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Title | Structure and mechanistic features of the prokaryotic minimal RNase P. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Elife, Vol. 10, Year 2021 |
Publish date | Jun 28, 2021 |
Authors | Rebecca Feyh / Nadine B Waeber / Simone Prinz / Pietro Ivan Giammarinaro / Gert Bange / Georg Hochberg / Roland K Hartmann / Florian Altegoer / |
PubMed Abstract | Endonucleolytic removal of 5'-leader sequences from tRNA precursor transcripts (pre-tRNAs) by ribonuclease P (RNase P) is essential for protein synthesis. Beyond RNA-based RNase P enzymes, protein- ...Endonucleolytic removal of 5'-leader sequences from tRNA precursor transcripts (pre-tRNAs) by ribonuclease P (RNase P) is essential for protein synthesis. Beyond RNA-based RNase P enzymes, protein-only versions of the enzyme exert this function in various eukarya (there termed PRORPs) and in some bacteria ( and close relatives); both enzyme types belong to distinct subgroups of the PIN domain metallonuclease superfamily. Homologs of RNase P (HARPs) are also expressed in some other bacteria and many archaea, where they coexist with RNA-based RNase P and do not represent the main RNase P activity. Here, we solved the structure of the bacterial HARP from by cryo-electron microscopy, revealing a novel screw-like dodecameric assembly. Biochemical experiments demonstrate that oligomerization is required for RNase P activity of HARPs. We propose that the tRNA substrate binds to an extended spike-helix (SH) domain that protrudes from the screw-like assembly to position the 5'-end in close proximity to the active site of the neighboring dimer. The structure suggests that eukaryotic PRORPs and prokaryotic HARPs recognize the same structural elements of pre-tRNAs (tRNA elbow region and cleavage site). Our analysis thus delivers the structural and mechanistic basis for pre-tRNA processing by the prokaryotic HARP system. |
External links | Elife / PubMed:34180399 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.37 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-12878, PDB-7og5: |
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Keywords | HYDROLASE / RNAseP / metallonuclease / HARP |