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Chuawong P, Likittrakulwong W, Suebka S, Wiriyatanakorn N, Saparpakorn P, Taweesablamlert A, Sudprasert W, Hendrickson T, Svasti J. Anticodon-binding domain swapping in a nondiscriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase reveals contributions to tRNA specificity and catalytic activity. Proteins 2020; 88:1133-1142. [PMID: 32067260 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
The nondiscriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (ND-AspRS), found in many archaea and bacteria, covalently attaches aspartic acid to tRNAAsp and tRNAAsn generating a correctly charged Asp-tRNAAsp and an erroneous Asp-tRNAAsn . This relaxed tRNA specificity is governed by interactions between the tRNA and the enzyme. In an effort to assess the contributions of the anticodon-binding domain to tRNA specificity, we constructed two chimeric enzymes, Chimera-D and Chimera-N, by replacing the native anticodon-binding domain in the Helicobacter pylori ND-AspRS with that of a discriminating AspRS (Chimera-D) and an asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase (AsnRS, Chimera-N), both from Escherichia coli. Both chimeric enzymes showed similar secondary structure compared to wild-type (WT) ND-AspRS and maintained the ability to form dimeric complexes in solution. Although less catalytically active than WT, Chimera-D was more discriminating as it aspartylated tRNAAsp over tRNAAsn with a specificity ratio of 7.0 compared to 2.9 for the WT enzyme. In contrast, Chimera-N exhibited low catalytic activity toward tRNAAsp and was unable to aspartylate tRNAAsn . The observed catalytic activities for the two chimeras correlate with their heterologous toxicity when expressed in E. coli. Molecular dynamics simulations show a reduced hydrogen bond network at the interface between the anticodon-binding domain and the catalytic domain in Chimera-N compared to Chimera-D or WT, explaining its lower stability and catalytic activity.
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- Pitak Chuawong
- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Faculty of Science and Technology, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
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Fuengfuloy P, Chuawong P, Suebka S, Wattana-amorn P, Williams C, Crump MP, Songsiriritthigul C. Overproduction of the N-terminal anticodon-binding domain of the non-discriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase from Helicobacter pylori for crystallization and NMR measurements. Protein Expr Purif 2013; 89:25-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ambrogelly A, O'Donoghue P, Söll D, Moses S. A bacterial ortholog of class II lysyl-tRNA synthetase activates lysine. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:3055-60. [PMID: 20580719 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2010] [Revised: 05/16/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases produce aminoacyl-tRNAs, essential substrates for accurate protein synthesis. Beyond their central role in translation some of these enzymes or their orthologs are recruited for alternative functions, not always related to their primary cellular role. We investigate here the enzymatic properties of GenX (also called PoxA and YjeA), an ortholog of bacterial class II lysyl-tRNA synthetase. GenX is present in most Gram-negative bacteria and is homologous to the catalytic core of lysyl-tRNA synthetase, but it lacks the amino terminal anticodon binding domain of the latter enzyme. We show that, in agreement with its well-conserved lysine binding site, GenX can activate in vitro l-lysine and lysine analogs, but does not acylate tRNA(Lys) or other cellular RNAs.
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- Alexandre Ambrogelly
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA.
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Dasgupta S, Saha R, Dey C, Banerjee R, Roy S, Basu G. The role of the catalytic domain of E. coli GluRS in tRNAGln discrimination. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:2114-20. [PMID: 19481543 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Revised: 05/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Discrimination of tRNA(Gln) is an integral function of several bacterial glutamyl-tRNA synthetases (GluRS). The origin of the discrimination is thought to arise from unfavorable interactions between tRNA(Gln) and the anticodon-binding domain of GluRS. From experiments on an anticodon-binding domain truncated Escherichia coli (E. coli) GluRS (catalytic domain) and a chimeric protein, constructed from the catalytic domain of E. coli GluRS and the anticodon-binding domain of E. coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (GlnRS), we show that both proteins discriminate against E. coli tRNA(Gln). Our results demonstrate that in addition to the anticodon-binding domain, tRNA(Gln) discriminatory elements may be present in the catalytic domain in E. coli GluRS as well.
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- Saumya Dasgupta
- Department of Biophysics, Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme VIIM, Kolkata, India
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Sakurama H, Takita T, Mikami B, Itoh T, Yasukawa K, Inouye K. Two crystal structures of lysyl-tRNA synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus in complex with lysyladenylate-like compounds: insights into the irreversible formation of the enzyme-bound adenylate of L-lysine hydroxamate. J Biochem 2009; 145:555-63. [PMID: 19174549 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase forms an enzyme-bound intermediate, aminoacyladenylate in the amino-acid activation reaction. This reaction is monitored by measuring the ATP-PPi exchange reason in which [(32)P]PPi is incorporated into ATP. We previously reported that L-lysine hydroxamate completely inhibited the L-lysine-dependent ATP-PPi exchange reaction catalysed by lysyl-tRNA synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus (BsLysRS). Several experiments suggested that BsLysRS can adenylate L-lysine hydroxamate, but the enzyme-bound lysyladenylate-like compound does not undergo the nucleophilic attack of PPi. This contrasts with the two reports for seryl-tRNA synthetase (SerRS): (i) L-serine hydroxamate was utilized by yeast SerRS as a substrate in the ATP-PPi exchange; and (ii) a seryladenylate-like compound was formed from L-serine hydroxamate in the crystal structure of Thermus thermophilus SerRS. To gain clues about the mechanistic difference, we have determined the crystal structures of two complexes of BsLysRS with the adenylate of L-lysine hydroxamate and with 5'-O-[N-(L-Lysyl)sulphamoyl] adenosine. The comparisons of the two BsLysRS structures and the above SerRS structure revealed the specific side-chain shift of Glu411 of BsLysRS in the complex with the adenylate of L-lysine hydroxamate. In support of other structural comparisons, the result suggested that Glu411 plays a key role in the arrangement of PPi for the nucleophilic attack.
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- Haruko Sakurama
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Saruwatari Y, Wada T, Takita T, Inouye K. Substrate-induced conformational changes of the truncated catalytic domain of Geobacillus stearothermophilus lysyl-tRNA synthetase as examined by fluorescence. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1784:1633-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2008] [Revised: 06/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Francin M, Mirande M. Identity elements for specific aminoacylation of a tRNA by mammalian lysyl-tRNA synthetase bearing a nonspecific tRNA-interacting factor. Biochemistry 2006; 45:10153-60. [PMID: 16906773 DOI: 10.1021/bi0606905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mammalian lysyl-tRNA synthetase (LysRS) has an N-terminal polypeptide chain extension appended to a prokaryotic-like synthetase domain. This extension, termed a tRNA-interacting factor (tIF), possesses a RNA-binding motif [KxxxK(K/R)xxK] that binds nonspecifically the acceptor TPsiC stem-loop domain of tRNA and provides a potent tRNA binding capacity to this enzyme. Consequently, native LysRS aminoacylates a RNA minihelix mimicking the amino acid acceptor stem-loop domain of tRNA(3)(Lys). Here, examination of minihelix recognition showed that mammalian LysRS aminoacylates RNA minihelices without specificity of sequence, revealing that none of the nucleotides from the acceptor TPsiC stem-loop domain are essential determinants of tRNA(Lys) acceptor identity. To test whether the tIF domain reduces the specificity of the synthetase with regard to complete tRNA molecules, aminoacylation of wild-type and mutant noncognate tRNAs by wild-type or N-terminally truncated LysRS was examined. The presence of the UUU anticodon of tRNA(Lys) appeared to be necessary and sufficient to transform yeast tRNA(Asp) or tRNA(i)(Met) into potent lysine acceptor tRNAs. Thus, nonspecific RNA-protein interactions between the acceptor stem of tRNA and the tIF domain do not relax the tRNA specificity of mammalian LysRS. The possibility that interaction of the full-length cognate tRNA with the synthetase is required to induce the catalytic center of the enzyme into a productive conformation is discussed.
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- Mathilde Francin
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, CNRS, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Tang SN, Huang JF. Evolution of different oligomeric glycyl-tRNA synthetases. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:1441-5. [PMID: 15733854 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2004] [Revised: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 01/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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There are two oligomeric types of glycyl-tRNA synthetases (GlyRSs) in genome, the alpha2beta2 tetramer and alpha2 dimer. Here, we showed that the anticodon-binding domains (ABDs) of dimeric and tetrameric GlyRSs are non-homologous, although their catalytic central domains (CCDs) are homologous. The dimeric GlyRS_ABD is fused to the C-terminal of CCD in alpha-subunit, but the tetrameric GlyRS_ABD is to the C-terminal in beta-subunit during evolution. Generally, one species only contains one oligomeric type of GlyRS, but the both oligomeric GlyRSs with the multiple homologous domains can be observed in Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum genome, nevertheless, these homologous domains are probably from different genomes.
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- Su-Ni Tang
- Key Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Eastern Jiaochang Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, PR China
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Rich RL, Myszka DG. A survey of the year 2002 commercial optical biosensor literature. J Mol Recognit 2004; 16:351-82. [PMID: 14732928 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We have compiled 819 articles published in the year 2002 that involved commercial optical biosensor technology. The literature demonstrates that the technology's application continues to increase as biosensors are contributing to diverse scientific fields and are used to examine interactions ranging in size from small molecules to whole cells. Also, the variety of available commercial biosensor platforms is increasing and the expertise of users is improving. In this review, we use the literature to focus on the basic types of biosensor experiments, including kinetics, equilibrium analysis, solution competition, active concentration determination and screening. In addition, using examples of particularly well-performed analyses, we illustrate the high information content available in the primary response data and emphasize the impact of including figures in publications to support the results of biosensor analyses.
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- Rebecca L Rich
- Center for Biomolecular Interaction Analysis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Takita T, Nakagoshi M, Inouye K, Tonomura B. Lysyl-tRNA synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus: the Trp314 residue is shielded in a non-polar environment and is responsible for the fluorescence changes observed in the amino acid activation reaction. J Mol Biol 2003; 325:677-95. [PMID: 12507472 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)01238-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Three Trp variants of lysyl-tRNA synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus, in which either one or both of the two Trp residues within the enzyme (Trp314 and Trp332) were substituted by a Phe residue, were produced by site-directed mutagenesis without appreciable loss of catalytic activity. The following two phenomena were observed with W332F and with the wild-type enzyme, but not with W314F: (1) the addition of L-lysine alone decreased the protein fluorescence of the enzyme, but the addition of ATP alone did not; (2) the subsequent addition of ATP after the addition of excess L-lysine restored the fluorescence to its original level. Fluorometry under various conditions and UV-absorption spectroscopy revealed that Trp314, which was about 20A away from the lysine binding site and was shielded in a non-polar environment, was solely responsible for the fluorescence changes of the enzyme in the L-lysine activation reaction. Furthermore, the microenvironmental conditions around the residue were made more polar upon the binding of L-lysine, though its contact with the solvent was still restricted. It was suggested that Trp314 was located in a less polar environment than was Trp332, after comparison of the wavelengths at the peaks of fluorescence emission and of the relative fluorescence quantum yields. Trp332 was thought, based on the fluorescence quenching by some perturbants and the chemical modification with N-bromosuccinimide, to be on the surface of the enzyme, whereas Trp314 was buried inside. The UV absorption difference spectra induced by the L-lysine binding indicated that the state of Trp314, including its electrostatic environment, changed during the process, but Trp332 did not change. The increased fluorescence from Trp314 at acidic pH compared with that at neutral pH suggests that carboxylate(s) are in close proximity to the Trp314 residue.
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- Teisuke Takita
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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