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Li ZH, Zhou XL. Eukaryotic AlaX provides multiple checkpoints for quality and quantity of aminoacyl-tRNAs in translation. Nucleic Acids Res 2024:gkae486. [PMID: 38869066 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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Translational fidelity relies critically on correct aminoacyl-tRNA supply. The trans-editing factor AlaX predominantly hydrolyzes Ser-tRNAAla, functioning as a third sieve of alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS). Despite extensive studies in bacteria and archaea, the mechanism of trans-editing in mammals remains largely unknown. Here, we show that human AlaX (hAlaX), which is exclusively distributed in the cytoplasm, is an active trans-editing factor with strict Ser-specificity. In vitro, both hAlaX and yeast AlaX (ScAlaX) were capable of hydrolyzing nearly all Ser-mischarged cytoplasmic and mitochondrial tRNAs; and robustly edited cognate Ser-charged cytoplasmic and mitochondrial tRNASers. In vivo or cell-based studies revealed that loss of ScAlaX or hAlaX readily induced Ala- and Thr-to-Ser misincorporation. Overexpression of hAlaX impeded the decoding efficiency of consecutive Ser codons, implying its regulatory role in Ser codon decoding. Remarkably, yeast cells with ScAlaX deletion responded differently to translation inhibitor treatment, with a gain in geneticin resistance, but sensitivity to cycloheximide, both of which were rescued by editing-capable ScAlaX, alanyl- or threonyl-tRNA synthetase. Altogether, our results demonstrated the previously undescribed editing peculiarities of eukaryotic AlaXs, which provide multiple checkpoints to maintain the speed and fidelity of genetic decoding.
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- Zi-Han Li
- Key Laboratory of RNA Innovation, Science and Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Innovation, Science and Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Health Science of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China
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Zong Z, Xie F, Wang S, Wu X, Zhang Z, Yang B, Zhou F. Alanyl-tRNA synthetase, AARS1, is a lactate sensor and lactyltransferase that lactylates p53 and contributes to tumorigenesis. Cell 2024; 187:2375-2392.e33. [PMID: 38653238 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Lysine lactylation is a post-translational modification that links cellular metabolism to protein function. Here, we find that AARS1 functions as a lactate sensor that mediates global lysine lacylation in tumor cells. AARS1 binds to lactate and catalyzes the formation of lactate-AMP, followed by transfer of lactate to the lysince acceptor residue. Proteomics studies reveal a large number of AARS1 targets, including p53 where lysine 120 and lysine 139 in the DNA binding domain are lactylated. Generation and utilization of p53 variants carrying constitutively lactylated lysine residues revealed that AARS1 lactylation of p53 hinders its liquid-liquid phase separation, DNA binding, and transcriptional activation. AARS1 expression and p53 lacylation correlate with poor prognosis among cancer patients carrying wild type p53. β-alanine disrupts lactate binding to AARS1, reduces p53 lacylation, and mitigates tumorigenesis in animal models. We propose that AARS1 contributes to tumorigenesis by coupling tumor cell metabolism to proteome alteration.
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- Zhi Zong
- The First Affiliated Hospital, the Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, the Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Geriatric Disease and Immunology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu key laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, the Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Geriatric Disease and Immunology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu key laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, the Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, the Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Geriatric Disease and Immunology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu key laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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Onoguchi M, Otsuka R, Koyama M, Ando T, Mutsuro-Aoki H, Umehara T, Tamura K. Elucidation of productive alanine recognition mechanism by Escherichia coli alanyl-tRNA synthetase. Biosystems 2024; 237:105152. [PMID: 38346553 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) incorrectly recognizes both a slightly smaller glycine and a slightly larger serine in addition to alanine, and the probability of incorrect identification is extremely low at 1/300 and 1/170, respectively. Alanine is the second smallest amino acid after glycine; however, the mechanism by which AlaRS specifically identifies small differences in side chains with high accuracy remains unknown. In this study, using a malachite green assay, we aimed to elucidate the alanine recognition mechanism of a fragment (AlaRS368N) containing only the amino acid activation domain of Escherichia coli AlaRS. This method quantifies monophosphate by decomposing pyrophosphate generated during aminoacyl-AMP production. AlaRS368N produced far more pyrophosphate when glycine or serine was used as a substrate than when alanine was used. Among several mutants tested, an AlaRS mutant in which the widely conserved aspartic acid at the 235th position (D235) near the active center was replaced with glutamic acid (D235E) increased pyrophosphate release for the alanine substrate, compared to that from glycine and serine. These results suggested that D235 is optimal for AlaRS to specifically recognize alanine. Alanylation activities of an RNA minihelix by the mutants of valine at the 214th position (V214) of another fragment (AlaRS442N), which is the smallest AlaRS with alanine charging activity, suggest the existence of the van der Waals-like interaction between the side chain of V214 and the methyl group of the alanine substrate.
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- Mayu Onoguchi
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Applied Electronics, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan; Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan; Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.
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Lu YW, Liang Z, Guo H, Fernandes T, Espinoza-Lewis RA, Wang T, Li K, Li X, Singh GB, Wang Y, Cowan D, Mably JD, Philpott CC, Chen H, Wang DZ. PCBP1 regulates alternative splicing of AARS2 in congenital cardiomyopathy. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.18.540420. [PMID: 37293078 PMCID: PMC10245752 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.18.540420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Alanyl-transfer RNA synthetase 2 (AARS2) is a nuclear encoded mitochondrial tRNA synthetase that is responsible for charging of tRNA-Ala with alanine during mitochondrial translation. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the Aars2 gene, including those affecting its splicing, are linked to infantile cardiomyopathy in humans. However, how Aars2 regulates heart development, and the underlying molecular mechanism of heart disease remains unknown. Here, we found that poly(rC) binding protein 1 (PCBP1) interacts with the Aars2 transcript to mediate its alternative splicing and is critical for the expression and function of Aars2. Cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of Pcbp1 in mice resulted in defects in heart development that are reminiscent of human congenital cardiac defects, including noncompaction cardiomyopathy and a disruption of the cardiomyocyte maturation trajectory. Loss of Pcbp1 led to an aberrant alternative splicing and a premature termination of Aars2 in cardiomyocytes. Additionally, Aars2 mutant mice with exon-16 skipping recapitulated heart developmental defects observed in Pcbp1 mutant mice. Mechanistically, we found dysregulated gene and protein expression of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway in both Pcbp1 and Aars2 mutant hearts; these date provide further evidence that the infantile hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with the disorder oxidative phosphorylation defect type 8 (COXPD8) is mediated by Aars2. Our study therefore identifies Pcbp1 and Aars2 as critical regulators of heart development and provides important molecular insights into the role of disruptions in metabolism on congenital heart defects.
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Hei Z, Fang P. Sequential magnesium binding facilitates lysyl-tRNA synthetase to recognize ATP. Biochem Biophys Rep 2023; 33:101426. [PMID: 36647555 PMCID: PMC9840234 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) catalyze the ligation of amino acids to cognate tRNAs by consuming one molecule of ATP. Magnesium is essential for the enzymes' activity. Certain class II aaRSs, such as lysyl-tRNA synthetase (LysRS) and seryl-tRNA synthetase (SerRS), recognize ATP together with three magnesium ions in the active site. The detailed role of how these magnesium ions facilitate the ATP recognition by the enzyme is unclear. Here, we report analyses of a crystal structure of human LysRS, in which the two enzymatic pockets of the LysRS dimer are in different states. One pocket is vacant of ATP, and the other is in an intermediate state of ATP recognition. Interestingly, only one magnesium ion instead of three is bound in both states. Compared with our previously solved LysRS structures, we proposed the order of binding for the three magnesium ions. These structures also reveal multiple intermediate ATP-bound states during the amino acid activation reaction, providing critical insights into the mechanisms of the magnesium-dependent enzyme activity of class II aaRSs.
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- Zhoufei Hei
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, 310024, China,State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, 310024, China,State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China,Corresponding author. State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Peptide Bond Formation between Aminoacyl-Minihelices by a Scaffold Derived from the Peptidyl Transferase Center. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12040573. [PMID: 35455064 PMCID: PMC9030986 DOI: 10.3390/life12040573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The peptidyl transferase center (PTC) in the ribosome is composed of two symmetrically arranged tRNA-like units that contribute to peptide bond formation. We prepared units of the PTC components with putative tRNA-like structure and attempted to obtain peptide bond formation between aminoacyl-minihelices (primordial tRNAs, the structures composed of a coaxial stack of the acceptor stem on the T-stem of tRNA). One of the components of the PTC, P1c2UGGU (74-mer), formed a dimer and a peptide bond was formed between two aminoacyl-minihelices tethered by the dimeric P1c2UGGU. Peptide synthesis depended on both the existence of the dimeric P1c2UGGU and the sequence complementarity between the ACCA-3′ sequence of the minihelix. Thus, the tRNA-like structures derived from the PTC could have originated as a scaffold of aminoacyl-minihelices for peptide bond formation through an interaction of the CCA sequence of minihelices. Moreover, with the same origin, some would have evolved to constitute the present PTC of the ribosome, and others to function as present tRNAs.
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Jani J, Pappachan A. A review on quality control agents of protein translation - The role of Trans-editing proteins. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 199:252-263. [PMID: 34995670 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.12.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Translation of RNA to protein is a key feature of cellular life. The fidelity of this process mainly depends on the availability of correctly charged tRNAs. Different domains of tRNA synthetase (aaRS) maintain translation quality by ensuring the proper attachment of particular amino acid with respective tRNA, thus it establishes the rule of genetic code. However occasional errors by aaRS generate mischarged tRNAs, which can become lethal to the cells. Accurate protein synthesis necessitates hydrolysis of mischarged tRNAs. Various cis and trans-editing proteins are identified which recognize these mischarged products and correct them by hydrolysis. Trans-editing proteins are homologs of cis-editing domains of aaRS. The trans-editing proteins work in close association with aaRS, Ef-Tu, and ribosome to prevent global mistranslation and ensures correct charging of tRNA. In this review, we discuss the major trans-editing proteins and compared them with their cis-editing counterparts. We also discuss their structural features, biochemical activity and role in maintaining cellular protein homeostasis.
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- Jaykumar Jani
- School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Sector 30, Gandhinagar 382030, Gujarat, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Sector 30, Gandhinagar 382030, Gujarat, India.
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Kavoor A, Kelly P, Ibba M. Escherichia coli alanyl-tRNA synthetase maintains proofreading activity and translational accuracy under oxidative stress. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101601. [PMID: 35065077 PMCID: PMC8857464 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are enzymes that synthesize aminoacyl-tRNAs to facilitate translation of the genetic code. Quality control by aaRS proofreading and other mechanisms maintains translational accuracy, which promotes cellular viability. Systematic disruption of proofreading, as recently demonstrated for alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS), leads to dysregulation of the proteome and reduced viability. Recent studies showed that environmental challenges such as exposure to reactive oxygen species can also alter aaRS synthetic and proofreading functions, prompting us to investigate if oxidation might positively or negatively affect AlaRS activity. We found that while oxidation leads to modification of several residues in Escherichia coli AlaRS, unlike in other aaRSs, this does not affect proofreading activity against the noncognate substrates serine and glycine and only results in a 1.6-fold decrease in efficiency of cognate Ala-tRNAAla formation. Mass spectrometry analysis of oxidized AlaRS revealed that the critical proofreading residue in the editing site, Cys666, and three methionine residues (M217 in the active site, M658 in the editing site, and M785 in the C-Ala domain) were modified to cysteine sulfenic acid and methionine sulfoxide, respectively. Alanine scanning mutagenesis showed that none of the identified residues were solely responsible for the change in cognate tRNAAla aminoacylation observed under oxidative stress, suggesting that these residues may act as reactive oxygen species “sinks” to protect catalytically critical sites from oxidative damage. Combined, our results indicate that E. coli AlaRS proofreading is resistant to oxidative damage, providing an important mechanism of stress resistance that helps to maintain proteome integrity and cellular viability.
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- Arundhati Kavoor
- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA.
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Zhang H, Wu J, Lyu Z, Ling J. Impact of alanyl-tRNA synthetase editing deficiency in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:9953-9964. [PMID: 34500470 PMCID: PMC8464055 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are essential enzymes that provide the ribosome with aminoacyl-tRNA substrates for protein synthesis. Mutations in aaRSs lead to various neurological disorders in humans. Many aaRSs utilize editing to prevent error propagation during translation. Editing defects in alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) cause neurodegeneration and cardioproteinopathy in mice and are associated with microcephaly in human patients. The cellular impact of AlaRS editing deficiency in eukaryotes remains unclear. Here we use yeast as a model organism to systematically investigate the physiological role of AlaRS editing. Our RNA sequencing and quantitative proteomics results reveal that AlaRS editing defects surprisingly activate the general amino acid control pathway and attenuate the heatshock response. We have confirmed these results with reporter and growth assays. In addition, AlaRS editing defects downregulate carbon metabolism and attenuate protein synthesis. Supplying yeast cells with extra carbon source partially rescues the heat sensitivity caused by AlaRS editing deficiency. These findings are in stark contrast with the cellular effects caused by editing deficiency in other aaRSs. Our study therefore highlights the idiosyncratic role of AlaRS editing compared with other aaRSs and provides a model for the physiological impact caused by the lack of AlaRS editing.
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- Hong Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Aggarwal SD, Lloyd AJ, Yerneni SS, Narciso AR, Shepherd J, Roper DI, Dowson CG, Filipe SR, Hiller NL. A molecular link between cell wall biosynthesis, translation fidelity, and stringent response in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2018089118. [PMID: 33785594 PMCID: PMC8040666 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018089118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Survival in the human host requires bacteria to respond to unfavorable conditions. In the important Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae, cell wall biosynthesis proteins MurM and MurN are tRNA-dependent amino acyl transferases which lead to the production of branched muropeptides. We demonstrate that wild-type cells experience optimal growth under mildly acidic stressed conditions, but ΔmurMN strain displays growth arrest and extensive lysis. Furthermore, these stress conditions compromise the efficiency with which alanyl-tRNAAla synthetase can avoid noncognate mischarging of tRNAAla with serine, which is toxic to cells. The observed growth defects are rescued by inhibition of the stringent response pathway or by overexpression of the editing domain of alanyl-tRNAAla synthetase that enables detoxification of tRNA misacylation. Furthermore, MurM can incorporate seryl groups from mischarged Seryl-tRNAAlaUGC into cell wall precursors with exquisite specificity. We conclude that MurM contributes to the fidelity of translation control and modulates the stress response by decreasing the pool of mischarged tRNAs. Finally, we show that enhanced lysis of ΔmurMN pneumococci is caused by LytA, and the murMN operon influences macrophage phagocytosis in a LytA-dependent manner. Thus, MurMN attenuates stress responses with consequences for host-pathogen interactions. Our data suggest a causal link between misaminoacylated tRNA accumulation and activation of the stringent response. In order to prevent potential corruption of translation, consumption of seryl-tRNAAla by MurM may represent a first line of defense. When this mechanism is overwhelmed or absent (ΔmurMN), the stringent response shuts down translation to avoid toxic generation of mistranslated/misfolded proteins.
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- Surya D Aggarwal
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom;
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1099-085 Oeiras, Portugal
- Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas (UCIBIO), Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825-149 Caparica, Portugal
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1099-085 Oeiras, Portugal;
- Unidade de Ciências Biomoleculares Aplicadas (UCIBIO), Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825-149 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213;
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a devastating motor and sensory neuropathy with an estimated 100,000 afflicted individuals in the US. Unexpectedly, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are the largest disease-associated protein family. A natural explanation is that the disease is associated with weak translation or mistranslation (caused by editing defects). However, our results with six different disease-causing mutants in AlaRS ruled out defects in aminoacylation or editing as causal factors. Instead, specific mutant proteins gained a neuropilin 1 (Nrp1)-AlaRS interaction. Previously a gain of Nrp1 interaction with a different disease-causing tRNA synthetase was mechanistically linked to the pathology of CMT. Thus, our results raise the possibility that pathological engagement of Nrp1 is common to at least a subset of tRNA synthetase-associated cases of CMT. Through dominant mutations, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases constitute the largest protein family linked to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). An example is CMT subtype 2N (CMT2N), caused by individual mutations spread out in AlaRS, including three in the aminoacylation domain, thereby suggesting a role for a tRNA-charging defect. However, here we found that two are aminoacylation defective but that the most widely distributed R329H is normal as a purified protein in vitro and in unfractionated patient cell samples. Remarkably, in contrast to wild-type (WT) AlaRS, all three mutant proteins gained the ability to interact with neuropilin 1 (Nrp1), the receptor previously linked to CMT pathogenesis in GlyRS. The aberrant AlaRS-Nrp1 interaction is further confirmed in patient samples carrying the R329H mutation. However, CMT2N mutations outside the aminoacylation domain do not induce the Nrp1 interaction. Detailed biochemical and biophysical investigations, including X-ray crystallography, small-angle X-ray scattering, hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX), switchSENSE hydrodynamic diameter determinations, and protease digestions reveal a mutation-induced structural loosening of the aminoacylation domain that correlates with the Nrp1 interaction. The b1b2 domains of Nrp1 are responsible for the interaction with R329H AlaRS. The results suggest Nrp1 is more broadly associated with CMT-associated members of the tRNA synthetase family. Moreover, we revealed a distinct structural loosening effect induced by a mutation in the editing domain and a lack of conformational impact with C-Ala domain mutations, indicating mutations in the same protein may cause neuropathy through different mechanisms. Our results show that, as with other CMT-associated tRNA synthetases, aminoacylation per se is not relevant to the pathology.
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Kelly P, Kavoor A, Ibba M. Fine-Tuning of Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase Quality Control Alleviates Global Dysregulation of the Proteome. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11101222. [PMID: 33081015 PMCID: PMC7603204 DOI: 10.3390/genes11101222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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One integral step in the transition from a nucleic acid encoded-genome to functional proteins is the aminoacylation of tRNA molecules. To perform this activity, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) activate free amino acids in the cell forming an aminoacyl-adenylate before transferring the amino acid on to its cognate tRNA. These newly formed aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) can then be used by the ribosome during mRNA decoding. In Escherichia coli, there are twenty aaRSs encoded in the genome, each of which corresponds to one of the twenty proteinogenic amino acids used in translation. Given the shared chemicophysical properties of many amino acids, aaRSs have evolved mechanisms to prevent erroneous aa-tRNA formation with non-cognate amino acid substrates. Of particular interest is the post-transfer proofreading activity of alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) which prevents the accumulation of Ser-tRNAAla and Gly-tRNAAla in the cell. We have previously shown that defects in AlaRS proofreading of Ser-tRNAAla lead to global dysregulation of the E. coli proteome, subsequently causing defects in growth, motility, and antibiotic sensitivity. Here we report second-site AlaRS suppressor mutations that alleviate the aforementioned phenotypes, revealing previously uncharacterized residues within the AlaRS proofreading domain that function in quality control.
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- Paul Kelly
- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (P.K.); (A.K.)
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- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (P.K.); (A.K.)
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- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; (P.K.); (A.K.)
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, 318 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-714-516-5235
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Han NC, Kelly P, Ibba M. Translational quality control and reprogramming during stress adaptation. Exp Cell Res 2020; 394:112161. [PMID: 32619498 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Organisms encounter stress throughout their lives, and therefore require the ability to respond rapidly to environmental changes. Although transcriptional responses are crucial for controlling changes in gene expression, regulation at the translational level often allows for a faster response at the protein levels which permits immediate adaptation. The fidelity and robustness of protein synthesis are actively regulated under stress. For example, mistranslation can be beneficial to cells upon environmental changes and also alters cellular stress responses. Additionally, stress modulates both global and selective translational regulation through mechanisms including the change of aminoacyl-tRNA activity, tRNA pool reprogramming and ribosome heterogeneity. In this review, we draw on studies from both the prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems to discuss current findings of cellular adaptation at the level of translation, specifically translational fidelity and activity changes in response to a wide array of environmental stressors including oxidative stress, nutrient depletion, temperature variation, antibiotics and host colonization.
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- Nien-Ching Han
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43220, USA
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- The Ohio State University Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43220, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43220, USA.
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Kuzmishin Nagy AB, Bakhtina M, Musier-Forsyth K. Trans-editing by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-like editing domains. Enzymes 2020; 48:69-115. [PMID: 33837712 DOI: 10.1016/bs.enz.2020.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) are ubiquitous enzymes responsible for aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) synthesis. Correctly formed aa-tRNAs are necessary for proper decoding of mRNA and accurate protein synthesis. tRNAs possess specific nucleobases that promote selective recognition by cognate aaRSs. Selecting the cognate amino acid can be more challenging because all amino acids share the same peptide backbone and several are isosteric or have similar side chains. Thus, aaRSs can misactivate non-cognate amino acids and produce mischarged aa-tRNAs. If left uncorrected, mischarged aa-tRNAs deliver their non-cognate amino acid to the ribosome resulting in misincorporation into the nascent polypeptide chain. This changes the primary protein sequence and potentially causes misfolding or formation of non-functional proteins that impair cell survival. A variety of proofreading or editing pathways exist to prevent and correct mistakes in aa-tRNA formation. Editing may occur before the amino acid transfer step of aminoacylation via hydrolysis of the aminoacyl-adenylate. Alternatively, post-transfer editing, which occurs after the mischarged aa-tRNA is formed, may be carried out via a distinct editing site on the aaRS where the mischarged aa-tRNA is deacylated. In recent years, it has become clear that most organisms also encode factors that lack aminoacylation activity but resemble aaRS editing domains and function to clear mischarged aa-tRNAs in trans. This review focuses on these trans-editing factors, which are encoded in all three domains of life and function together with editing domains present within aaRSs to ensure that the accuracy of protein synthesis is sufficient for cell survival.
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- Alexandra B Kuzmishin Nagy
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
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The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are an essential and universally distributed family of enzymes that plays a critical role in protein synthesis, pairing tRNAs with their cognate amino acids for decoding mRNAs according to the genetic code. Synthetases help to ensure accurate translation of the genetic code by using both highly accurate cognate substrate recognition and stringent proofreading of noncognate products. While alterations in the quality control mechanisms of synthetases are generally detrimental to cellular viability, recent studies suggest that in some instances such changes facilitate adaption to stress conditions. Beyond their central role in translation, synthetases are also emerging as key players in an increasing number of other cellular processes, with far-reaching consequences in health and disease. The biochemical versatility of the synthetases has also proven pivotal in efforts to expand the genetic code, further emphasizing the wide-ranging roles of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family in synthetic and natural biology.
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- Miguel Angel Rubio Gomez
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Kaiser F, Krautwurst S, Salentin S, Haupt VJ, Leberecht C, Bittrich S, Labudde D, Schroeder M. The structural basis of the genetic code: amino acid recognition by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12647. [PMID: 32724042 PMCID: PMC7387524 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69100-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Storage and directed transfer of information is the key requirement for the development of life. Yet any information stored on our genes is useless without its correct interpretation. The genetic code defines the rule set to decode this information. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are at the heart of this process. We extensively characterize how these enzymes distinguish all natural amino acids based on the computational analysis of crystallographic structure data. The results of this meta-analysis show that the correct read-out of genetic information is a delicate interplay between the composition of the binding site, non-covalent interactions, error correction mechanisms, and steric effects.
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- Florian Kaiser
- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC), TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany. .,PharmAI GmbH, Tatzberg 47, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
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- University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, 09648, Mittweida, Germany
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- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC), TU Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany.,PharmAI GmbH, Tatzberg 47, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, 09648, Mittweida, Germany
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Chen M, Kuhle B, Diedrich J, Liu Z, Moresco JJ, Yates Iii JR, Pan T, Yang XL. Cross-editing by a tRNA synthetase allows vertebrates to abundantly express mischargeable tRNA without causing mistranslation. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:6445-6457. [PMID: 32484512 PMCID: PMC7337962 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The accuracy in pairing tRNAs with correct amino acids by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) dictates the fidelity of translation. To ensure fidelity, multiple aaRSs developed editing functions that remove a wrong amino acid from tRNA before it reaches the ribosome. However, no specific mechanism within an aaRS is known to handle the scenario where a cognate amino acid is mischarged onto a wrong tRNA, as exemplified by AlaRS mischarging alanine to G4:U69-containing tRNAThr. Here, we report that the mischargeable G4:U69-containing tRNAThr are strictly conserved in vertebrates and are ubiquitously and abundantly expressed in mammalian cells and tissues. Although these tRNAs are efficiently mischarged, no corresponding Thr-to-Ala mistranslation is detectable. Mistranslation is prevented by a robust proofreading activity of ThrRS towards Ala-tRNAThr. Therefore, while wrong amino acids are corrected within an aaRS, a wrong tRNA is handled in trans by an aaRS cognate to the mischarged tRNA species. Interestingly, although Ala-tRNAThr mischarging is not known to occur in bacteria, Escherichia coli ThrRS also possesses robust cross-editing ability. We propose that the cross-editing activity of ThrRS is evolutionarily conserved and that this intrinsic activity allows G4:U69-containing tRNAThr to emerge and be preserved in vertebrates to have alternative functions without compromising translational fidelity.
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- Meirong Chen
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.,College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Tawfik DS, Gruic-Sovulj I. How evolution shapes enzyme selectivity - lessons from aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and other amino acid utilizing enzymes. FEBS J 2020; 287:1284-1305. [PMID: 31891445 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 12/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) charge tRNA with their cognate amino acids. Many other enzymes use amino acids as substrates, yet discrimination against noncognate amino acids that threaten the accuracy of protein translation is a hallmark of AARSs. Comparing AARSs to these other enzymes allowed us to recognize patterns in molecular recognition and strategies used by evolution for exercising selectivity. Overall, AARSs are 2-3 orders of magnitude more selective than most other amino acid utilizing enzymes. AARSs also reveal the physicochemical limits of molecular discrimination. For example, amino acids smaller by a single methyl moiety present a discrimination ceiling of ~200, while larger ones can be discriminated by up to 105 -fold. In contrast, substrates larger by a hydroxyl group challenge AARS selectivity, due to promiscuous H-bonding with polar active site groups. This 'hydroxyl paradox' is resolved by editing. Indeed, when the physicochemical discrimination limits are reached, post-transfer editing - hydrolysis of tRNAs charged with noncognate amino acids, evolved. The editing site often selectively recognizes the edited noncognate substrate using the very same feature that the synthetic site could not efficiently discriminate against. Finally, the comparison to other enzymes also reveals that the selectivity of AARSs is an explicitly evolved trait, showing some clear examples of how selection acted not only to optimize catalytic efficiency with the target substrate, but also to abolish activity with noncognate threat substrates ('negative selection').
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- Dan S Tawfik
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
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Erber L, Hoffmann A, Fallmann J, Betat H, Stadler PF, Mörl M. LOTTE-seq (Long hairpin oligonucleotide based tRNA high-throughput sequencing): specific selection of tRNAs with 3'-CCA end for high-throughput sequencing. RNA Biol 2020; 17:23-32. [PMID: 31486704 PMCID: PMC6948972 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1664250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Transfer RNAs belong to the most abundant type of ribonucleic acid in the cell, and detailed investigations revealed correlations between alterations in the tRNA pool composition and certain diseases like breast cancer. However, currently available methods do not sample the entire tRNA pool or lack specificity for tRNAs. A specific disadvantage of such methods is that only full-length tRNAs are analysed, while tRNA fragments or incomplete cDNAs due to RT stops at modified nucleosides are lost. Another drawback in certain approaches is that the tRNA fraction has to be isolated and separated from high molecular weight RNA, resulting in considerable labour costs and loss of material. Based on a hairpin-shaped adapter oligonucleotide selective for tRNA transcripts, we developed a highly specific protocol for efficient and comprehensive high-throughput analysis of tRNAs that combines the benefits of existing methods and eliminates their disadvantages. Due to a 3'-TGG overhang, the adapter is specifically ligated to the tRNA 3'-CCA end. Reverse transcription prior to the ligation of a second adapter allows to include prematurely terminated cDNA products, increasing the number of tRNA reads. This strategy renders this approach a powerful and universal tool to analyse the tRNA pool of cells and organisms under different conditions in health and disease.
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- Lieselotte Erber
- Institute for Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Competence Center for Scalable Data Services and Solutions, and Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Botoga, Colombia
- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Han NC, Bullwinkle TJ, Loeb KF, Faull KF, Mohler K, Rinehart J, Ibba M. The mechanism of β-N-methylamino-l-alanine inhibition of tRNA aminoacylation and its impact on misincorporation. J Biol Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)49898-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Han NC, Bullwinkle TJ, Loeb KF, Faull KF, Mohler K, Rinehart J, Ibba M. The mechanism of β- N-methylamino-l-alanine inhibition of tRNA aminoacylation and its impact on misincorporation. J Biol Chem 2019; 295:1402-1410. [PMID: 31862734 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
β-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) is a nonproteinogenic amino acid that has been associated with neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). BMAA has been found in human protein extracts; however, the mechanism by which it enters the proteome is still unclear. It has been suggested that BMAA is misincorporated at serine codons during protein synthesis, but direct evidence of its cotranslational incorporation is currently lacking. Here, using LC-MS-purified BMAA and several biochemical assays, we sought to determine whether any aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) utilizes BMAA as a substrate for aminoacylation. Despite BMAA's previously predicted misincorporation at serine codons, following a screen for amino acid activation in ATP/PPi exchange assays, we observed that BMAA is not a substrate for human seryl-tRNA synthetase (SerRS). Instead, we observed that BMAA is a substrate for human alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) and can form BMAA-tRNAAla by escaping from the intrinsic AlaRS proofreading activity. Furthermore, we found that BMAA inhibits both the cognate amino acid activation and the editing functions of AlaRS. Our results reveal that, in addition to being misincorporated during translation, BMAA may be able to disrupt the integrity of protein synthesis through multiple different mechanisms.
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- Nien-Ching Han
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43220
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43220
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43220
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- Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024-1759
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520.,Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520.,Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43220
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Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase Quality Control Prevents Global Dysregulation of the Escherichia coli Proteome. mBio 2019; 10:mBio.02921-19. [PMID: 31848288 PMCID: PMC6918089 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02921-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Mechanisms have evolved to prevent errors in replication, transcription, and translation of genetic material, with translational errors occurring most frequently. Errors in protein synthesis can occur at two steps, during tRNA aminoacylation and ribosome decoding. Recent advances in protein mass spectrometry have indicated that previous reports of translational errors have potentially underestimated the frequency of these events, but also that the majority of translational errors occur during ribosomal decoding, suggesting that aminoacylation errors are evolutionarily less tolerated. Despite that interpretation, there is evidence that some aminoacylation errors may be regulated, and thus provide a benefit to the cell, while others are clearly detrimental. Here, we show that while it has been suggested that regulated Thr-to-Ser substitutions may be beneficial, there is a threshold beyond which these errors are detrimental. In contrast, we show that errors mediated by alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) are not well tolerated and induce a global stress response that leads to gross perturbation of the Escherichia coli proteome, with potentially catastrophic effects on fitness and viability. Tolerance for Ala mistranslation appears to be much lower than with other translational errors, consistent with previous reports of multiple proofreading mechanisms targeting mischarged tRNAAla These results demonstrate the essential role of aminoacyl-tRNA proofreading in optimizing cellular fitness and suggest that any potentially beneficial effects of mistranslation may be confined to specific amino acid substitutions.IMPORTANCE Errors in protein synthesis have historically been assumed to be detrimental to the cell. While there are many reports that translational errors are consequential, there is a growing body of evidence that some mistranslation events may be tolerated or even beneficial. Using two models of mistranslation, we compare the direct phenotypic effects of these events in Escherichia coli This work provides insight into the threshold for tolerance of specific mistranslation events that were previously predicted to be broadly neutral to proteome integrity. Furthermore, these data reveal the effects of mistranslation beyond the general unfolded stress response, leading to global translational reprogramming.
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Cain R, Salimraj R, Punekar AS, Bellini D, Fishwick CWG, Czaplewski L, Scott DJ, Harris G, Dowson CG, Lloyd AJ, Roper DI. Structure-Guided Enhancement of Selectivity of Chemical Probe Inhibitors Targeting Bacterial Seryl-tRNA Synthetase. J Med Chem 2019; 62:9703-9717. [PMID: 31626547 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are ubiquitous and essential enzymes for protein synthesis and also a variety of other metabolic processes, especially in bacterial species. Bacterial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases represent attractive and validated targets for antimicrobial drug discovery if issues of prokaryotic versus eukaryotic selectivity and antibiotic resistance generation can be addressed. We have determined high-resolution X-ray crystal structures of the Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus seryl-tRNA synthetases in complex with aminoacyl adenylate analogues and applied a structure-based drug discovery approach to explore and identify a series of small molecule inhibitors that selectively inhibit bacterial seryl-tRNA synthetases with greater than 2 orders of magnitude compared to their human homologue, demonstrating a route to the selective chemical inhibition of these bacterial targets.
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- Ricky Cain
- School of Life Sciences , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road , Coventry CV4 7AL , United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road , Coventry CV4 7AL , United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road , Coventry CV4 7AL , United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road , Coventry CV4 7AL , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
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- Chemical Biology Ventures Limited , Abingdon OX14 1XD , United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences , University of Nottingham , Nottingham LE12 5RD , United Kingdom.,ISIS Spallation Neutron and Muon Source and the Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Oxfordshire OX11 0FA , United Kingdom
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- ISIS Spallation Neutron and Muon Source and the Research Complex at Harwell , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Oxfordshire OX11 0FA , United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road , Coventry CV4 7AL , United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road , Coventry CV4 7AL , United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences , University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road , Coventry CV4 7AL , United Kingdom
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Zeng QY, Peng GX, Li G, Zhou JB, Zheng WQ, Xue MQ, Wang ED, Zhou XL. The G3-U70-independent tRNA recognition by human mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:3072-3085. [PMID: 30952159 PMCID: PMC6451123 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Alanyl-tRNA synthetases (AlaRSs) from three domains of life predominantly rely on a single wobble base pair, G3-U70, of tRNAAla as a major determinant. However, this base pair is divergent in human mitochondrial tRNAAla, but instead with a translocated G5-U68. How human mitochondrial AlaRS (hmtAlaRS) recognizes tRNAAla, in particular, in the acceptor stem region, remains unknown. In the present study, we found that hmtAlaRS is a monomer and recognizes mitochondrial tRNAAla in a G3-U70-independent manner, requiring several elements in the acceptor stem. In addition, we found that hmtAlaRS misactivates noncognate Gly and catalyzes strong transfer RNA (tRNA)-independent pre-transfer editing for Gly. A completely conserved residue outside of the editing active site, Arg663, likely functions as a tRNA translocation determinant to facilitate tRNA entry into the editing domain during editing. Finally, we investigated the effects of the severe infantile-onset cardiomyopathy-associated R592W mutation of hmtAlaRS on the canonical enzymatic activities of hmtAlaRS. Overall, our results provide fundamental information about tRNA recognition and deepen our understanding of translational quality control mechanisms by hmtAlaRS.
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- Qi-Yu Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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Hilander T, Zhou XL, Konovalova S, Zhang FP, Euro L, Chilov D, Poutanen M, Chihade J, Wang ED, Tyynismaa H. Editing activity for eliminating mischarged tRNAs is essential in mammalian mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:849-860. [PMID: 29228266 PMCID: PMC5778596 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Accuracy of protein synthesis is enabled by the selection of amino acids for tRNA charging by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs), and further enhanced by the proofreading functions of some of these enzymes for eliminating tRNAs mischarged with noncognate amino acids. Mouse models of editing-defective cytoplasmic alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) have previously demonstrated the importance of proofreading for cytoplasmic protein synthesis, with embryonic lethal and progressive neurodegeneration phenotypes. Mammalian mitochondria import their own set of nuclear-encoded ARSs for translating critical polypeptides of the oxidative phosphorylation system, but the importance of editing by the mitochondrial ARSs for mitochondrial proteostasis has not been known. We demonstrate here that the human mitochondrial AlaRS is capable of editing mischarged tRNAs in vitro, and that loss of the proofreading activity causes embryonic lethality in mice. These results indicate that tRNA proofreading is essential in mammalian mitochondria, and cannot be overcome by other quality control mechanisms.
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- Taru Hilander
- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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Santos M, Fidalgo A, Varanda AS, Oliveira C, Santos MAS. tRNA Deregulation and Its Consequences in Cancer. Trends Mol Med 2019; 25:853-865. [PMID: 31248782 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2019.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The expression of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) is deregulated in cancer cells but the mechanisms and functional meaning of such deregulation are poorly understood. The proteome of cancer cells is not fully encoded by their transcriptome, however, the contribution of mRNA translation to such diversity remains to be elucidated. We review data supporting the hypothesis that tRNA expression deregulation and translational error rate is an important contributor to proteome diversity and cell population heterogeneity, genome instability, and drug resistance in tumors. This hypothesis is aligned with recent data in various model organisms, showing unanticipated adaptive roles of translational errors (adaptive mistranslation), expression control of specific gene subsets by tRNAs, and proteome diversification by elevation of translational error rates in tumors.
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- Mafalda Santos
- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal; Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal; Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Expression Regulation in Cancer, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal; Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Institute of Biomedicine - iBiMED, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
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Ou X, Cao J, Cheng A, Peppelenbosch MP, Pan Q. Errors in translational decoding: tRNA wobbling or misincorporation? PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008017. [PMID: 30921315 PMCID: PMC6438450 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
As the central dogma of molecular biology, genetic information flows from DNA through transcription into RNA followed by translation of the message into protein by transfer RNAs (tRNAs). However, mRNA translation is not always perfect, and errors in the amino acid composition may occur. Mistranslation is generally well tolerated, but once it reaches superphysiological levels, it can give rise to a plethora of diseases. The key causes of mistranslation are errors in translational decoding of the codons in mRNA. Such errors mainly derive from tRNA misdecoding and misacylation, especially when certain codon-paired tRNA species are missing. Substantial progress has recently been made with respect to the mechanistic basis of erroneous mRNA decoding as well as the resulting consequences for physiology and pathology. Here, we aim to review this progress with emphasis on viral evolution and cancer development.
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- Xumin Ou
- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Research Center of Avian Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- * E-mail: (AC); (QP)
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- * E-mail: (AC); (QP)
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Sommerville EW, Zhou XL, Oláhová M, Jenkins J, Euro L, Konovalova S, Hilander T, Pyle A, He L, Habeebu S, Saunders C, Kelsey A, Morris AAM, McFarland R, Suomalainen A, Gorman GS, Wang ED, Thiffault I, Tyynismaa H, Taylor RW. Instability of the mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase underlies fatal infantile-onset cardiomyopathy. Hum Mol Genet 2019; 28:258-268. [PMID: 30285085 PMCID: PMC6321959 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recessively inherited variants in AARS2 (NM_020745.2) encoding mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase (mt-AlaRS) were first described in patients presenting with fatal infantile cardiomyopathy and multiple oxidative phosphorylation defects. To date, all described patients with AARS2-related fatal infantile cardiomyopathy are united by either a homozygous or compound heterozygous c.1774C>T (p.Arg592Trp) missense founder mutation that is absent in patients with other AARS2-related phenotypes. We describe the clinical, biochemical and molecular investigations of two unrelated boys presenting with fatal infantile cardiomyopathy, lactic acidosis and respiratory failure. Oxidative histochemistry showed cytochrome c oxidase-deficient fibres in skeletal and cardiac muscle. Biochemical studies showed markedly decreased activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I and IV with a mild decrease of complex III activity in skeletal and cardiac muscle. Using next-generation sequencing, we identified a c.1738C>T (p.Arg580Trp) AARS2 variant shared by both patients that was in trans with a loss-of-function heterozygous AARS2 variant; a c.1008dupT (p.Asp337*) nonsense variant or an intragenic deletion encompassing AARS2 exons 5-7. Interestingly, our patients did not harbour the p.Arg592Trp AARS2 founder mutation. In silico modelling of the p.Arg580Trp substitution suggested a deleterious impact on protein stability and folding. We confirmed markedly decreased mt-AlaRS protein levels in patient fibroblasts, skeletal and cardiac muscle, although mitochondrial protein synthesis defects were confined to skeletal and cardiac muscle. In vitro data showed that the p.Arg580Trp variant had a minimal effect on activation, aminoacylation or misaminoacylation activities relative to wild-type mt-AlaRS, demonstrating that instability of mt-AlaRS is the biological mechanism underlying the fatal cardiomyopathy phenotype in our patients.
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- Ewen W Sommerville
- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
- School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO , USA
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- Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Willink Metabolic Unit, Genomic Medicine, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Willink Metabolic Unit, Genomic Medicine, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Neuroscience Center, Helsinki Institute of Life Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Finland
- Department of Neurosciences, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
- School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO , USA
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) establish the rules to express the universal genetic code. During aminoacylation, each of the 20 aaRSs associates 1 of 20 amino acids with a specific trinucleotide known as anticodon. Remarkably, for alanyl-tRNAs, the synthetase makes no contact with the anticodon. Instead, it uses a “second genetic code” by picking out a single G3:U70 base pair in the tRNA acceptor stem, which is close to the amino acid attachment site, but 76 Å away from the anticodon. Here, we show that, while in the three kingdoms of life, alanyl-tRNA synthetases use G3:U70 to identify alanyl-tRNAs, surprisingly, they use three different mechanisms to achieve this. We thus suggest that, in evolution, the genetic code had a powerful and persistent preference for associating G:U with alanine. Throughout three domains of life, alanyl-tRNA synthetases (AlaRSs) recognize a G3:U70 base pair in the acceptor stem of tRNAAla as the major identity determinant of tRNAAla. The crystal structure of the archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus AlaRS in complex with tRNAAla provided the basis for G3:U70 recognition with residues (Asp and Asn) that are conserved in the three domains [Naganuma M, et al. (2014) Nature 510:507–511]. The recognition mode is unprecedented, with specific accommodation of the dyad asymmetry of the G:U wobble pair and exclusion of the dyad symmetry of a Watson–Crick pair. With this conserved mode, specificity is based more on “fit” than on direct recognition of specific atomic groups. Here, we show that, in contrast to the archaeal complex, the Escherichia coli enzyme uses direct positive (energetically favorable) minor groove recognition of the unpaired 2-amino of G3 by Asp and repulsion of a competing base pair by Asn. Strikingly, mutations that disrupted positive recognition by the E. coli enzyme had little or no effect on G:U recognition by the human enzyme. Alternatively, Homo sapiens AlaRS selects G:U without positive recognition and uses Asp instead to repel a competitor. Thus, the widely conserved Asp-plus-Asn architecture of AlaRSs can select G:U in a straightforward (bacteria) or two different unconventional (eukarya/archaea) ways. The adoption of different modes for recognition of a widely conserved G:U pair in alanine tRNAs suggests an early and insistent role for G:U in the development of the genetic code.
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Vo MN, Terrey M, Lee JW, Roy B, Moresco JJ, Sun L, Fu H, Liu Q, Weber TG, Yates JR, Fredrick K, Schimmel P, Ackerman SL. ANKRD16 prevents neuron loss caused by an editing-defective tRNA synthetase. Nature 2018; 557:510-515. [PMID: 29769718 PMCID: PMC5973781 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Editing domains of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases correct tRNA charging errors to maintain translational fidelity. A mutation in the editing domain of alanyl tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) in Aars sti mutant mice results in an increase in the production of serine-mischarged tRNAAla and the degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells. Here, using positional cloning, we identified Ankrd16, a gene that acts epistatically with the Aars sti mutation to attenuate neurodegeneration. ANKRD16, a vertebrate-specific protein that contains ankyrin repeats, binds directly to the catalytic domain of AlaRS. Serine that is misactivated by AlaRS is captured by the lysine side chains of ANKRD16, which prevents the charging of serine adenylates to tRNAAla and precludes serine misincorporation in nascent peptides. The deletion of Ankrd16 in the brains of Aarssti/sti mice causes widespread protein aggregation and neuron loss. These results identify an amino-acid-accepting co-regulator of tRNA synthetase editing as a new layer of the machinery that is essential to the prevention of severe pathologies that arise from defects in editing.
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- My-Nuong Vo
- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Section of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
- Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Sharklet Technologies, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Section of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.
- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
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Jiang T, Song H, Slaney TR, Wu W, Langsdorf E, Gupta G, Ludwig R, Tao L, McVey D, Das TK. Codon-Directed Determination of the Biological Causes of Sequence Variants in Therapeutic Proteins. Anal Chem 2017; 89:12749-12755. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Tao Jiang
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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- Analytical,
Cell Line and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky
Hill Road, Pennington, New
Jersey 08534, United States
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Chaliotis A, Vlastaridis P, Mossialos D, Ibba M, Becker HD, Stathopoulos C, Amoutzias GD. The complex evolutionary history of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:1059-1068. [PMID: 28180287 PMCID: PMC5388404 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) are a superfamily of enzymes responsible for the faithful translation of the genetic code and have lately become a prominent target for synthetic biologists. Our large-scale analysis of >2500 prokaryotic genomes reveals the complex evolutionary history of these enzymes and their paralogs, in which horizontal gene transfer played an important role. These results show that a widespread belief in the evolutionary stability of this superfamily is misconceived. Although AlaRS, GlyRS, LeuRS, IleRS, ValRS are the most stable members of the family, GluRS, LysRS and CysRS often have paralogs, whereas AsnRS, GlnRS, PylRS and SepRS are often absent from many genomes. In the course of this analysis, highly conserved protein motifs and domains within each of the AARS loci were identified and used to build a web-based computational tool for the genome-wide detection of AARS coding sequences. This is based on hidden Markov models (HMMs) and is available together with a cognate database that may be used for specific analyses. The bioinformatics tools that we have developed may also help to identify new antibiotic agents and targets using these essential enzymes. These tools also may help to identify organisms with alternative pathways that are involved in maintaining the fidelity of the genetic code.
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- Anargyros Chaliotis
- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, UMR 7156, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 allée Konrad Röntgen, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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Translational fidelity and mistranslation in the cellular response to stress. Nat Microbiol 2017; 2:17117. [PMID: 28836574 DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Faithful translation of mRNA into the corresponding polypeptide is a complex multistep process, requiring accurate amino acid selection, transfer RNA (tRNA) charging and mRNA decoding on the ribosome. Key players in this process are aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), which not only catalyse the attachment of cognate amino acids to their respective tRNAs, but also selectively hydrolyse incorrectly activated non-cognate amino acids and/or misaminoacylated tRNAs. This aaRS proofreading provides quality control checkpoints that exclude non-cognate amino acids during translation, and in so doing helps to prevent the formation of an aberrant proteome. However, despite the intrinsic need for high accuracy during translation, and the widespread evolutionary conservation of aaRS proofreading pathways, requirements for translation quality control vary depending on cellular physiology and changes in growth conditions, and translation errors are not always detrimental. Recent work has demonstrated that mistranslation can also be beneficial to cells, and some organisms have selected for a higher degree of mistranslation than others. The aims of this Review Article are to summarize the known mechanisms of protein translational fidelity and explore the diversity and impact of mistranslation events as a potentially beneficial response to environmental and cellular stress.
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Danhart EM, Bakhtina M, Cantara WA, Kuzmishin AB, Ma X, Sanford BL, Vargas-Rodriguez O, Košutić M, Goto Y, Suga H, Nakanishi K, Micura R, Foster MP, Musier-Forsyth K. Conformational and chemical selection by a trans-acting editing domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E6774-E6783. [PMID: 28768811 PMCID: PMC5565427 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703925114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Molecular sieves ensure proper pairing of tRNAs and amino acids during aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis, thereby avoiding detrimental effects of mistranslation on cell growth and viability. Mischarging errors are often corrected through the activity of specialized editing domains present in some aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases or via single-domain trans-editing proteins. ProXp-ala is a ubiquitous trans-editing enzyme that edits Ala-tRNAPro, the product of Ala mischarging by prolyl-tRNA synthetase, although the structural basis for discrimination between correctly charged Pro-tRNAPro and mischarged Ala-tRNAAla is unclear. Deacylation assays using substrate analogs reveal that size discrimination is only one component of selectivity. We used NMR spectroscopy and sequence conservation to guide extensive site-directed mutagenesis of Caulobacter crescentus ProXp-ala, along with binding and deacylation assays to map specificity determinants. Chemical shift perturbations induced by an uncharged tRNAPro acceptor stem mimic, microhelixPro, or a nonhydrolyzable mischarged Ala-microhelixPro substrate analog identified residues important for binding and deacylation. Backbone 15N NMR relaxation experiments revealed dynamics for a helix flanking the substrate binding site in free ProXp-ala, likely reflecting sampling of open and closed conformations. Dynamics persist on binding to the uncharged microhelix, but are attenuated when the stably mischarged analog is bound. Computational docking and molecular dynamics simulations provide structural context for these findings and predict a role for the substrate primary α-amine group in substrate recognition. Overall, our results illuminate strategies used by a trans-editing domain to ensure acceptance of only mischarged Ala-tRNAPro, including conformational selection by a dynamic helix, size-based exclusion, and optimal positioning of substrate chemical groups.
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- Eric M Danhart
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leopold Franzens University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Center for Molecular Biosciences, Leopold Franzens University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Leopold Franzens University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Center for Molecular Biosciences, Leopold Franzens University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210;
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210;
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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Aboelnga MM, Hayward JJ, Gauld JW. Enzymatic Post-Transfer Editing Mechanism of E. coli Threonyl-tRNA Synthetase (ThrRS): A Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Investigation. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Mohamed M. Aboelnga
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Damietta, New Damietta, Damietta Governorate 34511, Egypt
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
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Aboelnga MM, Gauld JW. Roles of the Active Site Zn(II) and Residues in Substrate Discrimination by Threonyl-tRNA Synthetase: An MD and QM/MM Investigation. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:6163-6174. [PMID: 28592109 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b03782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Threonyl-tRNA synthetase (ThrRS) is a Zn(II) containing enzyme that catalyzes the activation of threonine and its subsequent transfer to the cognate tRNA. This process is accomplished with remarkable fidelity, with ThrRS being able to discriminate its cognate substrate from similar analogues such as serine and valine. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods have been used to elucidate the role of Zn(II) in the aminoacylation mechanism of ThrRS. More specifically, the role of Zn(II) and active site residues in ThrRS's ability to discriminate between its cognate substrate l-threonine and the noncognate l-serine, l-valine, and d-threonine has been examined. The present results suggest that a role of the Zn(II) ion, with its Lewis acidity, is to facilitate deprotonation of the side chain hydroxyl groups of the aminoacyl moieties of cognate Thr-AMP and noncognate Ser-AMP substrates. In their deprotonated forms, these substrates are able to adopt a conformation preferable for aminoacyl transfer from aa-AMP onto the Ado-3'OH of the tRNAThr cosubstrate. Relative to the neutral substrates, when the substrates are first deprotonated with the assistance of the Zn(II) ion, the barrier for the rate-limiting step is decreased significantly by 42.0 and 39.2 kJ mol-1 for l-Thr-AMP and l-Ser-AMP, respectively. An active site arginyl also plays a key role in stabilizing the buildup of negative charge on the substrate's bridging phosphate oxygen during the mechanism. For the enantiomeric substrate analogue d-Thr-AMP, product formation is highly disfavored, and as a result, the reverse reaction has a very low barrier of 16.0 kJ mol-1.
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- Mohamed M Aboelnga
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor , Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Damietta , New Damietta, Damietta Governorate 34511, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor , Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
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Nakayama T, Wu J, Galvin-Parton P, Weiss J, Andriola MR, Hill RS, Vaughan DJ, El-Quessny M, Barry BJ, Partlow JN, Barkovich AJ, Ling J, Mochida GH. Deficient activity of alanyl-tRNA synthetase underlies an autosomal recessive syndrome of progressive microcephaly, hypomyelination, and epileptic encephalopathy. Hum Mutat 2017; 38:1348-1354. [PMID: 28493438 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Aminoacyl-transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetases ligate amino acids to specific tRNAs and are essential for protein synthesis. Although alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AARS) is a synthetase implicated in a wide range of neurological disorders from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease to infantile epileptic encephalopathy, there have been limited data on their pathogenesis. Here, we report loss-of-function mutations in AARS in two siblings with progressive microcephaly with hypomyelination, intractable epilepsy, and spasticity. Whole-exome sequencing identified that the affected individuals were compound heterozygous for mutations in AARS gene, c.2067dupC (p.Tyr690Leufs*3) and c.2738G>A (p.Gly913Asp). A lymphoblastoid cell line developed from one of the affected individuals showed a strong reduction in AARS abundance. The mutations decrease aminoacylation efficiency by 70%-90%. The p.Tyr690Leufs*3 mutation also abolished editing activity required for hydrolyzing misacylated tRNAs, thereby increasing errors during aminoacylation. Our study has extended potential mechanisms underlying AARS-related disorders to include destabilization of the protein, aminoacylation dysfunction, and defective editing activity.
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- Tojo Nakayama
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas.,Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.,Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Pawar KI, Suma K, Seenivasan A, Kuncha SK, Routh SB, Kruparani SP, Sankaranarayanan R. Role of D-aminoacyl-tRNA deacylase beyond chiral proofreading as a cellular defense against glycine mischarging by AlaRS. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28362257 PMCID: PMC5409826 DOI: 10.7554/elife.24001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Strict L-chiral rejection through Gly-cisPro motif during chiral proofreading underlies the inability of D-aminoacyl-tRNA deacylase (DTD) to discriminate between D-amino acids and achiral glycine. The consequent Gly-tRNAGly ‘misediting paradox’ is resolved by EF-Tu in the cell. Here, we show that DTD’s active site architecture can efficiently edit mischarged Gly-tRNAAla species four orders of magnitude more efficiently than even AlaRS, the only ubiquitous cellular checkpoint known for clearing the error. Also, DTD knockout in AlaRS editing-defective background causes pronounced toxicity in Escherichia coli even at low-glycine levels which is alleviated by alanine supplementation. We further demonstrate that DTD positively selects the universally invariant tRNAAla-specific G3•U70. Moreover, DTD’s activity on non-cognate Gly-tRNAAla is conserved across all bacteria and eukaryotes, suggesting DTD’s key cellular role as a glycine deacylator. Our study thus reveals a hitherto unknown function of DTD in cracking the universal mechanistic dilemma encountered by AlaRS, and its physiological importance. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24001.001 Proteins are made up of many different building blocks called amino acids, which are linked together in chains. The exact order of amino acids in a protein chain is important for the protein to work properly. When a cell makes proteins, molecules known as transfer ribonucleic acids (or tRNAs for short) bind to specific amino acids to guide them to the growing protein chains in the correct order. Most amino acids – except one called glycine – have two forms that are mirror images of one another, known as left-handed (L-amino acids) and right-handed (D-amino acids). However, only L-amino acids and glycine are used to make proteins. This is because of the presence of multiple quality control checkpoints in the cell that prevent D-amino acids from being involved. One such checkpoint is an enzyme called D-amino acid deacylase (DTD), which removes D-amino acids that are attached to tRNAs. Other enzymes are responsible for linking a particular amino acid to its correct tRNA. Along with mistaking D-amino acids for L-amino acids, these enzymes can also make errors when they have to distinguish between amino acids that are similar in shape and size. For example, the enzyme that attaches L-alanine to its tRNA can also mistakenly attach larger L-serine or smaller glycine to it instead. Previous research has shown that attaching L-serine to this tRNA can lead to neurodegeneration in mice, whereas attaching glycine does not seem to cause any harm. It is not clear why this is the case. Pawar et al. investigated how incorrectly attaching glycine or L-serine to the tRNA that usually binds to L-alanine affects a bacterium called Escherichia coli. The experiments show that, if the mistake is not corrected, glycine can be just as harmful to the cells as L-serine. The reason that glycine appears to be less of a problem is that the DTD enzyme is able to remove glycine, but not L-serine, from the tRNA. Further experiments show that DTD can play a similar role in a variety of organisms from bacteria to mammals. The findings of Pawar et al. extend the role of DTD beyond preventing D-amino acids from being incorporated into proteins. The next step is to understand the role of this enzyme in humans and other multicellular organisms, especially in the context of nerve cells, where it is present at high levels. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24001.002
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Rewiring protein synthesis: From natural to synthetic amino acids. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1861:3024-3029. [PMID: 28095316 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The protein synthesis machinery uses 22 natural amino acids as building blocks that faithfully decode the genetic information. Such fidelity is controlled at multiple steps and can be compromised in nature and in the laboratory to rewire protein synthesis with natural and synthetic amino acids. SCOPE OF REVIEW This review summarizes the major quality control mechanisms during protein synthesis, including aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, elongation factors, and the ribosome. We will discuss evolution and engineering of such components that allow incorporation of natural and synthetic amino acids at positions that deviate from the standard genetic code. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS The protein synthesis machinery is highly selective, yet not fixed, for the correct amino acids that match the mRNA codons. Ambiguous translation of a codon with multiple amino acids or complete reassignment of a codon with a synthetic amino acid diversifies the proteome. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Expanding the genetic code with synthetic amino acids through rewiring protein synthesis has broad applications in synthetic biology and chemical biology. Biochemical, structural, and genetic studies of the translational quality control mechanisms are not only crucial to understand the physiological role of translational fidelity and evolution of the genetic code, but also enable us to better design biological parts to expand the proteomes of synthetic organisms. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Biochemistry of Synthetic Biology - Recent Developments" Guest Editor: Dr. Ilka Heinemann and Dr. Patrick O'Donoghue.
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Structural characterization of human aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for translational and nontranslational functions. Methods 2017; 113:83-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sun L, Gomes AC, He W, Zhou H, Wang X, Pan DW, Schimmel P, Pan T, Yang XL. Evolutionary Gain of Alanine Mischarging to Noncognate tRNAs with a G4:U69 Base Pair. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:12948-12955. [PMID: 27622773 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Fidelity of translation, which is predominately dictated by the accuracy of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in pairing amino acids with correct tRNAs, is of central importance in biology. Yet, deliberate modifications of translational fidelity can be beneficial. Here we found human and not E. coli AlaRS has an intrinsic capacity for mispairing alanine onto nonalanyl-tRNAs including tRNACys. Consistently, a cysteine-to-alanine substitution was found in a reporter protein expressed in human cells. All human AlaRS-mischarged tRNAs have a G4:U69 base pair in the acceptor stem. The base pair is required for the mischarging. By solving the crystal structure of human AlaRS and comparing it to that of E. coli AlaRS, we identified a key sequence divergence between eukaryotes and bacteria that influences mischarging. Thus, the expanded tRNA specificity of AlaRS appears to be an evolutionary gain-of-function to provide posttranscriptional alanine substitutions in eukaryotic proteins for potential regulations.
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- Litao Sun
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, California 92037, United States.,Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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Valencia-Sánchez MI, Rodríguez-Hernández A, Ferreira R, Santamaría-Suárez HA, Arciniega M, Dock-Bregeon AC, Moras D, Beinsteiner B, Mertens H, Svergun D, Brieba LG, Grøtli M, Torres-Larios A. Structural Insights into the Polyphyletic Origins of Glycyl tRNA Synthetases. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:14430-46. [PMID: 27226617 PMCID: PMC4938167 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.730382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycyl tRNA synthetase (GlyRS) provides a unique case among class II aminoacyl tRNA synthetases, with two clearly widespread types of enzymes: a dimeric (α2) species present in some bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes; and a heterotetrameric form (α2β2) present in most bacteria. Although the differences between both types of GlyRS at the anticodon binding domain level are evident, the extent and implications of the variations in the catalytic domain have not been described, and it is unclear whether the mechanism of amino acid recognition is also dissimilar. Here, we show that the α-subunit of the α2β2 GlyRS from the bacterium Aquifex aeolicus is able to perform the first step of the aminoacylation reaction, which involves the activation of the amino acid with ATP. The crystal structure of the α-subunit in the complex with an analog of glycyl adenylate at 2.8 Å resolution presents a conformational arrangement that properly positions the cognate amino acid. This work shows that glycine is recognized by a subset of different residues in the two types of GlyRS. A structural and sequence analysis of class II catalytic domains shows that bacterial GlyRS is closely related to alanyl tRNA synthetase, which led us to define a new subclassification of these ancient enzymes and to propose an evolutionary path of α2β2 GlyRS, convergent with α2 GlyRS and divergent from AlaRS, thus providing a possible explanation for the puzzling existence of two proteins sharing the same fold and function but not a common ancestor.
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- Marco Igor Valencia-Sánchez
- From the Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-243, Mexico City 04510, México
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- From the Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-243, Mexico City 04510, México, the Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Irapuato, Guanajuato 04510, México
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- the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- From the Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-243, Mexico City 04510, México
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- From the Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-243, Mexico City 04510, México
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- the Centre for Integrative Biology, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology, CNRS UMR 7104, 1 Rue Laurent Fries, Illkirch, France, and
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- the Centre for Integrative Biology, Department of Integrated Structural Biology, Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology, CNRS UMR 7104, 1 Rue Laurent Fries, Illkirch, France, and
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- the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg 22603, Germany
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- the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg 22603, Germany
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- the Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Irapuato, Guanajuato 04510, México
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- the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- From the Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Estructural, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-243, Mexico City 04510, México,
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Urea Unfolding Study of E. coli Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase and Its Monomeric Variants Proves the Role of C-Terminal Domain in Stability. JOURNAL OF AMINO ACIDS 2015; 2015:805681. [PMID: 26617997 PMCID: PMC4649089 DOI: 10.1155/2015/805681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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E. coli alanyl-tRNA exists as a dimer in its native form and the C-terminal coiled-coil part plays an important role in the dimerization process. The truncated N-terminal containing the first 700 amino acids (1–700) forms a monomeric variant possessing similar aminoacylation activity like wild type. A point mutation in the C-terminal domain (G674D) also produces a monomeric variant with a fivefold reduced aminoacylation activity compared to the wild type enzyme. Urea induced denaturation of these monomeric mutants along with another alaRS variant (N461 alaRS) was studied together with the full-length enzyme using various spectroscopic techniques such as intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence, 1-anilino-8-naphthalene-sulfonic acid binding, near- and far-UV circular dichroism, and analytical ultracentrifugation. Aminoacylation activity assay after refolding from denatured state revealed that the monomeric mutants studied here were unable to regain their activity, whereas the dimeric full-length alaRS gets back similar activity as the native enzyme. This study indicates that dimerization is one of the key regulatory factors that is important in the proper folding and stability of E. coli alaRS.
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Fang P, Han H, Wang J, Chen K, Chen X, Guo M. Structural Basis for Specific Inhibition of tRNA Synthetase by an ATP Competitive Inhibitor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 22:734-44. [PMID: 26074468 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 05/03/2015] [Accepted: 05/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Pharmaceutical inhibitors of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases demand high species and family specificity. The antimalarial ATP-mimetic cladosporin selectively inhibits Plasmodium falciparum LysRS (PfLysRS). How the binding to a universal ATP site achieves the specificity is unknown. Here we report three crystal structures of cladosporin with human LysRS, PfLysRS, and a Pf-like human LysRS mutant. In all three structures, cladosporin occupies the class defining ATP-binding pocket, replacing the adenosine portion of ATP. Three residues holding the methyltetrahydropyran moiety of cladosporin are critical for the specificity of cladosporin against LysRS over other class II tRNA synthetase families. The species-exclusive inhibition of PfLysRS is linked to a structural divergence beyond the active site that mounts a lysine-specific stabilizing response to binding cladosporin. These analyses reveal that inherent divergence of tRNA synthetase structural assembly may allow for highly specific inhibition even through the otherwise universal substrate binding pocket and highlight the potential for structure-driven drug development.
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- Pengfei Fang
- Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA; School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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Simons C, Griffin LB, Helman G, Golas G, Pizzino A, Bloom M, Murphy JLP, Crawford J, Evans SH, Topper S, Whitehead MT, Schreiber JM, Chapman KA, Tifft C, Lu KB, Gamper H, Shigematsu M, Taft RJ, Antonellis A, Hou YM, Vanderver A. Loss-of-function alanyl-tRNA synthetase mutations cause an autosomal-recessive early-onset epileptic encephalopathy with persistent myelination defect. Am J Hum Genet 2015; 96:675-81. [PMID: 25817015 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Mutations in genes encoding aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are known to cause leukodystrophies and genetic leukoencephalopathies-heritable disorders that result in white matter abnormalities in the central nervous system. Here we report three individuals (two siblings and an unrelated individual) with severe infantile epileptic encephalopathy, clubfoot, absent deep tendon reflexes, extrapyramidal symptoms, and persistently deficient myelination on MRI. Analysis by whole exome sequencing identified mutations in the nuclear-encoded alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AARS) in these two unrelated families: the two affected siblings are compound heterozygous for p.Lys81Thr and p.Arg751Gly AARS, and the single affected child is homozygous for p.Arg751Gly AARS. The two identified mutations were found to result in a significant reduction in function. Mutations in AARS were previously associated with an autosomal-dominant inherited form of axonal neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2N (CMT2N). The autosomal-recessive AARS mutations identified in the individuals described here, however, cause a severe infantile epileptic encephalopathy with a central myelin defect and peripheral neuropathy, demonstrating that defects of alanyl-tRNA charging can result in a wide spectrum of disease manifestations.
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- Cas Simons
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Undiagnosed Diseases Program, NIH, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Department of Hospitalist Medicine, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA; Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Undiagnosed Diseases Program, NIH, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA 92122, USA; Departments of Integrated Systems Biology and of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC 20010, USA; Departments of Integrated Systems Biology and of Pediatrics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
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Novoa EM, Vargas-Rodriguez O, Lange S, Goto Y, Suga H, Musier-Forsyth K, Ribas de Pouplana L. Ancestral AlaX editing enzymes for control of genetic code fidelity are not tRNA-specific. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:10495-503. [PMID: 25724653 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.640060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Accurate protein synthesis requires the hydrolytic editing of tRNAs incorrectly aminoacylated by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs). Recognition of cognate tRNAs by ARS is less error-prone than amino acid recognition, and, consequently, editing domains are generally believed to act only on the tRNAs cognate to their related ARSs. For example, the AlaX family of editing domains, including the editing domain of alanyl-tRNA synthetase and the related free-standing trans-editing AlaX enzymes, are thought to specifically act on tRNA(Ala), whereas the editing domains of threonyl-tRNA synthetases are specific for tRNA(Thr). Here we show that, contrary to this belief, AlaX-S, the smallest of the extant AlaX enzymes, deacylates Ser-tRNA(Thr) in addition to Ser-tRNA(Ala) and that a single residue is important to determine this behavior. Our data indicate that promiscuous forms of AlaX are ancestral to tRNA-specific AlaXs. We propose that former AlaX domains were used to maintain translational fidelity in earlier stages of genetic code evolution when mis-serylation of several tRNAs was possible.
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- Eva Maria Novoa
- From the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, c/ Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, c/ Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and
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- the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and
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- the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, c/ Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Santos-Garcia D, Vargas-Chavez C, Moya A, Latorre A, Silva FJ. Genome evolution in the primary endosymbiont of whiteflies sheds light on their divergence. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 7:873-88. [PMID: 25716826 PMCID: PMC5322561 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Whiteflies are important agricultural insect pests, whose evolutionary success is related to a long-term association with a bacterial endosymbiont, Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum. To completely characterize this endosymbiont clade, we sequenced the genomes of three new Portiera strains covering the two extant whitefly subfamilies. Using endosymbiont and mitochondrial sequences we estimated the divergence dates in the clade and used these values to understand the molecular evolution of the endosymbiont coding sequences. Portiera genomes were maintained almost completely stable in gene order and gene content during more than 125 Myr of evolution, except in the Bemisia tabaci lineage. The ancestor had already lost the genetic information transfer autonomy but was able to participate in the synthesis of all essential amino acids and carotenoids. The time of divergence of the B. tabaci complex was much more recent than previous estimations. The recent divergence of biotypes B (MEAM1 species) and Q (MED species) suggests that they still could be considered strains of the same species. We have estimated the rates of evolution of Portiera genes, synonymous and nonsynonymous, and have detected significant differences among-lineages, with most Portiera lineages evolving very slowly. Although the nonsynonymous rates were much smaller than the synonymous, the genomic dN/dS ratios were similar, discarding selection as the driver of among-lineage variation. We suggest variation in mutation rate and generation time as the responsible factors. In conclusion, the slow evolutionary rates of Portiera may have contributed to its long-term association with whiteflies, avoiding its replacement by a novel and more efficient endosymbiont.
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- Diego Santos-Garcia
- Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Spain
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- Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Spain
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- Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Spain Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Genómica y Salud, FISABIO-Salud Pública and Universitat de València, Spain
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- Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Spain Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Genómica y Salud, FISABIO-Salud Pública and Universitat de València, Spain
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- Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Spain Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Genómica y Salud, FISABIO-Salud Pública and Universitat de València, Spain
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Euro L, Konovalova S, Asin-Cayuela J, Tulinius M, Griffin H, Horvath R, Taylor RW, Chinnery PF, Schara U, Thorburn DR, Suomalainen A, Chihade J, Tyynismaa H. Structural modeling of tissue-specific mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AARS2) defects predicts differential effects on aminoacylation. Front Genet 2015; 6:21. [PMID: 25705216 PMCID: PMC4319469 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The accuracy of mitochondrial protein synthesis is dependent on the coordinated action of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (mtARSs) and the mitochondrial DNA-encoded tRNAs. The recent advances in whole-exome sequencing have revealed the importance of the mtARS proteins for mitochondrial pathophysiology since nearly every nuclear gene for mtARS (out of 19) is now recognized as a disease gene for mitochondrial disease. Typically, defects in each mtARS have been identified in one tissue-specific disease, most commonly affecting the brain, or in one syndrome. However, mutations in the AARS2 gene for mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase (mtAlaRS) have been reported both in patients with infantile-onset cardiomyopathy and in patients with childhood to adulthood-onset leukoencephalopathy. We present here an investigation of the effects of the described mutations on the structure of the synthetase, in an effort to understand the tissue-specific outcomes of the different mutations. The mtAlaRS differs from the other mtARSs because in addition to the aminoacylation domain, it has a conserved editing domain for deacylating tRNAs that have been mischarged with incorrect amino acids. We show that the cardiomyopathy phenotype results from a single allele, causing an amino acid change R592W in the editing domain of AARS2, whereas the leukodystrophy mutations are located in other domains of the synthetase. Nevertheless, our structural analysis predicts that all mutations reduce the aminoacylation activity of the synthetase, because all mtAlaRS domains contribute to tRNA binding for aminoacylation. According to our model, the cardiomyopathy mutations severely compromise aminoacylation whereas partial activity is retained by the mutation combinations found in the leukodystrophy patients. These predictions provide a hypothesis for the molecular basis of the distinct tissue-specific phenotypic outcomes.
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- Liliya Euro
- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, University of Essen Essen, Germany
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens Hospital and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland ; Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Carleton College Northfield, MN, USA
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland ; Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
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Kirchner S, Ignatova Z. Emerging roles of tRNA in adaptive translation, signalling dynamics and disease. Nat Rev Genet 2014; 16:98-112. [DOI: 10.1038/nrg3861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cvetesic N, Palencia A, Halasz I, Cusack S, Gruic-Sovulj I. The physiological target for LeuRS translational quality control is norvaline. EMBO J 2014; 33:1639-53. [PMID: 24935946 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201488199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The fidelity of protein synthesis depends on the capacity of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) to couple only cognate amino acid-tRNA pairs. If amino acid selectivity is compromised, fidelity can be ensured by an inherent AARS editing activity that hydrolyses mischarged tRNAs. Here, we show that the editing activity of Escherichia coli leucyl-tRNA synthetase (EcLeuRS) is not required to prevent incorrect isoleucine incorporation. Rather, as shown by kinetic, structural and in vivo approaches, the prime biological function of LeuRS editing is to prevent mis-incorporation of the non-standard amino acid norvaline. This conclusion follows from a reassessment of the discriminatory power of LeuRS against isoleucine and the demonstration that a LeuRS editing-deficient E. coli strain grows normally in high concentrations of isoleucine but not under oxygen deprivation conditions when norvaline accumulates to substantial levels. Thus, AARS-based translational quality control is a key feature for bacterial adaptive response to oxygen deprivation. The non-essential role for editing under normal bacterial growth has important implications for the development of resistance to antimicrobial agents targeting the LeuRS editing site.
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- Nevena Cvetesic
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation and Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University of Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS UMI 3265, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation and Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University of Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS UMI 3265, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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