Homodimer Architecture of QTRT2, the Noncatalytic Subunit of the Eukaryotic tRNA-Guanine Transglycosylase. 2018

Christina Behrens, and Inna Biela, and Stéphanie Petiot-Bécard, and Thomas Botzanowski, and Sarah Cianférani, and Christoph P Sager, and Gerhard Klebe, and Andreas Heine, and Klaus Reuter
Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie , Philipps-Universität Marburg , Marbacher Weg 6 , D-35032 Marburg , Germany.

The bacterial enzyme tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (TGT) is involved in the biosynthesis of queuosine, a modified nucleoside present in the anticodon wobble position of tRNAHis, tRNATyr, tRNAAsp, and tRNAAsn. Although it forms a stable homodimer endowed with two active sites, it is, for steric reasons, able to bind and convert only one tRNA molecule at a time. In contrast, its mammalian counterpart constitutes a heterodimer consisting of a catalytic and a noncatalytic subunit, termed QTRT1 and QTRT2, respectively. Both subunits are homologous to the bacterial enzyme, yet only QTRT1 possesses all the residues required for substrate binding and catalysis. In mice, genetic inactivation of the TGT results in the uncontrolled oxidation of tetrahydrobiopterin and, accordingly, phenylketonuria-like symptoms. For this reason and because of the recent finding that mammalian TGT may be utilized for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, this enzyme is of potential medical relevance, rendering detailed knowledge of its biochemistry and structural architecture highly desirable. In this study, we performed the kinetic characterization of the murine enzyme, investigated potential quaternary structures of QTRT1 and QTRT2 via noncovalent mass spectrometry, and, finally, determined the crystal structure of the murine noncatalytic TGT subunit, QTRT2. In the crystal, QTRT2 is clearly present as a homodimer that is strikingly similar to that formed by bacterial TGT. In particular, a cluster of four aromatic residues within the interface of the bacterial TGT, which constitutes a "hot spot" for dimer stability, is present in a similar constellation in QTRT2.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D010430 Pentosyltransferases Enzymes of the transferase class that catalyze the transfer of a pentose group from one compound to another.
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D055503 Protein Multimerization The assembly of the QUATERNARY PROTEIN STRUCTURE of multimeric proteins (MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES) from their composite PROTEIN SUBUNITS. Protein Dimerization,Protein Heteromultimerizaton,Protein Multimer Assembly,Protein Trimerization,Assembly, Protein Multimer,Dimerization, Protein,Heteromultimerizaton, Protein,Heteromultimerizatons, Protein,Multimer Assembly, Protein,Multimerization, Protein,Trimerization, Protein
D020836 Protein Structure, Quaternary The characteristic 3-dimensional shape and arrangement of multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Quaternary Protein Structure,Protein Structures, Quaternary,Quaternary Protein Structures
D021122 Protein Subunits Single chains of amino acids that are the units of multimeric PROTEINS. Multimeric proteins can be composed of identical or non-identical subunits. One or more monomeric subunits may compose a protomer which itself is a subunit structure of a larger assembly. Protomers,Protein Subunit,Protomer,Subunit, Protein,Subunits, Protein

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