Crystal Structure of E. coli 5-methyluridine methyltransferase RumA in complex with ribosomal RNA substrate and S-adenosylhomocysteine.Crystal Structure of E. coli 5-methyluridine methyltransferase RumA in complex with ribosomal RNA substrate and S-adenosylhomocysteine.

Structural highlights

2bh2 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.15Å
Ligands:, ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

RLMD_ECOLI Catalyzes the formation of 5-methyl-uridine at position 1939 (m5U1939) in 23S rRNA.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01010][1] [2]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

A single base (U1939) within E. coli 23S ribosomal RNA is methylated by its dedicated enzyme, RumA. The structure of RumA/RNA/S-adenosylhomocysteine uncovers the mechanism for achieving unique selectivity. The single-stranded substrate is "refolded" on the enzyme into a compact conformation with six key intra-RNA interactions. The RNA substrate contributes directly to catalysis. In addition to the target base, a second base is "flipped out" from the core loop to stack against the adenine of the cofactor S-adenosylhomocysteine. Nucleotides in permuted sequence order are stacked into the site vacated by the everted target U1939 and compensate for the energetic penalty of base eversion. The 3' hairpin segment of the RNA binds distal to the active site and provides binding energy that contributes to enhanced catalytic efficiency. Active collaboration of RNA in catalysis leads us to conclude that RumA and its substrate RNA may reflect features from the earliest RNA-protein era.

A unique RNA Fold in the RumA-RNA-cofactor ternary complex contributes to substrate selectivity and enzymatic function.,Lee TT, Agarwalla S, Stroud RM Cell. 2005 Mar 11;120(5):599-611. PMID:15766524[3]

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References

  1. Agarwalla S, Kealey JT, Santi DV, Stroud RM. Characterization of the 23 S ribosomal RNA m5U1939 methyltransferase from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 2002 Mar 15;277(11):8835-40. Epub 2002 Jan 4. PMID:11779873 doi:10.1074/jbc.M111825200
  2. Madsen CT, Mengel-Jorgensen J, Kirpekar F, Douthwaite S. Identifying the methyltransferases for m(5)U747 and m(5)U1939 in 23S rRNA using MALDI mass spectrometry. Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Aug 15;31(16):4738-46. PMID:12907714
  3. Lee TT, Agarwalla S, Stroud RM. A unique RNA Fold in the RumA-RNA-cofactor ternary complex contributes to substrate selectivity and enzymatic function. Cell. 2005 Mar 11;120(5):599-611. PMID:15766524 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2004.12.037

2bh2, resolution 2.15Å

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