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==Glutamyl-tRNA Reductase from Methanopyrus kandleri==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1gpj]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanopyrus_kandleri Methanopyrus kandleri]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1GPJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1GPJ 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]] 1.95&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CIT:CITRIC+ACID'>CIT</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GLU:GLUTAMIC+ACID'>GLU</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GMC:(2R,3R,4S,5S)-4-AMINO-2-[6-(DIMETHYLAMINO)-9H-PURIN-9-YL]-5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)TETRAHYDRO-3-FURANOL'>GMC</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=1gpj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1gpj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1gpj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1gpj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1gpj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1gpj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/HEM1_METKA HEM1_METKA] Catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of glutamyl-tRNA(Glu) to glutamate 1-semialdehyde (GSA). In the absence of NADPH, exhibits substrate esterase activity, leading to the release of glutamate from tRNA.<ref>PMID:10521455</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Processes vital to life such as respiration and photosynthesis critically depend on the availability of tetrapyrroles including hemes and chlorophylls. tRNA-dependent catalysis generally is associated with protein biosynthesis. An exception is the reduction of glutamyl-tRNA to glutamate-1-semialdehyde by the enzyme glutamyl-tRNA reductase. This reaction is the indispensable initiating step of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plants and most prokaryotes. The crystal structure of glutamyl-tRNA reductase from the archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri in complex with the substrate-like inhibitor glutamycin at 1.9 A resolution reveals an extended yet planar V-shaped dimer. The well defined interactions of the inhibitor with the active site support a thioester-mediated reduction process. Modeling the glutamyl-tRNA onto each monomer reveals an extensive protein-tRNA interface. We furthermore propose a model whereby the large void of glutamyl-tRNA reductase is occupied by glutamate-1-semialdehyde-1,2-mutase, the subsequent enzyme of this pathway, allowing for the efficient synthesis of 5-aminolevulinic acid, the common precursor of all tetrapyrroles.

V-shaped structure of glutamyl-tRNA reductase, the first enzyme of tRNA-dependent tetrapyrrole biosynthesis.,Moser J, Schubert WD, Beier V, Bringemeier I, Jahn D, Heinz DW EMBO J. 2001 Dec 3;20(23):6583-90. PMID:11726494<ref>PMID:11726494</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: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Methanopyrus kandleri]]
[[Category: Beier V]]
[[Category: Bringemeier I]]
[[Category: Heinz DW]]
[[Category: Jahn D]]
[[Category: Moser J]]
[[Category: Schubert W-D]]