Crystal structure of P. abyssi Sua5 complexed with L-threonine and PPiCrystal structure of P. abyssi Sua5 complexed with L-threonine and PPi

Structural highlights

6f87 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Pyrab. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:,
Gene:sua5, PYRAB15960, PAB1302 (PYRAB)
Activity:L-threonylcarbamoyladenylate synthase, with EC number 2.7.7.87
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

[SUA5_PYRAB] Required for the formation of a threonylcarbamoyl group on adenosine at position 37 (t(6)A37) in tRNAs that read codons beginning with adenine. Likely catalyzes the conversion of L-threonine, HCO(3)(-)/CO(2) and ATP to give threonylcarbamoyl-AMP (TC-AMP) as the acyladenylate intermediate, with the release of diphosphate. Does not bind tRNA.[1]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

N6-threonyl-carbamoyl adenosine (t6A) is a universal tRNA modification found at position 37, next to the anticodon, in almost all tRNAs decoding ANN codons (where N = A, U, G or C). t6A stabilizes the codon-anticodon interaction and hence promotes translation fidelity. The first step of the biosynthesis of t6A, the production of threonyl-carbamoyl adenylate (TC-AMP), is catalyzed by the Sua5/TsaC family of enzymes. While TsaC is a single domain protein, Sua5 enzymes are composed of the TsaC-like domain, a linker and an extra domain called SUA5 of unknown function. In the present study, we report structure-function analysis of Pyrococcus abyssi Sua5 (Pa-Sua5). Crystallographic data revealed binding sites for bicarbonate substrate and pyrophosphate product. The linker of Pa-Sua5 forms a loop structure that folds into the active site gorge and closes it. Using structure-guided mutational analysis we established that the conserved sequence motifs in the linker and the domain-domain interface are essential for the function of Pa-Sua5. We propose that the linker participates actively in the biosynthesis of TC-AMP by binding to ATP/PPi and by stabilizing the N-carboxy-L-threonine intermediate. Hence, TsaC orthologs which lack such a linker and SUA5 domain use different mechanism for TC-AMP synthesis.

Structure-function analysis of Sua5 protein reveals novel functional motifs required for the biosynthesis of the universal t6A tRNA modification.,Pichard-Kostuch A, Zhang W, Liger D, Daugeron MC, Letoquart J, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Forterre P, Collinet B, van Tilbeurgh H, Basta T RNA. 2018 Apr 12. pii: rna.066092.118. doi: 10.1261/rna.066092.118. PMID:29650678[2]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

  1. Perrochia L, Crozat E, Hecker A, Zhang W, Bareille J, Collinet B, van Tilbeurgh H, Forterre P, Basta T. In vitro biosynthesis of a universal t6A tRNA modification in Archaea and Eukarya. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Feb 1;41(3):1953-64. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1287. Epub 2012 , Dec 20. PMID:23258706 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gks1287
  2. Pichard-Kostuch A, Zhang W, Liger D, Daugeron MC, Letoquart J, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Forterre P, Collinet B, van Tilbeurgh H, Basta T. Structure-function analysis of Sua5 protein reveals novel functional motifs required for the biosynthesis of the universal t6A tRNA modification. RNA. 2018 Apr 12. pii: rna.066092.118. doi: 10.1261/rna.066092.118. PMID:29650678 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1261/rna.066092.118

6f87, resolution 2.62Å

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