Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada)
532417
Canada
The Carlsberg Foundation
CF20-0635
Denmark
Lundbeckfonden
R250-2017-1502
Denmark
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
MC_U105178804
United Kingdom
EIPOD fellowship under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions COFUND
H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-845303
Germany
The Carlsberg Foundation
CF17-0809
Denmark
Citation
Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A / Year: 2024 Title: Cryo-EM structure and functional landscape of an RNA polymerase ribozyme. Authors: Ewan K S McRae / Christopher J K Wan / Emil L Kristoffersen / Kalinka Hansen / Edoardo Gianni / Isaac Gallego / Joseph F Curran / James Attwater / Philipp Holliger / Ebbe S Andersen / Abstract: The emergence of an RNA replicase capable of self-replication is considered an important stage in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes (PR) - including a variant that uses trinucleotide ...The emergence of an RNA replicase capable of self-replication is considered an important stage in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes (PR) - including a variant that uses trinucleotide triphosphates (triplets) as substrates - have been created by in vitro evolution and are the closest functional analogues of the replicase, but the structural basis for their function is poorly understood. Here we use single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and high-throughput mutation analysis to obtain the structure of a triplet polymerase ribozyme (TPR) apoenzyme and map its functional landscape. The cryo-EM structure at 5-Å resolution reveals the TPR as an RNA heterodimer comprising a catalytic subunit and a noncatalytic, auxiliary subunit, resembling the shape of a left hand with thumb and fingers at a 70° angle. The two subunits are connected by two distinct kissing-loop (KL) interactions that are essential for polymerase function. Our combined structural and functional data suggest a model for templated RNA synthesis by the TPR holoenzyme, whereby heterodimer formation and KL interactions preorganize the TPR for optimal primer-template duplex binding, triplet substrate discrimination, and templated RNA synthesis. These results provide a better understanding of TPR structure and function and should aid the engineering of more efficient PRs.
Electron dose: 60 e/Å2 / Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k)
EM imaging optics
Energyfilter name: GIF Bioquantum / Energyfilter slit width: 20 eV
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Processing
EM software
ID
Name
Category
Details
2
EPU
imageacquisition
4
cryoSPARC
CTFcorrection
7
PHENIX
modelfitting
9
cryoSPARC
initialEulerassignment
10
cryoSPARC
finalEulerassignment
12
cryoSPARC
3Dreconstruction
LocalRefinement
13
Rosetta
modelrefinement
14
ISOLDE
modelrefinement
15
UCSF ChimeraX
modelrefinement
16
Coot
modelrefinement
17
PHENIX
modelrefinement
18
Amber
modelrefinement
CTF correction
Type: PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION
3D reconstruction
Resolution: 5 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Num. of particles: 86000 / Algorithm: FOURIER SPACE / Num. of class averages: 1 / Symmetry type: POINT
Atomic model building
Protocol: AB INITIO MODEL Details: Model was initially built using DRRAFTER and then improved using ISOLDE in ChimeraX, Coot, Phenix RSR and QRNAS.
Refine LS restraints
Refine-ID
Type
Dev ideal
Number
ELECTRONMICROSCOPY
f_bond_d
0.006
6828
ELECTRONMICROSCOPY
f_angle_d
0.797
10637
ELECTRONMICROSCOPY
f_dihedral_angle_d
17.86
3438
ELECTRONMICROSCOPY
f_chiral_restr
0.052
1435
ELECTRONMICROSCOPY
f_plane_restr
0.005
287
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