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Title | catalytic core of human telomerase holoenzyme | |||||||||
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Function / homology | ![]() positive regulation of hair cycle / template-free RNA nucleotidyltransferase / positive regulation of transdifferentiation / TERT-RMRP complex / DNA strand elongation / RNA-directed RNA polymerase complex / positive regulation of protein localization to nucleolus / siRNA transcription / telomerase catalytic core complex / RNA-templated DNA biosynthetic process ...positive regulation of hair cycle / template-free RNA nucleotidyltransferase / positive regulation of transdifferentiation / TERT-RMRP complex / DNA strand elongation / RNA-directed RNA polymerase complex / positive regulation of protein localization to nucleolus / siRNA transcription / telomerase catalytic core complex / RNA-templated DNA biosynthetic process / establishment of protein localization to telomere / Regulation of MITF-M-dependent genes involved in DNA replication, damage repair and senescence / nuclear telomere cap complex / siRNA processing / telomere maintenance via recombination / positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell migration / telomerase holoenzyme complex / telomerase RNA binding / RNA-templated transcription / DNA biosynthetic process / telomeric DNA binding / positive regulation of stem cell proliferation / mitochondrial nucleoid / negative regulation of cellular senescence / Telomere Extension By Telomerase / replicative senescence / positive regulation of Wnt signaling pathway / negative regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand / positive regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle / telomere maintenance via telomerase / RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity / negative regulation of endothelial cell apoptotic process / protein localization to CENP-A containing chromatin / response to cadmium ion / CENP-A containing nucleosome / Packaging Of Telomere Ends / positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation / Recognition and association of DNA glycosylase with site containing an affected purine / Cleavage of the damaged purine / Recognition and association of DNA glycosylase with site containing an affected pyrimidine / Cleavage of the damaged pyrimidine / Deposition of new CENPA-containing nucleosomes at the centromere / Inhibition of DNA recombination at telomere / Meiotic synapsis / telomere maintenance / RNA Polymerase I Promoter Opening / positive regulation of nitric-oxide synthase activity / Assembly of the ORC complex at the origin of replication / Regulation of endogenous retroelements by the Human Silencing Hub (HUSH) complex / DNA methylation / Condensation of Prophase Chromosomes / Chromatin modifications during the maternal to zygotic transition (MZT) / HCMV Late Events / SIRT1 negatively regulates rRNA expression / ERCC6 (CSB) and EHMT2 (G9a) positively regulate rRNA expression / chloroplast / PRC2 methylates histones and DNA / Regulation of endogenous retroelements by KRAB-ZFP proteins / Defective pyroptosis / positive regulation of D-glucose import / Regulation of endogenous retroelements by Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) / mitochondrion organization / HDACs deacetylate histones / RNA Polymerase I Promoter Escape / Transcriptional regulation by small RNAs / Formation of the beta-catenin:TCF transactivating complex / RUNX1 regulates genes involved in megakaryocyte differentiation and platelet function / Activated PKN1 stimulates transcription of AR (androgen receptor) regulated genes KLK2 and KLK3 / transcription coactivator binding / NoRC negatively regulates rRNA expression / regulation of protein stability / PML body / DNA Damage/Telomere Stress Induced Senescence / B-WICH complex positively regulates rRNA expression / Meiotic recombination / Pre-NOTCH Transcription and Translation / positive regulation of miRNA transcription / RNA-directed DNA polymerase / Metalloprotease DUBs / RMTs methylate histone arginines / Activation of anterior HOX genes in hindbrain development during early embryogenesis / telomerase activity / Transcriptional regulation of granulopoiesis / HCMV Early Events / protein import into nucleus / positive regulation of angiogenesis / structural constituent of chromatin / positive regulation of protein binding / UCH proteinases / nucleosome / heterochromatin formation / chromatin organization / protein-folding chaperone binding / HATs acetylate histones / RUNX1 regulates transcription of genes involved in differentiation of HSCs / heart development / MLL4 and MLL3 complexes regulate expression of PPARG target genes in adipogenesis and hepatic steatosis / Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP) / small ribosomal subunit rRNA binding / Oxidative Stress Induced Senescence Similarity search - Function | |||||||||
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Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 3.54 Å | |||||||||
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![]() | ![]() Title: Zipper head mechanism of telomere synthesis by human telomerase. Authors: Futang Wan / Yongbo Ding / Yuebin Zhang / Zhenfang Wu / Shaobai Li / Lin Yang / Xiangyu Yan / Pengfei Lan / Guohui Li / Jian Wu / Ming Lei / ![]() Abstract: Telomerase, a multi-subunit ribonucleoprotein complex, is a unique reverse transcriptase that catalyzes the processive addition of a repeat sequence to extend the telomere end using a short fragment ...Telomerase, a multi-subunit ribonucleoprotein complex, is a unique reverse transcriptase that catalyzes the processive addition of a repeat sequence to extend the telomere end using a short fragment of its own RNA component as the template. Despite recent structural characterizations of human and Tetrahymena telomerase, it is still a mystery how telomerase repeatedly uses its RNA template to synthesize telomeric DNA. Here, we report the cryo-EM structure of human telomerase holoenzyme bound with telomeric DNA at resolutions of 3.5 Å and 3.9 Å for the catalytic core and biogenesis module, respectively. The structure reveals that a leucine residue Leu980 in telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) catalytic subunit functions as a zipper head to limit the length of the short primer-template duplex in the active center. Moreover, our structural and computational analyses suggest that TERT and telomerase RNA (hTR) are organized to harbor a preformed active site that can accommodate short primer-template duplex substrates for catalysis. Furthermore, our findings unveil a double-fingers architecture in TERT that ensures nucleotide addition processivity of human telomerase. We propose that the zipper head Leu980 is a structural determinant for the sequence-based pausing signal of DNA synthesis that coincides with the RNA element-based physical template boundary. Functional analyses unveil that the non-glycine zipper head plays an essential role in both telomerase repeat addition processivity and telomere length homeostasis. In addition, we also demonstrate that this zipper head mechanism is conserved in all eukaryotic telomerases. Together, our study provides an integrated model for telomerase-mediated telomere synthesis. | |||||||||
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Related structure data | ![]() 7v99MC ![]() 7v9aC M: atomic model generated by this map C: citing same article ( |
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Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 1.1 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sample components
-Entire : Catalytic core
Entire | Name: Catalytic core |
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-Supramolecule #1: Catalytic core
Supramolecule | Name: Catalytic core / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: all |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() |
-Macromolecule #1: Telomerase reverse transcriptase
Macromolecule | Name: Telomerase reverse transcriptase / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO / EC number: RNA-directed DNA polymerase |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() |
Molecular weight | Theoretical: 127.195812 KDa |
Sequence | String: MPRAPRCRAV RSLLRSHYRE VLPLATFVRR LGPQGWRLVQ RGDPAAFRAL VAQCLVCVPW DARPPPAAPS FRQVSCLKEL VARVLQRLC ERGAKNVLAF GFALLDGARG GPPEAFTTSV RSYLPNTVTD ALRGSGAWGL LLRRVGDDVL VHLLARCALF V LVAPSCAY ...String: MPRAPRCRAV RSLLRSHYRE VLPLATFVRR LGPQGWRLVQ RGDPAAFRAL VAQCLVCVPW DARPPPAAPS FRQVSCLKEL VARVLQRLC ERGAKNVLAF GFALLDGARG GPPEAFTTSV RSYLPNTVTD ALRGSGAWGL LLRRVGDDVL VHLLARCALF V LVAPSCAY QVCGPPLYQL GAATQARPPP HASGPRRRLG CERAWNHSVR EAGVPLGLPA PGARRRGGSA SRSLPLPKRP RR GAAPEPE RTPVGQGSWA HPGRTRGPSD RGFCVVSPAR PAEEATSLEG ALSGTRHSHP SVGRQHHAGP PSTSRPPRPW DTP CPPVYA ETKHFLYSSG DKEQLRPSFL LSSLRPSLTG ARRLVETIFL GSRPWMPGTP RRLPRLPQRY WQMRPLFLEL LGNH AQCPY GVLLKTHCPL RAAVTPAAGV CAREKPQGSV AAPEEEDTDP RRLVQLLRQH SSPWQVYGFV RACLRRLVPP GLWGS RHNE RRFLRNTKKF ISLGKHAKLS LQELTWKMSV RDCAWLRRSP GVGCVPAAEH RLREEILAKF LHWLMSVYVV ELLRSF FYV TETTFQKNRL FFYRKSVWSK LQSIGIRQHL KRVQLRELSE AEVRQHREAR PALLTSRLRF IPKPDGLRPI VNMDYVV GA RTFRREKRAE RLTSRVKALF SVLNYERARR PGLLGASVLG LDDIHRAWRT FVLRVRAQDP PPELYFVKVD VTGAYDTI P QDRLTEVIAS IIKPQNTYCV RRYAVVQKAA HGHVRKAFKS HVSTLTDLQP YMRQFVAHLQ ETSPLRDAVV IEQSSSLNE ASSGLFDVFL RFMCHHAVRI RGKSYVQCQG IPQGSILSTL LCSLCYGDME NKLFAGIRRD GLLLRLVDDF LLVTPHLTHA KTFLRTLVR GVPEYGCVVN LRKTVVNFPV EDEALGGTAF VQMPAHGLFP WCGLLLDTRT LEVQSDYSSY ARTSIRASLT F NRGFKAGR NMRRKLFGVL RLKCHSLFLD LQVNSLQTVC TNIYKILLLQ AYRFHACVLQ LPFHQQVWKN PTFFLRVISD TA SLCYSIL KAKNAGMSLG AKGAAGPLPS EAVQWLCHQA FLLKLTRHRV TYVPLLGSLR TAQTQLSRKL PGTTLTALEA AAN PALPSD FKTILD UniProtKB: Telomerase reverse transcriptase |
-Macromolecule #2: Histone H2A type 1-B/E
Macromolecule | Name: Histone H2A type 1-B/E / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 2 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() |
Molecular weight | Theoretical: 14.034355 KDa |
Sequence | String: SGRGKQGGKA RAKAKTRSSR AGLQFPVGRV HRLLRKGNYS ERVGAGAPVY LAAVLEYLTA EILELAGNAA RDNKKTRIIP RHLQLAIRN DEELNKLLGR VTIAQGGVLP NIQAVLLPKK TESHHKAKGK UniProtKB: Histone H2A type 1-B/E |
-Macromolecule #3: Histone H2B type 1-K
Macromolecule | Name: Histone H2B type 1-K / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 3 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() |
Molecular weight | Theoretical: 13.790018 KDa |
Sequence | String: PEPAKSAPAP KKGSKKAVTK AQKKDGKKRK RSRKESYSVY VYKVLKQVHP DTGISSKAMG IMNSFVNDIF ERIAGEASRL AHYNKRSTI TSREIQTAVR LLLPGELAKH AVSEGTKAVT KYTSAK UniProtKB: Small ribosomal subunit protein bS6c alpha |
-Macromolecule #4: Telomerase RNA component
Macromolecule | Name: Telomerase RNA component / type: rna / ID: 4 / Number of copies: 1 |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() |
Molecular weight | Theoretical: 145.477797 KDa |
Sequence | String: GGGUUGCGGA GGGUGGGCCU GGGAGGGGUG GUGGCCAUUU UUUGUCUAAC CCUAACUGAG AAGGGCGUAG GCGCCGUGCU UUUGCUCCC CGCGCGCUGU UUUUCUCGCU GACUUUCAGC GGGCGGAAAA GCCUCGGCCU GCCGCCUUCC ACCGUUCAUU C UAGAGCAA ...String: GGGUUGCGGA GGGUGGGCCU GGGAGGGGUG GUGGCCAUUU UUUGUCUAAC CCUAACUGAG AAGGGCGUAG GCGCCGUGCU UUUGCUCCC CGCGCGCUGU UUUUCUCGCU GACUUUCAGC GGGCGGAAAA GCCUCGGCCU GCCGCCUUCC ACCGUUCAUU C UAGAGCAA ACAAAAAAUG UCAGCUGCUG GCCCGUUCGC CCCUCCCGGG GACCUGCGGC GGGUCGCCUG CCCAGCCCCC GA ACCCCGC CUGGAGGCCG CGGUCGGCCC GGGGCUUCUC CGGAGGCACC CACUGCCACC GCGAAGAGUU GGGCUCUGUC AGC CGCGGG UCUCUCGGGG GCGAGGGCGA GGUUCAGGCC UUUCAGGCCG CAGGAAGAGG AACGGAGCGA GUCCCCGCGC GCGG CGCGA UUCCCUGAGC UGUGGGACGU GCACCCAGGA CUCGGCUCAC ACAUGC GENBANK: GENBANK: U85256.1 |
-Macromolecule #5: Primer DNA
Macromolecule | Name: Primer DNA / type: dna / ID: 5 / Number of copies: 1 / Classification: DNA |
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Source (natural) | Organism: ![]() |
Molecular weight | Theoretical: 7.339724 KDa |
Sequence | String: (DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT) (DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT)(DT) (DA)(DG)(DG)(DG) |
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-Structure determination
Method | cryo EM |
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Aggregation state | particle |
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Sample preparation
Buffer | pH: 7.9 |
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Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE |
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Electron microscopy
Microscope | FEI TITAN KRIOS |
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Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Average electron dose: 62.0 e/Å2 |
Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: ![]() |
Electron optics | Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD |
Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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Startup model | Type of model: INSILICO MODEL |
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Final reconstruction | Resolution.type: BY AUTHOR / Resolution: 3.54 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Number images used: 297526 |
Initial angle assignment | Type: COMMON LINE |
Final angle assignment | Type: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD |