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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5782
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Glutaminyl-transfer RNA (Gln-tRNA(Gln)) in archaea is synthesized in a pretranslational amidation of misacylated Glu-tRNA(Gln) by the heterodimeric Glu-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase GatDE. Here we report the crystal structure of the Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus GatDE complexed to tRNA(Gln) at 3.15 angstroms resolution. Biochemical analysis of GatDE and of tRNA(Gln) mutants characterized the catalytic centers for the enzyme's three reactions (glutaminase, kinase, and amidotransferase activity). A 40 angstrom-long channel for ammonia transport connects the active sites in GatD and GatE. tRNA(Gln) recognition by indirect readout based on shape complementarity of the D loop suggests an early anticodon-independent RNA-based mechanism for adding glutamine to the genetic code.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
312
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1950-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Acylation, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Ammonia, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Anticodon, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Computer Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Genetic Code, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Glutamine, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Magnesium, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Methanobacteriaceae, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Nitrogenous Group Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Protein Structure, Quaternary, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-RNA, Archaeal, pubmed-meshheading:16809540-RNA, Transfer, Gln
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural basis of RNA-dependent recruitment of glutamine to the genetic code.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural