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==Crystal structure of E. coli dihydrouridine synthase C (DusC)==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4bfa]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_K-12 Escherichia coli K-12]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4BFA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4BFA FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.65&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=EDO:1,2-ETHANEDIOL'>EDO</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=FMN:FLAVIN+MONONUCLEOTIDE'>FMN</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NO3:NITRATE+ION'>NO3</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4bfa FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4bfa OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4bfa PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4bfa RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4bfa PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4bfa ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/DUSC_ECOLI DUSC_ECOLI] Catalyzes the synthesis of dihydrouridine, a modified base found in the D-loop of most tRNAs.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The reduction of specific uridines to dihydrouridine is one of the most common modifications in tRNA. Increased levels of the dihydrouridine modification are associated with cancer. Dihydrouridine synthases (Dus) from different subfamilies selectively reduce distinct uridines, located at spatially unique positions of folded tRNA, into dihydrouridine. Because the catalytic center of all Dus enzymes is conserved, it is unclear how the same protein fold can be reprogrammed to ensure that nucleotides exposed at spatially distinct faces of tRNA can be accommodated in the same active site. We show that the Escherichia coli DusC is specific toward U16 of tRNA. Unexpectedly, crystal structures of DusC complexes with tRNAPhe and tRNATrp show that Dus subfamilies that selectively modify U16 or U20 in tRNA adopt identical folds but bind their respective tRNA substrates in an almost reverse orientation that differs by a 160 degrees rotation. The tRNA docking orientation appears to be guided by subfamily-specific clusters of amino acids ("binding signatures") together with differences in the shape of the positively charged tRNA-binding surfaces. tRNA orientations are further constrained by positional differences between the C-terminal "recognition" domains. The exquisite substrate specificity of Dus enzymes is therefore controlled by a relatively simple mechanism involving major reorientation of the whole tRNA molecule. Such reprogramming of the enzymatic specificity appears to be a unique evolutionary solution for altering tRNA recognition by the same protein fold.

Major reorientation of tRNA substrates defines specificity of dihydrouridine synthases.,Byrne RT, Jenkins HT, Peters DT, Whelan F, Stowell J, Aziz N, Kasatsky P, Rodnina MV, Koonin EV, Konevega AL, Antson AA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 22. pii: 201500161. PMID:25902496<ref>PMID:25902496</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Escherichia coli K-12]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Antson AA]]
[[Category: Aziz N]]
[[Category: Byrne RT]]
[[Category: Konevega A]]
[[Category: Rodnina M]]
[[Category: Whelan F]]