2zim

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<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2zim]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dsm_2053 Dsm 2053]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2ZIM OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2ZIM FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=EDO:1,2-ETHANEDIOL'>EDO</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=POP:PYROPHOSPHATE+2-'>POP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=YLY:(2R)-2-AMINO-6-({[(2S,3R)-3-METHYLPYRROLIDIN-2-YL]CARBONYL}AMINO)HEXANOYL+[(2S,3R,4R,5R)-5-(6-AMINO-9H-PURIN-9-YL)-3,4-DIHYDROXYTETRAHYDROFURAN-2-YL]METHYL+HYDROGEN+(R)-PHOSPHATE'>YLY</scene></td></tr>

<tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrolysine--tRNA(Pyl)_ligase Pyrrolysine--tRNA(Pyl) ligase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=6.1.1.26 6.1.1.26] </span></td></tr>

<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2zim FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2zim OCA], [http://pdbe.org/2zim PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2zim RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2zim PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2zim ProSAT]</span></td></tr>

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/PYLS_METMA PYLS_METMA]] Catalyzes the attachment of pyrrolysine to tRNA(Pyl). Pyrrolysine is a lysine derivative encoded by the termination codon UAG (By similarity).

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Pyrrolysine (Pyl), the 22nd natural amino acid and genetically encoded by UAG, becomes attached to its cognate tRNA by pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase (PylRS). We have determined three crystal structures of the Methanosarcina mazei PylRS complexed with either AMP-PNP, Pyl-AMP plus pyrophosphate, or the Pyl analogue N-epsilon-[(cylopentyloxy)carbonyl]-L-lysine plus ATP. The structures reveal that PylRS utilizes a deep hydrophobic pocket for recognition of the Pyl side chain. A comparison of these structures with previously determined class II tRNA synthetase complexes illustrates that different substrate specificities derive from changes in a small number of residues that form the substrate side-chain-binding pocket. The knowledge of these structures allowed the placement of PylRS in the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) tree as the last known synthetase that evolved for genetic code expansion, as well as the finding that Pyl arose before the last universal common ancestral state. The PylRS structure provides an excellent framework for designing new aaRSs with altered amino acid specificity.

 

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== References ==

[[Category: Dsm 2053]]

[[Category: Kavran, J M]]

[[Category: Steitz, T A]]

[[Category: Aminoacyl-trna synthetase]]

[[Category: Trna synthetase bound to an adenylated intermediate]]