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==MJ0158, apo form==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2aeu]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanocaldococcus_jannaschii Methanocaldococcus jannaschii]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2AEU OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2AEU FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[2aev|2aev]]</td></tr>
<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">mj0158 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=2190 Methanocaldococcus jannaschii])</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2aeu FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2aeu OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2aeu RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2aeu PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Bacterial selenocysteine synthase converts seryl-tRNA(Sec) to selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) for selenoprotein biosynthesis. The identity of this enzyme in archaea and eukaryotes is unknown. On the basis of sequence similarity, a conserved open reading frame has been annotated as a selenocysteine synthase gene in archaeal genomes. We have determined the crystal structure of the corresponding protein from Methanococcus jannaschii, MJ0158. The protein was found to be dimeric with a distinctive domain arrangement and an exposed active site, built from residues of the large domain of one protomer alone. The shape of the dimer is reminiscent of a substructure of the decameric Escherichia coli selenocysteine synthase seen in electron microscopic projections. However, biochemical analyses demonstrated that MJ0158 lacked affinity for E. coli seryl-tRNA(Sec) or M. jannaschii seryl-tRNA(Sec), and neither substrate was directly converted to selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) by MJ0158 when supplied with selenophosphate. We then tested a hypothetical M. jannaschii O-phosphoseryl-tRNA(Sec) kinase and demonstrated that the enzyme converts seryl-tRNA(Sec) to O-phosphoseryl-tRNA(Sec) that could constitute an activated intermediate for selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) production. MJ0158 also failed to convert O-phosphoseryl-tRNA(Sec) to selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec). In contrast, both archaeal and bacterial seryl-tRNA synthetases were able to charge both archaeal and bacterial tRNA(Sec) with serine, and E. coli selenocysteine synthase converted both types of seryl-tRNA(Sec) to selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec). These findings demonstrate that a number of factors from the selenoprotein biosynthesis machineries are cross-reactive between the bacterial and the archaeal systems but that MJ0158 either does not encode a selenocysteine synthase or requires additional factors for activity.

Structural and functional investigation of a putative archaeal selenocysteine synthase.,Kaiser JT, Gromadski K, Rother M, Engelhardt H, Rodnina MV, Wahl MC Biochemistry. 2005 Oct 11;44(40):13315-27. PMID:16201757<ref>PMID:16201757</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Methanocaldococcus jannaschii]]
[[Category: Engelhardt, H]]
[[Category: Gromadski, K]]
[[Category: Kaiser, J T]]
[[Category: Rodnina, M V]]
[[Category: Rother, M]]
[[Category: Wahl, M C]]
[[Category: Homo-oligomerization]]
[[Category: Plp]]
[[Category: Pyridoxal phosphate]]
[[Category: Selenocysteine synthase]]
[[Category: Unknown function]]