Publication Date:
2006-07-01
Description:
Glutaminyl-transfer RNA (Gln-tRNA(Gln)) in archaea is synthesized in a pretranslational amidation of misacylated Glu-tRNA(Gln) by the heterodimeric Glu-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase GatDE. Here we report the crystal structure of the Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus GatDE complexed to tRNA(Gln) at 3.15 angstroms resolution. Biochemical analysis of GatDE and of tRNA(Gln) mutants characterized the catalytic centers for the enzyme's three reactions (glutaminase, kinase, and amidotransferase activity). A 40 angstrom-long channel for ammonia transport connects the active sites in GatD and GatE. tRNA(Gln) recognition by indirect readout based on shape complementarity of the D loop suggests an early anticodon-independent RNA-based mechanism for adding glutamine to the genetic code.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Oshikane, Hiroyuki -- Sheppard, Kelly -- Fukai, Shuya -- Nakamura, Yuko -- Ishitani, Ryuichiro -- Numata, Tomoyuki -- Sherrer, R Lynn -- Feng, Liang -- Schmitt, Emmanuelle -- Panvert, Michel -- Blanquet, Sylvain -- Mechulam, Yves -- Soll, Dieter -- Nureki, Osamu -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Jun 30;312(5782):1950-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16809540" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acylation
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Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
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Ammonia/metabolism
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Anticodon
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Binding Sites
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Catalytic Domain
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Computer Simulation
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Dimerization
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*Genetic Code
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Glutamine/*metabolism
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Magnesium/metabolism
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Methanobacteriaceae/*enzymology/genetics
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Models, Molecular
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Mutation
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Nitrogenous Group Transferases/*chemistry/*metabolism
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Protein Structure, Quaternary
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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RNA, Archaeal/*chemistry/metabolism
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RNA, Transfer, Gln/*chemistry/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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