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==Crystal structure of Thermotoga maritima nondiscriminating glutamyl-tRNA synthetase in complex with a glutamyl-AMP analog==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3afh]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermotoga_maritima Thermotoga maritima]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3AFH OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3AFH FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GSU:O5-(L-GLUTAMYL-SULFAMOYL)-ADENOSINE'>GSU</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3afh FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3afh OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3afh PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3afh RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3afh PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3afh ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SYE2_THEMA SYE2_THEMA] Catalyzes the attachment of glutamate to tRNA(Glu) in a two-step reaction: glutamate is first activated by ATP to form Glu-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Glu).[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00022]
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases produce aminoacyl-tRNAs from the substrate tRNA and its cognate amino acid with the aid of ATP. Two types of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS) have been discovered: discriminating GluRS (D-GluRS) and nondiscriminating GluRS (ND-GluRS). D-GluRS glutamylates tRNA(Glu) only, while ND-GluRS glutamylates both tRNA(Glu) and tRNA(Gln). ND-GluRS produces the intermediate Glu-tRNA(Gln), which is converted to Gln-tRNA(Gln) by Glu-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase. Two GluRS homologues from Thermotoga maritima, TM1875 and TM1351, have been biochemically characterized and it has been clarified that only TM1875 functions as an ND-GluRS. Furthermore, the crystal structure of the T. maritima ND-GluRS, TM1875, was determined in complex with a Glu-AMP analogue at 2.0 A resolution. The T. maritima ND-GluRS contains a characteristic structure in the connective-peptide domain, which is inserted into the catalytic Rossmann-fold domain. The glutamylation ability of tRNA(Gln) by ND-GluRS was measured in the presence of the bacterial Glu-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase GatCAB. Interestingly, the glutamylation efficiency was not affected even in the presence of excess GatCAB. Therefore, GluRS avoids competition with GatCAB and glutamylates tRNA(Gln).

Structure of nondiscriminating glutamyl-tRNA synthetase from Thermotoga maritima.,Ito T, Kiyasu N, Matsunaga R, Takahashi S, Yokoyama S Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2010 Jul;66(Pt 7):813-20. Epub 2010, Jun 19. PMID:20606262<ref>PMID:20606262</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase 3D structures|Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Thermotoga maritima]]
[[Category: Ito T]]
[[Category: Yokoyama S]]