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Ligase PDB id
2quj
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Contents
Protein chains
388 a.a. *
Ligands
TYM
GOL ×4
TRP
Metals
_CL ×9
Waters ×198
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
2quj
Name: Ligase
Title: Crystal structures of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in with trpamp
Structure: Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase. Chain: a, b. Synonym: tryptophan-tRNA ligase, trprs, interferon-induced 53, ifp53, hwrs. Engineered: yes
Source: Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Gene: wars, ifi53, wrs. Expressed in: escherichia coli bl21(de3). Expression_system_taxid: 469008.
Resolution:
2.42Å     R-factor:   0.214     R-free:   0.238
Authors: N.Shen,J.P.Ding
Key ref: N.Shen et al. (2008). Catalytic mechanism of the tryptophan activation reaction revealed by crystal structures of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in different enzymatic states. Nucleic Acids Res, 36, 1288-1299. PubMed id: 18180246 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1153
Date:
05-Aug-07     Release date:   29-Apr-08    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P23381  (SYWC_HUMAN) -  Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic
Seq:
Struc:
471 a.a.
388 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: E.C.6.1.1.2  - Tryptophan--tRNA ligase.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
      Reaction: ATP + L-tryptophan + tRNA(Trp) = AMP + diphosphate + L-tryptophyl- tRNA(Trp)
ATP
+ L-tryptophan
+ tRNA(Trp)
=
AMP
Bound ligand (Het Group name = TYM)
matches with 62.16% similarity
+ diphosphate
+ L-tryptophyl- tRNA(Trp)
Molecule diagrams generated from .mol files obtained from the KEGG ftp site
 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     soluble fraction   3 terms 
  Biological process     gene expression   7 terms 
  Biochemical function     nucleotide binding     6 terms  

 

 
    reference    
 
 
DOI no: 10.1093/nar/gkm1153 Nucleic Acids Res 36:1288-1299 (2008)
PubMed id: 18180246  
 
 
Catalytic mechanism of the tryptophan activation reaction revealed by crystal structures of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in different enzymatic states.
N.Shen, M.Zhou, B.Yang, Y.Yu, X.Dong, J.Ding.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
Human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (hTrpRS) differs from its bacterial counterpart at several key positions of the catalytic active site and has an extra N-terminal domain, implying possibly a different catalytic mechanism. We report here the crystal structures of hTrpRS in complexes with Trp, tryptophanamide and ATP and tryptophanyl-AMP, respectively, which represent three different enzymatic states of the Trp activation reaction. Analyses of these structures reveal the molecular basis of the mechanisms of the substrate recognition and the activation reaction. The dimeric hTrpRS is structurally and functionally asymmetric with half-of-the-sites reactivity. Recognition of Trp is by an induced-fit mechanism involving conformational change of the AIDQ motif that creates a perfect pocket for the binding and activation of Trp and causes coupled movements of the N-terminal and C-terminal domains. The KMSAS loop appears to have an inherent flexibility and the binding of ATP stabilizes it in a closed conformation that secures the position of ATP for catalysis. Our structural data indicate that the catalytic mechanism of the Trp activation reaction by hTrpRS involves more moderate conformational changes of the structural elements at the active site to recognize and bind the substrates, which is more complex and fine-tuned than that of bacterial TrpRS.
 

Literature references that cite this PDB file's key reference

  PubMed id Reference
20123733 M.Zhou, X.Dong, N.Shen, C.Zhong, and J.Ding (2010).
Crystal structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase: new insights into the mechanism of tryptophan activation and implications for anti-fungal drug design.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 38, 3399-3413.
PDB codes: 3kt0 3kt3 3kt6 3kt8
19942682 X.Dong, M.Zhou, C.Zhong, B.Yang, N.Shen, and J.Ding (2010).
Crystal structure of Pyrococcus horikoshii tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase and structure-based phylogenetic analysis suggest an archaeal origin of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 38, 1401-1412.  
19267673 I.A.Vasil'eva, E.A.Semenova, and N.A.Moor (2009).
Interaction of human phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase with specific tRNA according to thiophosphate footprinting.
  Biochemistry (Mosc), 74, 175-185.  
19783652 J.Lee, J.Johnson, Z.Ding, M.Paetzel, and R.B.Cornell (2009).
Crystal structure of a mammalian CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase catalytic domain reveals novel active site residues within a highly conserved nucleotidyltransferase fold.
  J Biol Chem, 284, 33535-33548.
PDB code: 3hl4
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