A.Kumar
et al.
(2014).
The structure of Rv2372c identifies an RsmE-like methyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr,
70,
821-832.
PubMed id: 24598751
DOI: 10.1107/S1399004713033555
The structure of Rv2372c identifies an RsmE-like methyltransferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
A.Kumar,
S.Kumar,
B.Taneja.
ABSTRACT
U1498 of 16S rRNA plays an important role in translation fidelity as well as in
antibiotic response. U1498 is present in a methylated form in the decoding
centre of the ribosome. In this study, Rv2372c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
has been identified as an RsmE-like methyltransferase which specifically
methylates U1498 of 16S rRNA at the N3 position and can complement RsmE-deleted
Escherichia coli. The crystal structure of Rv2372c has been determined, and
reveals that the protein belongs to a distinct class in the SPOUT superfamily
and exists as a dimer. The deletion of critical residues at the C-terminus of
Rv2372c leads to an inability of the protein to form stable dimers and to
abolition of the methyltransferase activity. A ternary model of Rv2372c with its
cofactor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and the 16S rRNA fragment (1487)16S
rRNA(1510) helps to identify binding pockets for SAM (in the deep trefoil knot)
and substrate RNA (at the dimer interface) and suggests an SN2 mechanism for the
methylation of N3 of U1498 in 16S rRNA.