National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
GM133841
米国
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI)
CA241301
米国
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ジャーナル: Nat Commun / 年: 2023 タイトル: The structural basis of tRNA recognition by arginyl-tRNA-protein transferase. 著者: Thilini Abeywansha / Wei Huang / Xuan Ye / Allison Nawrocki / Xin Lan / Eckhard Jankowsky / Derek J Taylor / Yi Zhang / 要旨: Arginyl-tRNA-protein transferase 1 (ATE1) is a master regulator of protein homeostasis, stress response, cytoskeleton maintenance, and cell migration. The diverse functions of ATE1 arise from its ...Arginyl-tRNA-protein transferase 1 (ATE1) is a master regulator of protein homeostasis, stress response, cytoskeleton maintenance, and cell migration. The diverse functions of ATE1 arise from its unique enzymatic activity to covalently attach an arginine onto its protein substrates in a tRNA-dependent manner. However, how ATE1 (and other aminoacyl-tRNA transferases) hijacks tRNA from the highly efficient ribosomal protein synthesis pathways and catalyzes the arginylation reaction remains a mystery. Here, we describe the three-dimensional structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATE1 with and without its tRNA cofactor. Importantly, the putative substrate binding domain of ATE1 adopts a previously uncharacterized fold that contains an atypical zinc-binding site critical for ATE1 stability and function. The unique recognition of tRNA by ATE1 is coordinated through interactions with the major groove of the acceptor arm of tRNA. Binding of tRNA induces conformational changes in ATE1 that helps explain the mechanism of substrate arginylation.