3S24

Crystal structure of human mRNA guanylyltransferase

Summary for 3S24

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb3s24/pdb
• Related: 1CKM 1CKN 1CKO 1P16 2C46
• Descriptor: mRNA-capping enzyme, SULFATE ION (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: capping enzyme, ce, hce, gtase, m7gpppn cap, gt/dna ligase fold, transcription factor spt5, ctd, hydrolase, transferase
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (human)
• Cellular location: Nucleus (By similarity): O60942
• Total number of polymer chains: 7
• Total formula weight: 280403.20

Authors

Das, K.,Chu, C.,Thyminski, J.R.,Bauman, J.D.,Guan, R.,Qiu, W.,Montelione, G.T.,Arnold, E.,Shatkin, A.J. (deposition date: 2011-05-16, release date: 2011-06-15, Last modification date: 2023-09-13)

Primary citation

Chu, C.,Das, K.,Tyminski, J.R.,Bauman, J.D.,Guan, R.,Qiu, W.,Montelione, G.T.,Arnold, E.,Shatkin, A.J.
Structure of the guanylyltransferase domain of human mRNA capping enzyme.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 108:10104-10108, 2011

PubMed Abstract: The enzyme guanylyltransferase (GTase) plays a central role in the three-step catalytic process of adding an (m7)GpppN cap cotranscriptionally to nascent mRNA (pre-mRNAs). The 5'-mRNA capping process is functionally and evolutionarily conserved from unicellular organisms to human. However, the GTases from viruses and yeast have low amino acid sequence identity (∼25%) with GTases from mammals that, in contrast, are highly conserved (∼98%). We have defined by limited proteolysis of human capping enzyme residues 229-567 as comprising the minimum enzymatically active human GTase (hGTase) domain and have determined the structure by X-ray crystallography. Seven related conformational states of hGTase exist in the crystal. The GTP-binding site is evolutionarily and structurally conserved. The positional variations of the oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding fold lid domain over the GTP-binding site provide snapshots of the opening and closing of the active site cleft through a swivel motion. The pattern of conserved surface residues in mammals, but not in yeast, supports the finding that the recognition of the capping apparatus by RNA polymerase II and associated transcription factors is highly conserved in mammals, and the mechanism may differ somewhat from that in yeast. The hGTase structure should help in the design of biochemical and molecular biology experiments to explore the proteinprotein and proteinRNA interactions that ensure regulated transcription of genes in humans and other mammals.

PubMed: 21636784
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106610108

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.0137 Å)