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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2001, p. 5018-5030, Vol. 21, No. 15
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.15.5018-5030.2001

Tight Binding of the Phosphorylated alpha  Subunit of Initiation Factor 2 (eIF2alpha ) to the Regulatory Subunits of Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor eIF2B Is Required for Inhibition of Translation Initiation

Thanuja Krishnamoorthy,1 Graham D. Pavitt,2 Fan Zhang,1 Thomas E. Dever,1 and Alan G. Hinnebusch1,*

Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892,1 and Department of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST, Manchester M60 IQD, United Kingdom2

Received 27 February 2001/Returned for modification 17 April 2001/Accepted 9 May 2001

Translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) is a heterotrimeric protein that transfers methionyl-initiator tRNAMet to the small ribosomal subunit in a ternary complex with GTP. The eIF2 phosphorylated on serine 51 of its alpha  subunit [eIF2(alpha P)] acts as competitive inhibitor of its guanine nucleotide exchange factor, eIF2B, impairing formation of the ternary complex and thereby inhibiting translation initiation. eIF2B is comprised of catalytic and regulatory subcomplexes harboring independent eIF2 binding sites; however, it was unknown whether the alpha  subunit of eIF2 directly contacts any eIF2B subunits or whether this interaction is modulated by phosphorylation. We found that recombinant eIF2alpha (glutathione S-transferase [GST]-SUI2) bound to the eIF2B regulatory subcomplex in vitro, in a manner stimulated by Ser-51 phosphorylation. Genetic data suggest that this direct interaction also occurred in vivo, allowing overexpressed SUI2 to compete with eIF2(alpha P) holoprotein for binding to the eIF2B regulatory subcomplex. Mutations in SUI2 and in the eIF2B regulatory subunit GCD7 that eliminated inhibition of eIF2B by eIF2(alpha P) also impaired binding of phosphorylated GST-SUI2 to the eIF2B regulatory subunits. These findings provide strong evidence that tight binding of phosphorylated SUI2 to the eIF2B regulatory subcomplex is crucial for the inhibition of eIF2B and attendant downregulation of protein synthesis exerted by eIF2(alpha P). We propose that this regulatory interaction prevents association of the eIF2B catalytic subcomplex with the beta  and gamma  subunits of eIF2 in the manner required for GDP-GTP exchange.

* Corresponding author: Mailing address: Laboratory of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6 Center Dr., Bldg. 6A, Rm. B1A-13, Bethesda, MD 20892-2759. Phone: (301) 496-4480. Fax: (301) 496-6828. E-mail: ahinnebusch{at}nih.gov.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2001, p. 5018-5030, Vol. 21, No. 15
0270-7306/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.15.5018-5030.2001


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