Structural highlights
Function
[SYP_ENTFA] Catalyzes the attachment of proline to tRNA(Pro) in a two-step reaction: proline is first activated by ATP to form Pro-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Pro). As ProRS can inadvertently accommodate and process non-cognate amino acids such as alanine and cysteine, to avoid such errors it has two additional distinct editing activities against alanine. One activity is designated as 'pretransfer' editing and involves the tRNA(Pro)-independent hydrolysis of activated Ala-AMP. The other activity is designated 'posttransfer' editing and involves deacylation of mischarged Ala-tRNA(Pro). The misacylated Cys-tRNA(Pro) is not edited by ProRS.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01569]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Prolyl-tRNA synthetases (ProRSs) are unique among synthetases in that they have diverse architectures, notably the variable presence of a cis-editing domain homologous to the freestanding deacylase proteins YbaK and ProX. Here, we describe crystal structures of two bacterial ProRSs from the pathogen Enterococcus faecalis, which possesses an editing domain, and from Rhodopseudomonas palustris, which does not. We compare the overall structure and binding mode of ATP and prolyl-adenylate with those of the archael/eukaryote-type ProRS from Thermus thermophilus. Although structurally more homologous to YbaK, which preferentially hydrolyzes Cys-tRNA(Pro), the editing domain of E. faecalis ProRS possesses key elements similar to ProX, with which it shares the activity of hydrolyzing Ala-tRNA(Pro). The structures give insight into the complex evolution of ProRSs, the mechanism of editing, and structural differences between prokaryotic- and eukaryotic-type ProRSs that can be exploited for antibiotic design.
Structures of two bacterial prolyl-tRNA synthetases with and without a cis-editing domain.,Crepin T, Yaremchuk A, Tukalo M, Cusack S Structure. 2006 Oct;14(10):1511-25. PMID:17027500[1]
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References
- ↑ Crepin T, Yaremchuk A, Tukalo M, Cusack S. Structures of two bacterial prolyl-tRNA synthetases with and without a cis-editing domain. Structure. 2006 Oct;14(10):1511-25. PMID:17027500 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2006.08.007
