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==Crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus glutamyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with tRNA(Glu) and glutamol-AMP.==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1n78]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermus_thermophilus Thermus thermophilus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1N78 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1N78 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]] 2.1&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GOM:GLUTAMOL-AMP'>GOM</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</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=1n78 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1n78 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1n78 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1n78 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1n78 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1n78 ProSAT], [https://www.topsan.org/Proteins/RSGI/1n78 TOPSAN]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SYE_THET8 SYE_THET8] 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).<ref>PMID:11224561</ref> <ref>PMID:17161369</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the formation of an aminoacyl-AMP from an amino acid and ATP, prior to the aminoacyl transfer to tRNA. A subset of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, including glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS), have a regulation mechanism to avoid aminoacyl-AMP formation in the absence of tRNA. In this study, we determined the crystal structure of the 'non-productive' complex of Thermus thermophilus GluRS, ATP and L-glutamate, together with those of the GluRS.ATP, GluRS.tRNA.ATP and GluRS.tRNA.GoA (a glutamyl-AMP analog) complexes. In the absence of tRNA(Glu), ATP is accommodated in a 'non-productive' subsite within the ATP-binding site, so that the ATP alpha-phosphate and the glutamate alpha-carboxyl groups in GluRS. ATP.Glu are too far from each other (6.2 A) to react. In contrast, the ATP-binding mode in GluRS.tRNA. ATP is dramatically different from those in GluRS.ATP.Glu and GluRS.ATP, but corresponds to the AMP moiety binding mode in GluRS.tRNA.GoA (the 'productive' subsite). Therefore, tRNA binding to GluRS switches the ATP-binding mode. The interactions of the three tRNA(Glu) regions with GluRS cause conformational changes around the ATP-binding site, and allow ATP to bind to the 'productive' subsite.

ATP binding by glutamyl-tRNA synthetase is switched to the productive mode by tRNA binding.,Sekine S, Nureki O, Dubois DY, Bernier S, Chenevert R, Lapointe J, Vassylyev DG, Yokoyama S EMBO J. 2003 Feb 3;22(3):676-88. PMID:12554668<ref>PMID:12554668</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]]
*[[Transfer RNA (tRNA)|Transfer RNA (tRNA)]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Thermus thermophilus]]
[[Category: Bernier S]]
[[Category: Chenevert R]]
[[Category: Dubois DY]]
[[Category: Lapointe J]]
[[Category: Nureki O]]
[[Category: Sekine S]]
[[Category: Vassylyev DG]]
[[Category: Yokoyama S]]