9sfq
From Proteopedia
Structure at 1.9 A resolution of Thermus thermophilus tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase bound to wild-type tRNATyr(GUC).
Structural highlights
FunctionSYY_THET2 Catalyzes the attachment of tyrosine to tRNA(Tyr) in a two-step reaction: tyrosine is first activated by ATP to form Tyr-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Tyr) (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMedBacterial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetases (TyrRS) possess a flexibly linked C-terminal domain of approximately 80 residues, which has hitherto been disordered in crystal structures of the enzyme. We have determined the structure of Thermus thermophilus TyrRS at 2.0 A resolution in a crystal form in which the C-terminal domain is ordered, and confirm that the fold is similar to part of the C-terminal domain of ribosomal protein S4. We have also determined the structure at 2.9 A resolution of the complex of T.thermophilus TyrRS with cognate tRNA(tyr)(G Psi A). In this structure, the C-terminal domain binds between the characteristic long variable arm of the tRNA and the anti-codon stem, thus recognizing the unique shape of the tRNA. The anticodon bases have a novel conformation with A-36 stacked on G-34, and both G-34 and Psi-35 are base-specifically recognized. The tRNA binds across the two subunits of the dimeric enzyme and, remarkably, the mode of recognition of the class I TyrRS for its cognate tRNA resembles that of a class II synthetase in being from the major groove side of the acceptor stem. Class I tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase has a class II mode of cognate tRNA recognition.,Yaremchuk A, Kriklivyi I, Tukalo M, Cusack S EMBO J. 2002 Jul 15;21(14):3829-40. PMID:12110594[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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