3BO4

A relaxed active site following exon ligation by a group I intron


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.33 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.280 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.281 

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Literature

A relaxed active site after exon ligation by the group I intron

Lipchock, S.V.Strobel, S.A.

(2008) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: 5699-5704

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0712016105
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3BO2, 3BO3, 3BO4

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    During RNA maturation, the group I intron promotes two sequential phosphorotransfer reactions resulting in exon ligation and intron release. Here, we report the crystal structure of the intron in complex with spliced exons and two additional structures that examine the role of active-site metal ions during the second step of RNA splicing. These structures reveal a relaxed active site, in which direct metal coordination by the exons is lost after ligation, while other tertiary interactions are retained between the exon and the intron. Consistent with these structural observations, kinetic and thermodynamic measurements show that the scissile phosphate makes direct contact with metals in the ground state before exon ligation and in the transition state, but not after exon ligation. Despite no direct exonic interactions and even in the absence of the scissile phosphate, two metal ions remain bound within the active site. Together, these data suggest that release of the ligated exons from the intron is preceded by a change in substrate-metal coordination before tertiary hydrogen bonding contacts to the exons are broken.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 260 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 4
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein AD [auth A]95Homo sapiensMutation(s): 2 
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PHAROS:  P09012
GTEx:  ENSG00000077312 
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UniProt GroupP09012
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
Group I intron P9A [auth B]197synthetic construct
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
DNA/RNA (5'-R(*AP*AP*GP*CP*CP*AP*CP*AP*CP*AP*AP*AP*CP*CP*A)-D(P*DG)-3')B [auth C]16synthetic construct
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
DNA/RNA (5'-R(*CP*A)-D(P*DU)-R(P*AP*CP*GP*GP*CP*C)-3')C [auth D]9synthetic construct
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Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
K
Query on K

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H [auth B]
I [auth B]
J [auth B]
S [auth B]
U [auth B]
H [auth B],
I [auth B],
J [auth B],
S [auth B],
U [auth B],
V [auth B]
POTASSIUM ION
K
NPYPAHLBTDXSSS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
MG
Query on MG

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E [auth B]
F [auth B]
G [auth B]
K [auth B]
L [auth B]
E [auth B],
F [auth B],
G [auth B],
K [auth B],
L [auth B],
M [auth B],
N [auth B],
O [auth B],
P [auth B],
Q [auth B],
R [auth B],
T [auth B]
MAGNESIUM ION
Mg
JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.33 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.280 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.281 
  • Space Group: P 41 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 111.188α = 90
b = 111.188β = 90
c = 240.3γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2008-04-01
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-10-25
    Changes: Refinement description, Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.3: 2021-10-20
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.4: 2024-02-21
    Changes: Data collection