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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan

Acidic phosphoproteins P1 and P2 form a heterodimer and play a crucial role in assembly of the GTPase-associated center in eukaryotic ribosomes and in ribosomal interaction with translation factors. We investigated the structural elements within P1 and P2 essential for their dimerization and for ribosomal function. Truncation of the N-terminal 10 amino acids in either P1 or P2 and swapping of the N-terminal 10 amino acid sequences between these two proteins disrupted their dimerization, binding to P0 and P0 binding to rRNA. In contrast, truncation of the C-terminal halves of P1 and P2 as well as swapping of these parts between them gave no significant effects. The protein dimers containing the C-terminal truncation mutants or swapped variants were assembled with P0 onto Escherichia coli 50 S subunits deficient in the homologous protein L10 and L7/L12 and gave reduced ribosomal activity in terms of eukaryotic elongation factor dependent GTPase activity and polyphenylalanine synthesis. The results indicate that the N-terminal 10 amino acid sequences of both P1 and P2 are crucial for P1–P2 heterodimerization and for their functional assembly with P0 into the GTPase-associated center, whereas the C-terminal halves of P1 and P2 are not essential for the assembly.

^* Correspondence: E-mail: uchiumi{at}bio.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp

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