Flexibility and communication within the structure of the Mycobacterium smegmatis methionyl-tRNA synthetase

Ingvarsson, Henrik,1975-Uppsala universitet,Strukturell molekylärbiologi (författare)

Two structures of monomeric methionyl-tRNA synthetase, from Mycobacterium smegmatis, in complex with the ligands methionine/adenosine and methionine, were analyzed by X-ray crystallography at 2.3 Å and at 2.8 Å, respectively. The structures demonstrated the flexibility of the multidomain enzyme. A new conformation of the structure was identified in which the connective peptide domain bound more closely to the catalytic domain than described previously. The KMSKS(301-305) loop in our structures was in an open and inactive conformation that differed from previous structures by a rotation of the loop of about 90° around hinges located at Asn297 and Val310. The binding of adenosine to the methionyl-tRNA synthetase methionine complex caused a shift in the KMSKS domain that brought it closer to the catalytic domain. The potential use of the adenosine-binding site for inhibitor binding was evaluated and a potential binding site for a specific allosteric inhibitor was identified.

NATURVETENSKAP Biologi Biokemi och molekylärbiologi hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Biological Sciences Biochemistry and Molecular Biology hsv//eng
Mycobacterium smegmatis
methinoly-tRNA synthetase
methionine
adenosine
Cell and molecular biology
Cell- och molekylärbiologi
Biologi med inriktning mot strukturbiologi
Biology with specialization in Structural Biology

Unge, Torsten,1945-Uppsala universitet,Strukturell molekylärbiologi(Swepub:uu)torsunge (författare)
Uppsala universitetStrukturell molekylärbiologi (creator_code:org_t)

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