2RNT

THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF RIBONUCLEASE T1 COMPLEXED WITH GUANYLYL-2(PRIME),5(PRIME)-GUANOSINE AT 1.8 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION

Summary for 2RNT

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2rnt/pdb
• Descriptor: RIBONUCLEASE T1, CALCIUM ION, GUANYLYL-2',5'-PHOSPHOGUANOSINE, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: hydrolase(endoribonuclease)
• Biological source: Aspergillus oryzae
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 11763.22

Authors

Saenger, W.,Koepke, J.,Maslowska, M.,Heinemann, U. (deposition date: 1988-07-06, release date: 1989-10-15, Last modification date: 2024-11-20)

Primary citation

Koepke, J.,Maslowska, M.,Heinemann, U.,Saenger, W.
Three-dimensional structure of ribonuclease T1 complexed with guanylyl-2',5'-guanosine at 1.8 A resolution.
J.Mol.Biol., 206:475-488, 1989

PubMed Abstract: The enzyme ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1) isolated from Aspergillus oryzae was cocrystallized with the specific inhibitor guanylyl-2',5'-guanosine (2',5'-GpG) and the structure refined by the stereochemically restrained least-squares refinement method to a crystallographic R-factor of 14.9% for X-ray data above 3 sigma in the resolution range 6 to 1.8 A. The refined model consists of 781 protein atoms, 43 inhibitor atoms in a major site and 29 inhibitor atoms in a minor site, 107 water oxygen atoms, and a metal site assigned as Ca. At the end of the refinement, the orientation of His, Asn and Gln side-chains was reinterpreted on the basis of two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance data. The crystal packing and enzyme conformation of the RNase T1/2',5'-GpG complex and of the near-isomorphous RNase T1/2'-GMP complex are comparable. The root-mean-square deviation is 0.73 A between equivalent protein atoms. Differences in the unit cell dimensions are mainly due to the bound inhibitor. The 5'-terminal guanine of 2',5'-GpG binds to RNase T1 in much the same way as in the 2'-GMP complex. In contrast, the hydrogen bonds between the catalytic center and the phosphate group are different and the 3'-terminal guanine forms no hydrogen bonds with the enzyme. This poor binding is reflected in a 2-fold disorder of 2',5'-GpG (except the 5'-terminal guanine), which originates from differences in the pucker of the 5'-terminal ribose. The pucker is C2'-exo for the major site (2/3 occupancy) and C1'-endo for the minor site (1/3 occupancy). The orientation of the major site is stabilized through stacking interactions between the 3'-terminal guanine and His92, an amino acid necessary for catalysis. This might explain the high inhibition rate observed for 2',5'-GpG, which exceeds that of all other inhibitors of type 2',5'-GpN. On the basis of distance criteria, one solvent peak in the electron density was identified as metal ion, probably Ca2+. The ion is co-ordinated by the two Asp15 carboxylate oxygen atoms and by six water molecules. The co-ordination polyhedron displays approximate 4m2 symmetry.

PubMed: 2541256
DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90495-6

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.8 Å)