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Ligase/RNA PDB id
2zuf
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Contents
Protein chain
628 a.a. *
DNA/RNA
Waters ×248
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
2zuf
Name: Ligase/RNA
Title: Crystal structure of pyrococcus horikoshii arginyl-tRNA synthetase complexed with tRNA(arg)
Structure: Arginyl-tRNA synthetase. Chain: a. Synonym: arginine--tRNA ligase, argrs. Engineered: yes. tRNA-arg. Chain: b. Engineered: yes
Source: Pyrococcus horikoshii. Organism_taxid: 53953. Gene: args, ph1478. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 469008. Synthetic: yes. Other_details: this tRNA occurs from pyrococcus horikoshii, in vitro transcription
Resolution:
2.30Å     R-factor:   0.201     R-free:   0.262
Authors: M.Konno,T.Sumida,E.Uchikawa,Y.Mori,T.Yanagisawa,S.Sekine, S.Yokoyama
Key ref: M.Konno et al. (2009). Modeling of tRNA-assisted mechanism of Arg activation based on a structure of Arg-tRNA synthetase, tRNA, and an ATP analog (ANP). Febs J, 276, 4763-4779. PubMed id: 19656186 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07178.x
Date:
16-Oct-08     Release date:   18-Aug-09    
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 References

Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
O59147  (SYR_PYRHO) -  Arginyl-tRNA synthetase
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
629 a.a.
628 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: E.C.6.1.1.19  - Arginine--tRNA ligase.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
      Reaction: ATP + L-arginine + tRNA(Arg) = AMP + diphosphate + L-arginyl-tRNA(Arg)
ATP
+ L-arginine
+ tRNA(Arg)
= AMP
+ diphosphate
+ L-arginyl-tRNA(Arg)
Molecule diagrams generated from .mol files obtained from the KEGG ftp site
 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     cytoplasm   1 term 
  Biological process     translation   3 terms 
  Biochemical function     nucleotide binding     5 terms  

 

 
    reference    
 
 
DOI no: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07178.x Febs J 276:4763-4779 (2009)
PubMed id: 19656186  
 
 
Modeling of tRNA-assisted mechanism of Arg activation based on a structure of Arg-tRNA synthetase, tRNA, and an ATP analog (ANP).
M.Konno, T.Sumida, E.Uchikawa, Y.Mori, T.Yanagisawa, S.Sekine, S.Yokoyama.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The ATP-pyrophosphate exchange reaction catalyzed by Arg-tRNA, Gln-tRNA and Glu-tRNA synthetases requires the assistance of the cognate tRNA. tRNA also assists Arg-tRNA synthetase in catalyzing the pyrophosphorolysis of synthetic Arg-AMP at low pH. The mechanism by which the 3'-end A76, and in particular its hydroxyl group, of the cognate tRNA is involved with the exchange reaction catalyzed by those enzymes has yet to be established. We determined a crystal structure of a complex of Arg-tRNA synthetase from Pyrococcus horikoshii, tRNA(Arg)(CCU) and an ATP analog with Rfactor = 0.213 (Rfree = 0.253) at 2.0 A resolution. On the basis of newly obtained structural information about the position of ATP bound on the enzyme, we constructed a structural model for a mechanism in which the formation of a hydrogen bond between the 2'-OH group of A76 of tRNA and the carboxyl group of Arg induces both formation of Arg-AMP (Arg + ATP --> Arg-AMP + pyrophosphate) and pyrophosphorolysis of Arg-AMP (Arg-AMP + pyrophosphate --> Arg + ATP) at low pH. Furthermore, we obtained a structural model of the molecular mechanism for the Arg-tRNA synthetase-catalyzed deacylation of Arg-tRNA (Arg-tRNA + AMP --> Arg-AMP + tRNA at high pH), in which the deacylation of aminoacyl-tRNA bound on Arg-tRNA synthetase and Glu-tRNA synthetase is catalyzed by a quite similar mechanism, whereby the proton-donating group (-NH-C+(NH2)2 or -COOH) of Arg and Glu assists the aminoacyl transfer from the 2'-OH group of tRNA to the phosphate group of AMP at high pH.