1NJ1

Crystal structure of Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus bound to cysteine sulfamoyl adenylate

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.55 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.257 
  • R-Value Work: 0.225 

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Literature

The structural basis of cysteine aminoacylation of tRNAPro by prolyl-tRNA synthetases

Kamtekar, S., Kennedy, W.D., Wang, J., Stathopoulos, C., Soll, D., Steitz, T.A.

(2003) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 100: 1673-1678

  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0437911100
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase is an essential enzyme required for protein synthesis. Genes encoding this protein have not been identified in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus, or Methanopyrus kandleri. It has previousl ...

    Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase is an essential enzyme required for protein synthesis. Genes encoding this protein have not been identified in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus, or Methanopyrus kandleri. It has previously been proposed that the prolyl-tRNA synthetase (ProRS) enzymes in these organisms recognize either proline or cysteine and can aminoacylate their cognate tRNAs through a dual-specificity mechanism. We report five crystal structures at resolutions between 2.6 and 3.2 A: apo M. jannaschii ProRS, and M. thermautotrophicus ProRS in apo form and in complex with cysteinyl-sulfamoyl-, prolyl-sulfamoyl-, and alanyl-sulfamoyl-adenylates. These aminoacyl-adenylate analogues bind to a single active-site pocket and induce an identical set of conformational changes in loops around the active site when compared with the ligand-free conformation of ProRS. The cysteinyl- and prolyl-adenylate analogues have similar, nanomolar affinities for M. thermautotrophicus ProRS. Homology modeling of tRNA onto these adenylate complexes places the 3'-OH of A76 in an appropriate position for the transfer of any of the three amino acids to tRNA. Thus, these structures explain recent biochemical experiments showing that M. jannaschii ProRS misacylates tRNA(Pro) with cysteine, and argue against the proposal that these archaeal ProRS enzymes possess the dual capacity to aminoacylate both tRNA(Pro) and tRNA(Cys) with their cognate amino acids.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
Proline-tRNA Synthetase
A
501Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus (strain ATCC 29096 / DSM 1053 / JCM 10044 / NBRC 100330 / Delta H)Gene Names: proS
EC: 6.1.1.15
Find proteins for O26708 (Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus (strain ATCC 29096 / DSM 1053 / JCM 10044 / NBRC 100330 / Delta H))
Go to UniProtKB:  O26708
Small Molecules
Ligands 3 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
5CA
Query on 5CA
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A
5'-O-(N-(L-CYSTEINYL)-SULFAMOYL)ADENOSINE
C13 H19 N7 O7 S2
FTSDEWPMACCNGN-YTMOPEAISA-N
 Ligand Interaction
ZN
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A
ZINC ION
Zn
PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
MG
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A
MAGNESIUM ION
Mg
JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
External Ligand Annotations 
IDBinding Affinity (Sequence Identity %)
5CAKi: 25 nM PDBBIND
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.55 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.257 
  • R-Value Work: 0.225 
  • Space Group: P 65 2 2
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 143.750α = 90.00
b = 143.750β = 90.00
c = 163.890γ = 120.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
AMoREphasing
HKL-2000data reduction
CNSrefinement
SCALEPACKdata scaling
HKL-2000data collection

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2003-03-04
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-29
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Derived calculations, Version format compliance