5c77

Publication Abstract from PubMed

SPOUT proteins constitute one class of methyltransferases, which so far are found to exert activity mainly towards RNAs. Previously, yeast Sfm1 was predicted to contain a SPOUT domain but can methylate ribosomal protein S3. Here we report the crystal structure of Sfm1, which comprises of a typical SPOUT domain and a small C-terminal domain. The active site is similar to that of protein arginine methyltransferases but different from that of RNA methyltransferases. In addition, Sfm1 exhibits a negatively charged surface surrounding the active site unsuitable for RNA binding. Our biochemical data show that Sfm1 exists as a monomer and has high activity towards ribosomal protein S3 but no activity towards RNA. It can specifically catalyze the methylation of Arg146 of S3 and the C-terminal domain is critical for substrate binding and activity. These results together provide the structural basis for Sfm1 functioning as a PRMT for ribosomal protein S3.

Structural basis for Sfm1 functioning as a protein arginine methyltransferase.,Lv F, Zhang T, Zhou Z, Gao S, Wong CC, Zhou JQ, Ding J Cell Discov. 2015 Dec 29;1:15037. doi: 10.1038/celldisc.2015.37. eCollection, 2015. PMID:27462434^[2]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.