Crystal structure of the human METTL3-METTL14 complex with compound T30 (UZH1a)Crystal structure of the human METTL3-METTL14 complex with compound T30 (UZH1a)

Structural highlights

7acd is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.5Å
Ligands:, ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

MTA70_HUMAN N6-methyltransferase that methylates adenosine residues of some RNAs and acts as a regulator of the circadian clock, differentiation of embryonic stem cells and primary miRNA processing. N6-methyladenosine (m6A), which takes place at the 5'-[AG]GAC-3' consensus sites of some mRNAs, plays a role in the efficiency of mRNA splicing, processing, translation efficiency, editing and mRNA stability (PubMed:22575960, PubMed:24284625, PubMed:25719671, PubMed:25799998, PubMed:26321680, PubMed:26593424, PubMed:9409616). M6A regulates the length of the circadian clock: acts as a early pace-setter in the circadian loop by putting mRNA production on a fast-track for facilitating nuclear processing, thereby providing an early point of control in setting the dynamics of the feedback loop (By similarity). M6A also acts as a regulator of mRNA stability: in embryonic stem cells (ESCs), m6A methylation of mRNAs encoding key naive pluripotency-promoting transcripts results in transcript destabilization, promoting differentiation of ESCs (By similarity). M6A also takes place in other RNA molecules, such as primary miRNA (pri-miRNAs) (PubMed:25799998). Mediates methylation of pri-miRNAs, marking them for recognition and processing by DGCR8 (PubMed:25799998).[UniProtKB:Q8C3P7][1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The methylase METTL3 is the writer enzyme of the N(6) -methyladenosine (m(6) A) modification of RNA. Using a structure-based drug discovery approach, we identified a METTL3 inhibitor with potency in a biochemical assay of 280 nM, while its enantiomer is 100 times less active. We observed a dose-dependent reduction in the m(6) A methylation level of mRNA in several cell lines treated with the inhibitor already after 16 h of treatment, which lasted for at least 6 days. Importantly, the prolonged incubation (up to 6 days) with the METTL3 inhibitor did not alter levels of other RNA modifications (i. e., m(1) A, m(6) A(m) , m(7) G), suggesting selectivity of the developed compound towards other RNA methyltransferases.

METTL3 Inhibitors for Epitranscriptomic Modulation of Cellular Processes.,Moroz-Omori EV, Huang D, Kumar Bedi R, Cheriyamkunnel SJ, Bochenkova E, Dolbois A, Rzeczkowski MD, Li Y, Wiedmer L, Caflisch A ChemMedChem. 2021 Oct 6;16(19):3035-3043. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202100291. Epub 2021 , Jul 29. PMID:34237194[8]

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

References

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