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Mundra S, Kabra A. Unveiling the Druggable Landscape of Bacterial Peptidyl tRNA Hydrolase: Insights into Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Potential. Biomolecules 2024; 14:668. [PMID: 38927071 PMCID: PMC11202043 DOI: 10.3390/biom14060668] [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: 05/07/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Bacterial peptidyl tRNA hydrolase (Pth) or Pth1 emerges as a pivotal enzyme involved in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis by catalyzing the release of peptidyl moieties from peptidyl-tRNA molecules and the maintenance of a free pool of specific tRNAs. This enzyme is vital for bacterial cells and an emerging drug target for various bacterial infections. Understanding the enzymatic mechanisms and structural intricacies of bacterial Pth is pivotal in designing novel therapeutics to combat antibiotic resistance. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted roles of Pth in bacterial physiology, shedding light on its significance as a potential drug target. This article delves into the diverse functions of Pth, encompassing its involvement in ribosome rescue, the maintenance of a free tRNA pool in bacterial systems, the regulation of translation fidelity, and stress response pathways within bacterial systems. Moreover, it also explores the druggability of bacterial Pth, emphasizing its promise as a target for antibacterial agents and highlighting the challenges associated with developing specific inhibitors against this enzyme. Structural elucidation represents a cornerstone in unraveling the catalytic mechanisms and substrate recognition of Pth. This review encapsulates the current structural insights of Pth garnered through various biophysical techniques, such as X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, providing a detailed understanding of the enzyme's architecture and conformational dynamics. Additionally, biophysical aspects, including its interaction with ligands, inhibitors, and substrates, are discussed, elucidating the molecular basis of bacterial Pth's function and its potential use in drug design strategies. Through this review article, we aim to put together all the available information on bacterial Pth and emphasize its potential in advancing innovative therapeutic interventions and combating bacterial infections.
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- Surbhi Mundra
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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Schulte U, den Brave F, Haupt A, Gupta A, Song J, Müller CS, Engelke J, Mishra S, Mårtensson C, Ellenrieder L, Priesnitz C, Straub SP, Doan KN, Kulawiak B, Bildl W, Rampelt H, Wiedemann N, Pfanner N, Fakler B, Becker T. Mitochondrial complexome reveals quality-control pathways of protein import. Nature 2023; 614:153-159. [PMID: 36697829 PMCID: PMC9892010 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05641-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mitochondria have crucial roles in cellular energetics, metabolism, signalling and quality control1-4. They contain around 1,000 different proteins that often assemble into complexes and supercomplexes such as respiratory complexes and preprotein translocases1,3-7. The composition of the mitochondrial proteome has been characterized1,3,5,6; however, the organization of mitochondrial proteins into stable and dynamic assemblies is poorly understood for major parts of the proteome1,4,7. Here we report quantitative mapping of mitochondrial protein assemblies using high-resolution complexome profiling of more than 90% of the yeast mitochondrial proteome, termed MitCOM. An analysis of the MitCOM dataset resolves >5,200 protein peaks with an average of six peaks per protein and demonstrates a notable complexity of mitochondrial protein assemblies with distinct appearance for respiration, metabolism, biogenesis, dynamics, regulation and redox processes. We detect interactors of the mitochondrial receptor for cytosolic ribosomes, of prohibitin scaffolds and of respiratory complexes. The identification of quality-control factors operating at the mitochondrial protein entry gate reveals pathways for preprotein ubiquitylation, deubiquitylation and degradation. Interactions between the peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase Pth2 and the entry gate led to the elucidation of a constitutive pathway for the removal of preproteins. The MitCOM dataset-which is accessible through an interactive profile viewer-is a comprehensive resource for the identification, organization and interaction of mitochondrial machineries and pathways.
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- Uwe Schulte
- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,Present Address: MTIP, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.419481.10000 0001 1515 9979Present Address: Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.482402.8Present Address: Sanofi-Aventis (Suisse), Vernier, Switzerland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,Center for Basics in NeuroModulation, Freiburg, Germany.
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Matsumoto A, Uehara Y, Shimizu Y, Ueda T, Uchiumi T, Ito K. High-resolution crystal structure of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase fromThermus thermophilus. Proteins 2018; 87:226-235. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ami Matsumoto
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences; Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo; Chiba Japan
- Laboratory for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis; RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research; Osaka Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences; Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo; Chiba Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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Search of multiple hot spots on the surface of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase: structural, binding and antibacterial studies. Biochem J 2018; 475:547-560. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) catalyzes the breakdown of peptidyl-tRNA into peptide and tRNA components. Pth from Acinetobacter baumannii (AbPth) was cloned, expressed, purified and crystallized in a native unbound (AbPth-N) state and in a bound state with the phosphate ion and cytosine arabinoside (cytarabine) (AbPth-C). Structures of AbPth-N and AbPth-C were determined at 1.36 and 1.10 Å resolutions, respectively. The structure of AbPth-N showed that the active site is filled with water molecules. In the structure of AbPth-C, a phosphate ion is present in the active site, while cytarabine is bound in a cleft which is located away from the catalytic site. The cytarabine-binding site is formed with residues: Gln19, Trp27, Glu30, Gln31, Lys152, Gln158 and Asp162. In the structure of AbPth-N, the side chains of two active-site residues, Asn70 and Asn116, were observed in two conformations. Upon binding of the phosphate ion in the active site, the side chains of both residues were ordered to single conformations. Since Trp27 is present at the cytarabine-binding site, the fluorescence studies were carried out which gave a dissociation constant (KD) of 3.3 ± 0.8 × 10−7 M for cytarabine. The binding studies using surface plasmon resonance gave a KD value of 3.7 ± 0.7 × 10−7 M. The bacterial inhibition studies using the agar diffusion method and the biofilm inhibition assay established the strong antimicrobial potential of cytarabine. It also indicated that cytarabine inhibited Gram-negative bacteria more profoundly when compared with Gram-positive bacteria in a dose-dependent manner. Cytarabine was also effective against the drug-resistant bacteria both alone as well as in combination with other antibiotics.
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Zhang F, Song Y, Niu L, Teng M, Li X. Crystal structure of Staphylococcus aureus peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase at a 2.25 Å resolution. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2015; 47:1005-10. [PMID: 26508479 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmv114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) catalyzes the release of tRNA to relieve peptidyl-tRNA accumulation. Because Pth activity is essential for the viability of bacteria, Pth is regarded as a promising target for the discovery of new antimicrobial agents. Here, the structure of Pth from the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (SaPth) was solved by X-ray crystallography at a 2.25 Å resolution. The SaPth structure exhibits significant structural similarity with other members of the Pth superfamily, with a conserved α/β/α sandwich fold. A molecular phylogenetic analysis and a structure database search indicated that SaPth is most similar to its homolog in Streptococcus pyogenes, but it has a different substrate-binding cleft state.
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- Fan Zhang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Hefei Science Center, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Hefei Science Center, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Hefei Science Center, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Hefei Science Center, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China Key Laboratory of Structural Biology, Hefei Science Center, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei 230026, China
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Singh A, Gautam L, Sinha M, Bhushan A, Kaur P, Sharma S, Singh TP. Crystal structure of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase from a Gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pyogenes at 2.19 Å resolution shows the closed structure of the substrate-binding cleft. FEBS Open Bio 2014; 4:915-22. [PMID: 25389518 PMCID: PMC4226762 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2014.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Revised: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Structure of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) from Streptococcus pyogenes. First structure of Pth from a Gram-positive bacterium. Conformations of the lid and gate loops are different from those observed in other Pth enzymes. The substrate-binding channel is closed at both sites of the lid and gate loops. In Pth structures from other species, the channel is fully open at the lid loop.
Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) catalyses the release of tRNA and peptide components from peptidyl-tRNA molecules. Pth from a Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes (SpPth) was cloned, expressed, purified and crystallised. Three-dimensional structure of SpPth was determined by X-ray crystallography at 2.19 Å resolution. Structure determination showed that the asymmetric unit of the unit cell contained two crystallographically independent molecules, designated A and B. The superimposition of Cα traces of molecules A and B showed an r.m.s. shift of 0.4 Å, indicating that the structures of two crystallographically independent molecules were identical. The polypeptide chain of SpPth adopted an overall α/β conformation. The substrate-binding cleft in SpPth is formed with three loops: the gate loop, Ile91–Leu102; the base loop, Gly108–Gly115; and the lid loop, Gly136–Gly150. Unlike in the structures of Pth from Gram-negative bacteria, the entry to the cleft in the structure of SpPth appeared to be virtually closed. However, the conformations of the active site residues were found to be similar.
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- Avinash Singh
- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Structural and binding studies of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa provide a platform for the structure-based inhibitor design against peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase. Biochem J 2014; 463:329-37. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20140631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase is a key enzyme that is required to maintain the process of protein synthesis in bacteria. The structure determinations of the native enzyme from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its complexes have provided an excellent platform for structure-based drug design.
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Structural and functional insights into peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2014; 1844:1279-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Matsumoto A, Shimizu Y, Takemoto C, Ueda T, Uchiumi T, Ito K. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:332-5. [PMID: 23519816 PMCID: PMC3606586 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309113003424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Peptidyl-tRNA is produced from the ribosome as a result of aborted translation. Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase cleaves the ester bond between the peptide and the tRNA of peptidyl-tRNA molecules, to recycle tRNA for further rounds of protein synthesis. In this study, peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase from Thermus thermophilus HB8 (TthPth) was crystallized using 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol as a precipitant. The crystals belonged to the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁, with unit-cell parameters a=47.45, b=53.92, c=58.67 Å, and diffracted X-rays to atomic resolution (beyond 1.0 Å resolution). The asymmetric unit is expected to contain one TthPth molecule, with a solvent content of 27.13% (VM=1.69 Å3 Da(-1)). The structure is being solved by molecular replacement.
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- Ami Matsumoto
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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- RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Ito K, Murakami R, Mochizuki M, Qi H, Shimizu Y, Miura KI, Ueda T, Uchiumi T. Structural basis for the substrate recognition and catalysis of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:10521-31. [PMID: 22923517 PMCID: PMC3488237 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) cleaves the ester bond between the peptide and the tRNA of peptidyl-tRNA molecules, which are produced by aborted translation, to recycle tRNA for further rounds of protein synthesis. Pth is ubiquitous in nature, and its enzymatic activity is essential for bacterial viability. We have determined the crystal structure of Escherichia coli Pth in complex with the tRNA CCA-acceptor-TΨC domain, the enzyme-binding region of the tRNA moiety of the substrate, at 2.4 Å resolution. In combination with site-directed mutagenesis studies, the structure identified the amino acid residues involved in tRNA recognition. The structure also revealed that Pth interacts with the tRNA moiety through the backbone phosphates and riboses, and no base-specific interactions were observed, except for the interaction with the highly conserved base G53. This feature enables Pth to accept the diverse sequences of the elongator-tRNAs as substrate components. Furthermore, we propose an authentic Pth:peptidyl-tRNA complex model and a detailed mechanism for the hydrolysis reaction, based on the present crystal structure and the previous studies’ results.
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- Kosuke Ito
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan.
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Ito K, Qi H, Shimizu Y, Murakami R, Miura KI, Ueda T, Uchiumi T. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase from Escherichia coli in complex with the acceptor-TΨC domain of tRNA. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011; 67:1566-9. [PMID: 22139168 PMCID: PMC3232141 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309111038383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) cleaves the ester bond between the peptide and the tRNA of peptidyl-tRNA molecules, which are the product of aborted translation. In the present work, Pth from Escherichia coli was crystallized with the acceptor-TΨC domain of tRNA using 1,4-butanediol as a precipitant. The crystals belonged to the hexagonal space group P6(1), with unit-cell parameters a = b = 55.1, c = 413.1 Å, and diffracted X-rays beyond 2.4 Å resolution. The asymmetric unit is expected to contain two complexes of Pth and the acceptor-TΨC domain of tRNA (V(M) = 2.8 Å(3) Da(-1)), with a solvent content of 60.8%. The structure is being solved by molecular replacement.
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- Kosuke Ito
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Nishi-ku, Niigata, Japan.
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Giorgi L, Bontems F, Fromant M, Aubard C, Blanquet S, Plateau P. RNA-binding site of Escherichia coli peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:39585-94. [PMID: 21930710 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.281840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In a cell, peptidyl-tRNA molecules that have prematurely dissociated from ribosomes need to be recycled. This work is achieved by an enzyme called peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase. To characterize the RNA-binding site of Escherichia coli peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase, minimalist substrates inspired from tRNA(His) have been designed and produced. Two minisubstrates consist of an N-blocked histidylated RNA minihelix or a small RNA duplex mimicking the acceptor and TψC stem regions of tRNA(His). Catalytic efficiency of the hydrolase toward these two substrates is reduced by factors of 2 and 6, respectively, if compared with N-acetyl-histidyl-tRNA(His). In contrast, with an N-blocked histidylated microhelix or a tetraloop missing the TψC arm, efficiency of the hydrolase is reduced 20-fold. NMR mapping of complex formation between the hydrolase and the small RNA duplex indicates amino acid residues sensitive to RNA binding in the following: (i) the enzyme active site region; (ii) the helix-loop covering the active site; (iii) the region including Leu-95 and the bordering residues 111-117, supposed to form the boundary between the tRNA core and the peptidyl-CCA moiety-binding sites; (iv) the region including Lys-105 and Arg-133, two residues that are considered able to clamp the 5'-phosphate of tRNA, and (v) the positively charged C-terminal helix (residues 180-193). Functional value of these interactions is assessed taking into account the catalytic properties of various engineered protein variants, including one in which the C-terminal helix was simply subtracted. A strong role of Lys-182 in helix binding to the substrate is indicated.
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- Laurent Giorgi
- Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoire de Biochimie, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Giorgi L, Plateau P, O'Mahony G, Aubard C, Fromant M, Thureau A, Grøtli M, Blanquet S, Bontems F. NMR-Based Substrate Analog Docking to Escherichia coli Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolase. J Mol Biol 2011; 412:619-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2011] [Revised: 05/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ishii T, Funakoshi M, Kobayashi H. Yeast Pth2 is a UBL domain-binding protein that participates in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. EMBO J 2006; 25:5492-503. [PMID: 17082762 PMCID: PMC1679763 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 10/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ubiquitin-like (UBL)-ubiquitin-associated (UBA) proteins such as Rad23 and Dsk2 mediate the delivery of polyubiquitinated proteins to the proteasome in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. We show here that budding yeast peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase 2 (Pth2), which was previously recognized as a peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase, is a UBL domain-binding protein that participates in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Pth2 bound to the UBL domain of both Rad23 and Dsk2. Pth2 also interacted with polyubiquitinated proteins through the UBA domains of Rad23 and Dsk2. Pth2 overexpression caused an accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins and inhibited the growth of yeast. Ubiquitin-dependent degradation was accelerated in the pth2Delta mutant and was retarded by overexpression of Pth2. Pth2 inhibited the interaction of Rad23 and Dsk2 with the polyubiquitin receptors Rpn1 and Rpn10 on the proteasome. Furthermore, Pth2 function involving UBL-UBA proteins was independent of its peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase activity. These results suggest that Pth2 negatively regulates the UBL-UBA protein-mediated shuttling pathway in the ubiquitin-proteasome system.
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- Takashi Ishii
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- CREST, Japanese Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
- CREST, Japanese Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. Tel.: +81 92 642 6179; Fax: +81 92 642 6183; E-mail:
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Das G, Varshney U. Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase and its critical role in protein biosynthesis. Microbiology (Reading) 2006; 152:2191-2195. [PMID: 16849786 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.29024-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) releases tRNA from peptidyl-tRNA by cleaving the ester bond between the peptide and the tRNA. Genetic analyses usingEscherichia coliharbouring temperature-sensitive Pth have identified a number of translation factors involved in peptidyl-tRNA release. Accumulation of peptidyl-tRNA in the cells leads to depletion of aminoacyl-tRNA pools and halts protein biosynthesis. Thus, it is vital for cells to maintain Pth activity to deal with the pollution of peptidyl-tRNAs generated during the initiation, elongation and termination steps of protein biosynthesis. Interestingly, while eubacteria possess a single class of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase, eukaryotes possess several such activities, making Pth a potential drug target to control eubacterial infections. This review discusses the aspects of Pth that relate to its history and biochemistry and its physiological connections with various cellular factors.
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- Gautam Das
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Ferri-Fioni ML, Fromant M, Bouin AP, Aubard C, Lazennec C, Plateau P, Blanquet S. Identification in archaea of a novel D-Tyr-tRNATyr deacylase. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:27575-85. [PMID: 16844682 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605860200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most bacteria and eukarya contain an enzyme capable of specifically hydrolyzing D-aminoacyl-tRNA. Here, the archaea Sulfolobus solfataricus is shown to also contain an enzyme activity capable of recycling misaminoacylated D-Tyr-tRNATyr. N-terminal sequencing of this enzyme identifies open reading frame SS02234 (dtd2), the product of which does not present any sequence homology with the known D-Tyr-tRNATyr deacylases of bacteria or eukaryotes. On the other hand, homologs of dtd2 occur in archaea and plants. The Pyrococcus abyssi dtd2 ortholog (PAB2349) was isolated. It rescues the sensitivity to D-tyrosine of a mutant Escherichia coli strain lacking dtd, the gene of its endogeneous D-Tyr-tRNATyr deacylase. Moreover, in vitro, the PAB2349 product, which behaves as a monomer and carries 2 mol of zinc/mol of protein, catalyzes the cleavage of D-Tyr-tRNATyr. The three-dimensional structure of the product of the Archaeoglobus fulgidus dtd2 ortholog has been recently solved by others through a structural genomics approach (Protein Data Bank code 1YQE). This structure does not resemble that of Escherichia coli D-Tyr-tRNATyr deacylase. Instead, it displays homology with that of a bacterial peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase. We show, however, that the archaeal PAB2349 enzyme does not act against diacetyl-Lys-tRNALys, a model substrate of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase. Based on the Protein Data Bank 1YQE structure, site-directed mutagenesis experiments were undertaken to remove zinc from the PAB2349 enzyme. Several residues involved in zinc binding and supporting the activity of the deacylase were identified. Taken together, these observations suggest evolutionary links between the various hydrolases in charge of the recycling of metabolically inactive tRNAs during translation.
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- Maria-Laura Ferri-Fioni
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, UMR CNRS 7654, Département de Biologie, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Powers R, Mirkovic N, Goldsmith-Fischman S, Acton TB, Chiang Y, Huang YJ, Ma L, Rajan PK, Cort JR, Kennedy MA, Liu J, Rost B, Honig B, Murray D, Montelione GT. Solution structure of Archaeglobus fulgidis peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth2) provides evidence for an extensive conserved family of Pth2 enzymes in archea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Protein Sci 2005; 14:2849-61. [PMID: 16251366 PMCID: PMC2253226 DOI: 10.1110/ps.051666705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The solution structure of protein AF2095 from the thermophilic archaea Archaeglobus fulgidis, a 123-residue (13.6-kDa) protein, has been determined by NMR methods. The structure of AF2095 is comprised of four alpha-helices and a mixed beta-sheet consisting of four parallel and anti-parallel beta-strands, where the alpha-helices sandwich the beta-sheet. Sequence and structural comparison of AF2095 with proteins from Homo sapiens, Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, and Sulfolobus solfataricus reveals that AF2095 is a peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth2). This structural comparison also identifies putative catalytic residues and a tRNA interaction region for AF2095. The structure of AF2095 is also similar to the structure of protein TA0108 from archaea Thermoplasma acidophilum, which is deposited in the Protein Data Bank but not functionally annotated. The NMR structure of AF2095 has been further leveraged to obtain good-quality structural models for 55 other proteins. Although earlier studies have proposed that the Pth2 protein family is restricted to archeal and eukaryotic organisms, the similarity of the AF2095 structure to human Pth2, the conservation of key active-site residues, and the good quality of the resulting homology models demonstrate a large family of homologous Pth2 proteins that are conserved in eukaryotic, archaeal, and bacterial organisms, providing novel insights in the evolution of the Pth and Pth2 enzyme families.
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- Robert Powers
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
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Soutourina O, Soutourina J, Blanquet S, Plateau P. Formation of d-Tyrosyl-tRNATyr Accounts for the Toxicity of d-Tyrosine toward Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:42560-5. [PMID: 15292242 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402931200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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D-Tyr-tRNATyr deacylase cleaves the ester bond between a tRNA molecule and a D-amino acid. In Escherichia coli, inactivation of the gene (dtd) encoding this deacylase increases the toxicity of several D-amino acids including D-tyrosine, D-tryptophan, and D-aspartic acid. Here, we demonstrate that, in a Deltadtd cell grown in the presence of 2.4 mm D-tyrosine, approximately 40% of the total tRNATyr pool is converted into D-Tyr-tRNATyr. No D-Tyr-tRNATyr is observed in dtd+ cells. In addition, we observe that overproduction of tRNATyr, tRNATrp, or tRNAAsp protects a Deltadtd mutant strain against the toxic effect of D-tyrosine, D-tryptophan, or D-aspartic acid, respectively. In the case of D-tyrosine, we show that the protection is accounted for by an increase in the concentration of L-Tyr-tRNATyr proportional to that of overproduced tRNATyr. Altogether, these results indicate that, by accumulating in vivo, high amounts of D-Tyr-tRNATyr cause a starvation for L-Tyr-tRNATyr. The deacylase prevents the starvation by hydrolyzing D-Tyr-tRNATyr. Overproduction of tRNATyr also relieves the starvation by increasing the amount of cellular L-Tyr-tRNATyr available for translation.
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- Olga Soutourina
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7654, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Armengaud J, Urbonavicius J, Fernandez B, Chaussinand G, Bujnicki JM, Grosjean H. N2-Methylation of Guanosine at Position 10 in tRNA Is Catalyzed by a THUMP Domain-containing, S-Adenosylmethionine-dependent Methyltransferase, Conserved in Archaea and Eukaryota. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37142-52. [PMID: 15210688 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403845200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In sequenced genomes, genes belonging to the cluster of orthologous group COG1041 are exclusively, and almost ubiquitously, found in Eukaryota and Archaea but never in Bacteria. The corresponding gene products exhibit a characteristic Rossmann fold, S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase domain in the C terminus and a predicted RNA-binding THUMP (thiouridine synthases, RNA methyltransferases, and pseudouridine synthases) domain in the N terminus. Recombinant PAB1283 protein from the archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi GE5, a member of COG1041, was purified and shown to behave as a monomeric 39-kDa entity. This protein (EC 2.1.1.32), now renamed (Pab)Trm-G10, which is extremely thermostable, forms a 1:1 complex with tRNA and catalyzes the adenosylmethionine-dependent methylation of the exocyclic amino group (N(2)) of guanosine located at position 10. Depending on the experimental conditions used, as well as the tRNA substrate tested, the enzymatic reaction leads to the formation of either N(2)-monomethyl (m(2)G) or N(2)-dimethylguanosine (m(2)(2)G). Interestingly, (Pab)Trm-G10 exhibits different domain organization and different catalytic site architecture from another, earlier characterized, tRNA-dimethyltransferase from Pyrococcus furiosus ((Pfu)Trm-G26, also known as (Pfu)Trm1, a member of COG1867) that catalyzes an identical two-step dimethylation of guanosine but at position 26 in tRNAs and is also conserved among all sequenced Eukaryota and Archaea. The co-occurrence of these two guanosine dimethyltransferases in both Archaea and Eukaryota but not in Bacteria is a hallmark of distinct tRNAs maturation strategies between these domains of life.
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- Jean Armengaud
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique VALRHO, DSV-DIEP-SBTN, Service de Biochimie Post-génomique & Toxicologie Nucléaire, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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De Pereda JM, Waas WF, Jan Y, Ruoslahti E, Schimmel P, Pascual J. Crystal structure of a human peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase reveals a new fold and suggests basis for a bifunctional activity. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:8111-5. [PMID: 14660562 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311449200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (Pth) activity releases tRNA from the premature translation termination product peptidyl-tRNA. Two different enzymes have been reported to encode such activity, Pth present in bacteria and eukaryotes and Pth2 present in archaea and eukaryotes. Here we report the crystallographic structure of the Homo sapiens Pth2 at a 2.0-A resolution as well as its catalytic properties. In contrast to the structure of Escherichia coli Pth, H. sapiens Pth2 has an alpha/beta fold with a four-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet in its core surrounded by two alpha-helices on each side. This arrangement of secondary structure elements generates a fold not previously reported. Its catalytic efficiency is comparable with that reported for the archaeal Sulfolobus solfataricus Pth2 and higher than that of the bacterial E. coli Pth. Several lines of evidence target the active site to two close loops with highly conserved residues. This active site architecture is unrelated to that of E. coli Pth. In addition, intermolecular contacts in the crystal asymmetric unit cell suggest a likely surface for protein-protein interactions related to the Pth2-mediated apoptosis.
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- Jose M De Pereda
- Program on Cell Adhesion and Signal Transduction, Cancer Center of the Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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