Structural highlights
Function[TR112_YEAST] Together with MTQ2, required for the methylation of eRF1 on 'Gln-182'. Together with TRM11, required for the formation of 2-methylguanosine at position 10 in tRNA. Probably has additional functions.[1] [2] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedProtein release factor eRF1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in complex with eRF3 and GTP, is methylated on a functionally crucial Gln residue by the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase Ydr140w. Here we show that eRF1 methylation, in addition to these previously characterized components, requires a 15-kDa zinc-binding protein, Ynr046w. Co-expression in Escherichia coli of Ynr046w and Ydr140w allows the latter to be recovered in soluble form rather than as inclusion bodies, and the two proteins co-purify on nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid chromatography when Ydr140w alone carries a His tag. The crystal structure of Ynr046w has been determined to 1.7 A resolution. It comprises a zinc-binding domain built from both the N- and C-terminal sequences and an inserted domain, absent from bacterial and archaeal orthologs of the protein, composed of three alpha-helices. The active methyltransferase is the heterodimer Ydr140w.Ynr046w, but when alone, both in solution and in crystals, Ynr046w appears to be a homodimer. The Ynr046w eRF1 methyltransferase subunit is shared by the tRNA methyltransferase Trm11p and probably by two other enzymes containing a Rossman fold. The zinc finger protein Ynr046w is plurifunctional and a component of the eRF1 methyltransferase in yeast.,Heurgue-Hamard V, Graille M, Scrima N, Ulryck N, Champ S, van Tilbeurgh H, Buckingham RH J Biol Chem. 2006 Nov 24;281(47):36140-8. Epub 2006 Sep 28. PMID:17008308[3] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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