamide A (RocA), isolated from Aglaia genus plants, exhibits antitumor activity by clamping eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) onto polypurine sequences in mRNAs. This unusual inhibitory mechanism raises the question of how the drug imposes sequence selectivity onto a general translation factor. Here, we determined the crystal structure of the human eIF4A1⋅ATP analog⋅RocA⋅polypurine RNA complex. RocA targets the "bi-molecular cavity" formed characteristically by eIF4A1 and a sharply bent pair of consecutive purines in the RNA. Natural amino acid substitutions found in Aglaia eIF4As changed the cavity shape, leading to RocA resistance. This study provides an example of an RNA-sequence-selective interfacial inhibitor fitting into the space shaped cooperatively by protein and RNA with specific sequences.

Pubmed ID: 30595437 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P41 GM068933
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P50 GM102706
  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: S10 RR029668
  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: S10 RR027303
  • Agency: NIH HHS, United States
    Id: S10 OD018174

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