Serine-tRNA ligase, type1 / Serine-tRNA ligase catalytic core domain / Serine-tRNA synthetase, type1, N-terminal domain superfamily / Class I and II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, tRNA-binding arm / Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class II (G/ P/ S/T) / tRNA synthetase class II core domain (G, H, P, S and T) / Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class II / Aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases class-II family profile. / Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/Biotinyl protein ligase (BPL) and lipoyl protein ligase (LPL) Similarity search - Domain/homology
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
R01GM125908
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA)
AG067594
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA)
AG061697
United States
National Institutes of Health/Office of the Director
S10OD021634
United States
Citation
Journal: Nat Commun / Year: 2023 Title: Structural basis for a degenerate tRNA identity code and the evolution of bimodal specificity in human mitochondrial tRNA recognition. Authors: Bernhard Kuhle / Marscha Hirschi / Lili K Doerfel / Gabriel C Lander / Paul Schimmel / Abstract: Animal mitochondrial gene expression relies on specific interactions between nuclear-encoded aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and mitochondria-encoded tRNAs. Their evolution involves an antagonistic ...Animal mitochondrial gene expression relies on specific interactions between nuclear-encoded aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and mitochondria-encoded tRNAs. Their evolution involves an antagonistic interplay between strong mutation pressure on mtRNAs and selection pressure to maintain their essential function. To understand the molecular consequences of this interplay, we analyze the human mitochondrial serylation system, in which one synthetase charges two highly divergent mtRNA isoacceptors. We present the cryo-EM structure of human mSerRS in complex with mtRNA, and perform a structural and functional comparison with the mSerRS-mtRNA complex. We find that despite their common function, mtRNA and mtRNA show no constrain to converge on shared structural or sequence identity motifs for recognition by mSerRS. Instead, mSerRS evolved a bimodal readout mechanism, whereby a single protein surface recognizes degenerate identity features specific to each mtRNA. Our results show how the mutational erosion of mtRNAs drove a remarkable innovation of intermolecular specificity rules, with multiple evolutionary pathways leading to functionally equivalent outcomes.
Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: COUNTING / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 3448 / Average exposure time: 11.8 sec. / Average electron dose: 66.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 200 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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