Partition of tRNA synthetases into two classes based on mutually exclusive sets of sequence motifs (original) (raw)
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THE aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases (aaRS) catalyse the attachment of an amino acid to its cognate transfer RNA molecule in a highly specific two-step reaction. These proteins differ widely in size and oligomeric state, and have limited sequence homology. Out of the 18 known aaRS, only 9 (ref. 1), referred to as class I synthetases (GlnRS, TyrRS, MetRS, GluRS, ArgRS, ValRS, IleRS, LeuRS, TrpRS), display two short common consensus sequences ('HIGH' and 'KMSKS') which indicate, as observed in three crystal structures2–4, the presence of a structural domain (the Rossman fold) that binds ATP. We report here the sequence of Escherichia coll ProRS, a dimer of relative molecular mass 127,402, which is homologous to both ThrRS and SerRS. These three latter aaRS share three new sequence motifs with AspRS, AsnRS, LysRS, HisRS and the β subunit of PheRS. These three motifs (motifs 1, 2 and 3), in a search through the entire data bank, proved to be specific for this set of aaRS (referred to as class II). Class II may also contain AlaRS and GlyRS, because these sequences have a typical motif 3. Surprisingly, this partition of aaRS in two classes is found to be strongly correlated on the functional level with the acylation occurring either on the 2′ OH (class I) or 3′ OH (class II) of the ribose of the last nucleotide of tRNA.
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Gilbert Eriani, Marc Delarue, Olivier Poch, Jean Gangloff & Dino Moras - Laboratoire de Cristallographie Biologique, IBMC du CNRS, 15 rue Rene Descartes, 67084, Strasbourg, France
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Eriani, G., Delarue, M., Poch, O. et al. Partition of tRNA synthetases into two classes based on mutually exclusive sets of sequence motifs.Nature 347, 203–206 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/347203a0
- Received: 09 May 1990
- Accepted: 02 July 1990
- Issue Date: 13 September 1990
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/347203a0