1WXO

Structure of Archaeal Trans-Editing Protein AlaX in complex with zinc

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.88 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.232 
  • R-Value Work: 0.193 

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Literature

Molecular basis of alanine discrimination in editing site

Sokabe, M., Okada, A., Yao, M., Nakashima, T., Tanaka, I.

(2005) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.Usa 102: 11669-11674

  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502119102
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • AlaX is the homologue of the class II alanyl-tRNA synthetase editing domain and has been shown to exhibit autonomous editing activity against mischarged tRNA(Ala). Here, we present the structures of AlaX from the archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii in apo ...

    AlaX is the homologue of the class II alanyl-tRNA synthetase editing domain and has been shown to exhibit autonomous editing activity against mischarged tRNA(Ala). Here, we present the structures of AlaX from the archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii in apo form, complexed with zinc, and with noncognate amino acid l-serine and zinc. Together with mutational analysis, we demonstrated that the conserved Thr-30 hydroxyl group located near the beta-methylene of the bound serine is responsible for the discrimination of noncognate serine from cognate alanine, based on their chemical natures. Furthermore, we confirmed that the conserved Gln-584 in alanyl-tRNA synthetase, which corresponds to Thr-30 of AlaX, is also critical for discrimination. These observations strongly suggested conservation of the chemical discrimination among trans- and cis-editing of tRNA(Ala).

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
alanyl-tRNA synthetase
A, B, C
157Pyrococcus horikoshii (strain ATCC 700860 / DSM 12428 / JCM 9974 / NBRC 100139 / OT-3)Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: alaXS
Find proteins for O58307 (Pyrococcus horikoshii (strain ATCC 700860 / DSM 12428 / JCM 9974 / NBRC 100139 / OT-3))
Go to UniProtKB:  O58307
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
ZN
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A, B, C
ZINC ION
Zn
PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
 Ligand Interaction
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.88 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.232 
  • R-Value Work: 0.193 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 42.472α = 90.00
b = 97.971β = 95.81
c = 60.584γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CCP4data scaling
HKL-2000data collection
AMoREphasing
HKL-2000data reduction
TRUNCATEdata reduction
CNSrefinement

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2005-07-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-30
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Source and taxonomy, Version format compliance