4KR3
Glycyl-tRNA synthetase mutant E71G in complex with tRNA-Gly
Summary for 4KR3
| Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb4kr3/pdb |
| Related | 4KQE 4KR2 |
| Descriptor | Glycine--tRNA ligase, Gly-tRNA-CCC, GLYCINE, ... (5 entities in total) |
| Functional Keywords | rossmann fold, aminoacylation, trna-gly, ligase-rna complex, ligase/rna |
| Biological source | Homo sapiens (human) More |
| Cellular location | Cytoplasm: P41250 |
| Total number of polymer chains | 2 |
| Total formula weight | 96930.77 |
| Authors | |
| Primary citation | Qin, X.,Hao, Z.,Tian, Q.,Zhang, Z.,Zhou, C.,Xie, W. Cocrystal Structures of Glycyl-tRNA Synthetase in Complex with tRNA Suggest Multiple Conformational States in Glycylation J.Biol.Chem., 289:20359-20369, 2014 Cited by PubMed Abstract: Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are an ancient enzyme family that specifically charges tRNA molecules with cognate amino acids for protein synthesis. Glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GlyRS) is one of the most intriguing aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases due to its divergent quaternary structure and abnormal charging properties. In the past decade, mutations of human GlyRS (hGlyRS) were also found to be associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. However, the mechanisms of traditional and alternative functions of hGlyRS are poorly understood due to a lack of studies at the molecular basis. In this study we report crystal structures of wild type and mutant hGlyRS in complex with tRNA and with small substrates and describe the molecular details of enzymatic recognition of the key tRNA identity elements in the acceptor stem and the anticodon loop. The cocrystal structures suggest that insertions 1 and 3 work together with the active site in a cooperative manner to facilitate efficient substrate binding. Both the enzyme and tRNA molecules undergo significant conformational changes during glycylation. A working model of multiple conformations for hGlyRS catalysis is proposed based on the crystallographic and biochemical studies. This study provides insights into the catalytic pathway of hGlyRS and may also contribute to our understanding of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. PubMed: 24898252DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.557249 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
| Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.235 Å) |
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