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Iwane Y, Kimura H, Katoh T, Suga H. Uniform affinity-tuning of N-methyl-aminoacyl-tRNAs to EF-Tu enhances their multiple incorporation. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:10807-10817. [PMID: 33997906 PMCID: PMC8565323 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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In ribosomal translation, the accommodation of aminoacyl-tRNAs into the ribosome is mediated by elongation factor thermo unstable (EF-Tu). The structures of proteinogenic aminoacyl-tRNAs (pAA-tRNAs) are fine-tuned to have uniform binding affinities to EF-Tu in order that all proteinogenic amino acids can be incorporated into the nascent peptide chain with similar efficiencies. Although genetic code reprogramming has enabled the incorporation of non-proteinogenic amino acids (npAAs) into the nascent peptide chain, the incorporation of some npAAs, such as N-methyl-amino acids (MeAAs), is less efficient, especially when MeAAs frequently and/or consecutively appear in a peptide sequence. Such poor incorporation efficiencies can be attributed to inadequate affinities of MeAA-tRNAs to EF-Tu. Taking advantage of flexizymes, here we have experimentally verified that the affinities of MeAA-tRNAs to EF-Tu are indeed weaker than those of pAA-tRNAs. Since the T-stem of tRNA plays a major role in interacting with EF-Tu, we have engineered the T-stem sequence to tune the affinity of MeAA-tRNAs to EF-Tu. The uniform affinity-tuning of the individual pairs has successfully enhanced the incorporation of MeAAs, achieving the incorporation of nine distinct MeAAs into both linear and thioether-macrocyclic peptide scaffolds.
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- Yoshihiko Iwane
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Moor N, Klipcan L, Safro MG. Bacterial and eukaryotic phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze misaminoacylation of tRNA(Phe) with 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 18:1221-9. [PMID: 22035791 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2011] [Revised: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases exert control over the accuracy of translation by selective pairing the correct amino acids with their cognate tRNAs, and proofreading the misacylated products. Here we show that three existing, structurally different phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases-human mitochondrial (HsmtPheRS), human cytoplasmic (HsctPheRS), and eubacterial from Thermus thermophilus (TtPheRS), catalyze mischarging of tRNA(Phe) with an oxidized analog of tyrosine-L-dopa. The lowest level of L-dopa discrimination over the cognate amino acid, exhibited by HsmtPheRS, is comparable to that of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. HsmtPheRS and TtPheRS complexes with L-dopa revealed in the active sites an electron density shaping this ligand. HsctPheRS and TtPheRS possessing editing activity are capable of hydrolyzing the exogenous L-dopa-tRNA(Phe) as efficiently as Tyr-tRNA(Phe). However, editing activity of PheRS does not guarantee reduction of the aminoacylation error rate to escape misincorporation of L-dopa into polypeptide chains.
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- Nina Moor
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Klipcan L, Moor N, Finarov I, Kessler N, Sukhanova M, Safro MG. Crystal structure of human mitochondrial PheRS complexed with tRNA(Phe) in the active "open" state. J Mol Biol 2011; 415:527-37. [PMID: 22137894 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Monomeric human mitochondrial phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS), or hmPheRS, is the smallest known enzyme exhibiting aminoacylation activity. HmPheRS consists of only two structural domains and differs markedly from heterodimeric eukaryotic cytosolic and bacterial analogs both in the domain organization and in the mode of tRNA binding. Here, we describe the first crystal structure of mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) complexed with tRNA at a resolution of 3.0 Å. Unlike bacterial PheRSs, the hmPheRS recognizes C74, the G1-C72 base pair, and the "discriminator" base A73, proposed to contribute to tRNA(Phe) identity in the yeast mitochondrial enzyme. An interaction of the tRNA acceptor stem with the signature motif 2 residues of hmPheRS is of critical importance for the stabilization of the CCA-extended conformation and its correct placement in the synthetic site of the enzyme. The crystal structure of hmPheRS-tRNA(Phe) provides direct evidence that the formation of the complex with tRNA requires a significant rearrangement of the anticodon-binding domain from the "closed" to the productive "open" state. Global repositioning of the domain is tRNA modulated and governed by long-range electrostatic interactions.
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- Liron Klipcan
- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Hertzel Street, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Eukaryotic cytosolic and mitochondrial phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the charging of tRNA with the meta-tyrosine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:11045-8. [PMID: 19549855 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905212106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The accumulation of proteins damaged by reactive oxygen species (ROS), conventionally regarded as having pathological potentials, is associated with age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, atherosclerosis, and cataractogenesis. Exposure of the aromatic amino acid phenylalanine to ROS-generating systems produces multiple isomers of tyrosine: m-tyrosine (m-Tyr), o-tyrosine (o-Tyr), and the standard p-tyrosine (Tyr). Previously it was demonstrated that exogenously supplied, oxidized amino acids could be incorporated into bacterial and eukaryotic proteins. It is, therefore, likely that in many cases, in vivo-damaged amino acids are available for de novo synthesis of proteins. Although the involvement of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in this process has been hypothesized, the specific pathway by which ROS-damaged amino acids are incorporated into proteins remains unclear. We provide herein evidence that mitochondrial and cytoplasmic phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases (HsmtPheRS and HsctPheRS, respectively) catalyze direct attachment of m-Tyr to tRNA(Phe), thereby opening the way for delivery of the misacylated tRNA to the ribosome and incorporation of ROS-damaged amino acid into eukaryotic proteins. Crystal complexes of mitochondrial and bacterial PheRSs with m-Tyr reveal the net of highly specific interactions within the synthetic and editing sites.
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Vasil'eva IA, Semenova EA, Moor NA. Interaction of human phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase with specific tRNA according to thiophosphate footprinting. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2009; 74:175-85. [PMID: 19267673 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297909020084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The interaction of human cytoplasmic phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (an enzyme with yet unknown 3D-structure) with homologous tRNA(Phe) under functional conditions was studied by footprinting based on iodine cleavage of thiophosphate-substituted tRNA transcripts. Most tRNA(Phe) nucleotides recognized by the enzyme in the anticodon (G34), anticodon stem (G30-C40, A31-U39), and D-loop (G20) have effectively or moderately protected phosphates. Other important specificity elements (A35 and A36) were found to form weak nonspecific contacts. The D-stem, T-arm, and acceptor stem are also among continuous contacts of the tRNA(Phe) backbone with the enzyme, thus suggesting the presence of additional recognition elements in these regions. The data indicate that mechanisms of interaction between phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases and specific tRNAs are different in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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- I A Vasil'eva
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Vasil'eva IA, Moor NA. Interaction of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases with tRNA: general principles and distinguishing characteristics of the high-molecular-weight substrate recognition. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2007; 72:247-63. [PMID: 17447878 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297907030029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This review summarizes results of numerous (mainly functional) studies that have been accumulated over recent years on the problem of tRNA recognition by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Development and employment of approaches that use synthetic mutant and chimeric tRNAs have demonstrated general principles underlying highly specific interaction in different systems. The specificity of interaction is determined by a certain number of nucleotides and structural elements of tRNA (constituting the set of recognition elements or specificity determinants), which are characteristic of each pair. Crystallographic structures available for many systems provide the details of the molecular basis of selective interaction. Diversity and identity of biochemical functions of the recognition elements make substantial contribution to the specificity of such interactions.
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- I A Vasil'eva
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Moor N, Kotik-Kogan O, Tworowski D, Sukhanova M, Safro M. The crystal structure of the ternary complex of phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase with tRNAPhe and a phenylalanyl-adenylate analogue reveals a conformational switch of the CCA end. Biochemistry 2006; 45:10572-83. [PMID: 16939209 DOI: 10.1021/bi060491l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The crystal structure of the ternary complex of (alphabeta)(2) heterotetrameric phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS) from Thermus thermophilus with cognate tRNA(Phe) and a nonhydrolyzable phenylalanyl-adenylate analogue (PheOH-AMP) has been determined at 3.1 A resolution. It reveals conformational changes in tRNA(Phe) induced by the PheOH-AMP binding. The single-stranded 3' end exhibits a hairpin conformation in contrast to the partial unwinding observed previously in the binary PheRS.tRNA(Phe) complex. The CCA end orientation is stabilized by extensive base-specific interactions of A76 and C75 with the protein and by intra-RNA interactions of A73 with adjacent nucleotides. The 4-amino group of the "bulged out" C75 is trapped by two negatively charged residues of the beta subunit (Glubeta31 and Aspbeta33), highly conserved in eubacterial PheRSs. The position of the A76 base is stabilized by interactions with Hisalpha212 of motif 2 (universally conserved in PheRSs) and class II-invariant Argalpha321 of motif 3. Important conformational changes induced by the binding of tRNA(Phe) and PheOH-AMP are observed in the catalytic domain: the motif 2 loop and a "helical" loop (residues 139-152 of the alpha subunit) undergo coordinated displacement; Metalpha148 of the helical loop adopts a conformation preventing the 2'-OH group of A76 from approaching the alpha-carbonyl carbon of PheOH-AMP. The unfavorable position of the terminal ribose stems from the absence of the alpha-carbonyl oxygen in the analogue. Our data suggest that the idiosyncratic feature of PheRS, which aminoacylates the 2'-OH group of the terminal ribose, is dictated by the system-specific topology of the CCA end-binding site.
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- Nina Moor
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Kotik-Kogan O, Moor N, Tworowski D, Safro M. Structural basis for discrimination of L-phenylalanine from L-tyrosine by phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase. Structure 2006; 13:1799-807. [PMID: 16338408 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2005] [Revised: 08/17/2005] [Accepted: 08/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) exert control over the faithful transfer of amino acids onto cognate tRNAs. Since chemical structures of various amino acids closely resemble each other, it is difficult to discriminate between them. Editing activity has been evolved by certain aaRSs to resolve the problem. In this study, we determined the crystal structures of complexes of T. thermophilus phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS) with L-tyrosine, p-chloro-phenylalanine, and a nonhydrolyzable tyrosyl-adenylate analog. The structures demonstrate plasticity of the synthetic site capable of binding substrates larger than phenylalanine and provide a structural basis for the proofreading mechanism. The editing site is localized at the B3/B4 interface, 35 A from the synthetic site. Glubeta334 plays a crucial role in the specific recognition of the Tyr moiety in the editing site. The tyrosyl-adenylate analog binds exclusively in the synthetic site. Both structural data and tyrosine-dependent ATP hydrolysis enhanced by tRNA(Phe) provide evidence for a preferential posttransfer editing pathway in the phenylalanine-specific system.
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- Olga Kotik-Kogan
- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Kelly NJ, Morrow CD. Structural elements of the tRNA TPsiC loop critical for nucleocytoplasmic transport are important for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 primer selection. J Virol 2005; 79:6532-9. [PMID: 15858038 PMCID: PMC1091683 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.10.6532-6539.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) selects a host cell tRNA as the primer for the initiation of reverse transcription. In a previous study, transport of the intact tRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm during tRNA biogenesis was shown to be a requirement for the selection of the tRNA primer by HIV-1. To further examine the importance of tRNA structure for transport and the selection of the primer, yeast tRNA(Phe) mutants were designed such that the native tRNA structure would be disrupted to various extents. The capacity of the mutant tRNA(Phe) to complement a defective HIV-1 provirus that relies on the expression of yeast tRNA(Phe) for infectivity was determined. We found a direct relationship between intact tRNA conformation and the capacity to be selected by HIV-1 for use in reverse transcription. tRNA(Phe) mutants that retained the capacity for nucleocytoplasmic transport, indicative of overall intact conformation, complemented the defective provirus. The mutant tRNAs were not aminoacylated, and the levels of complementation were lower than that for wild-type tRNA(Phe), which did undergo transport and aminoacylation. Taken together, these results demonstrate that HIV-1 primer selection is most dependent on a tRNA structure necessary for nucleocytoplasmic transport, consistent with primer selection occurring in the cytoplasm at or near the site of protein synthesis.
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- Nathan J Kelly
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 802 Kaul Building, 720 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Moor N, Lavrik O, Favre A, Safro M. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic tetrameric phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases display conservation of the binding mode of the tRNA(Phe) CCA end. Biochemistry 2003; 42:10697-708. [PMID: 12962494 DOI: 10.1021/bi034732q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The interaction of human phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase, a eukaryotic prototype with an unknown three-dimensional structure, with the tRNA(Phe) acceptor end was studied by s(4)U-induced affinity cross-linking with human tRNA(Phe) derivatives site-specifically substituted at the single-stranded 3' end. Two different subunits of the enzyme bind two adjacent nucleotides of the tRNA(Phe) 3' end: nucleotide 76 is associated with the catalytic alpha subunit, while nucleotide 75 is in contact with the beta subunit. The binding mode is similar to that revealed previously in structural and affinity cross-linking studies of the prokaryotic Thermus thermophilus phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase. Our results suggest that the distinctive features of tRNA(Phe) acceptor end binding are conserved for the eukaryotic and prokaryotic tetrameric phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetases despite their significant differences in the domain composition of the beta subunits. The data from affinity cross-linking experiments with human phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with small ligands (ATP and/or phenylalanine or a stable synthetic analogue of phenylalanyl adenylate) reveal that the location of the tRNA(Phe) acceptor end varies with the presence and nature of other substrates. The lack of substrate activity of human tRNA(Phe) substituted with s(4)U at the 3'-terminal position suggests that base-specific interactions of the terminal adenosine are critically important for a productive interaction. The conformational rearrangement of the tRNA 3' end induced by the other substrates and dictated by base-specific contacts of the terminal nucleotide is an additional means of ensuring the phenylalanylation specificity in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems.
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- Nina Moor
- Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.
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