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Theoretical Model: The protein structure described on this page was determined theoretically, and hence should be interpreted with caution.

THEORETICAL MODEL OF S.CEREVISIAE CAP 0 (MRNA:GUANINE-N7) METHYLTRANSFERASETHEORETICAL MODEL OF S.CEREVISIAE CAP 0 (MRNA:GUANINE-N7) METHYLTRANSFERASE

Structural highlights For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed BACKGROUND: The 5'-terminal cap structure plays an important role in many aspects of mRNA metabolism. Capping enzymes encoded by viruses and pathogenic fungi are attractive targets for specific inhibitors. There is a large body of experimental data on viral and cellular methyltransferases (MTases) that carry out guanine-N7 (cap 0) methylation, including results of extensive mutagenesis. However, a crystal structure is not available and cap 0 MTases are too diverged from other MTases of known structure to allow straightforward homology-based interpretation of these data. RESULTS: We report a 3D model of cap 0 MTase, developed using sequence-to-structure threading and comparative modeling based on coordinates of the glycine N-methyltransferase. Analysis of the predicted structural features in the phylogenetic context of the cap 0 MTase family allows us to rationalize most of the experimental data available and to propose potential binding sites. We identified a case of correlated mutations in the cofactor-binding site of viral MTases that may be important for the rational drug design. Furthermore, database searches and phylogenetic analysis revealed a novel subfamily of hypothetical MTases from plants, distinct from "orthodox" cap 0 MTases. CONCLUSIONS: Computational methods were used to infer the evolutionary relationships and predict the structure of Eukaryotic cap MTase. Identification of novel cap MTase homologs suggests candidates for cloning and biochemical characterization, while the structural model will be useful in designing new experiments to better understand the molecular function of cap MTases. mRNA:guanine-N7 cap methyltransferases: identification of novel members of the family, evolutionary analysis, homology modeling, and analysis of sequence-structure-function relationships.,Bujnicki JM, Feder M, Radlinska M, Rychlewski L BMC Bioinformatics. 2001;2:2. Epub 2001 Jun 22. PMID:11472630 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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