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2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Molecular basis of the inhibition of eIF2B under stress

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18K14644
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 43020:Structural biochemistry-related
Research InstitutionInstitute of Physical and Chemical Research

Principal Investigator

Kashiwagi Kazuhiro  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 生命機能科学研究センター, 研究員 (60732980)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywordsクライオ電子顕微鏡 / X線結晶構造解析 / 翻訳 / 翻訳開始 / 統合的ストレス応答
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The structures of eIF2B complexed with the phosphorylated or unphosphorylated eIF2 were determined by cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography. The binding mode of eIF2 to eIF2B is completely different depending on the phosphorylation state of eIF2, and the stress-induced phosphorylated eIF2 binds eIF2B in a manner that is unsuitable for catalytic reaction. Furthermore, the binding of the phosphorylated eIF2 involves the rearrangement of eIF2B subunits, and a novel mechanism was proposed that ISRIB, a small molecule that alleviates eIF2B inhibition under stress, prevents this rearrangement by the phosphorylated eIF2 as an allosteric antagonist.

Free Research Field

構造生物学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

細胞がストレスを検知すると、ストレスに対処するためにタンパク質合成に変化が生じる。タンパク質合成の開始に関与する因子どうしが結合した構造をストレス時と非ストレス時とで解明し、ストレスの有無によって結合様式が全く異なるものとなることを明らかにした。また、この変化を防ぐISRIBと呼ばれる薬剤はさまざまな神経疾患に対する新規治療薬としての可能性が報告されており、我々が解明した構造をもとにこの薬剤が作用する機構について提唱した。

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Published: 2022-01-27  

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