2cuz | pdb_00002cuz

Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase from Thermus thermophilus in complex with L-glutamate

spinqualitylabelsall models 2cuz, resolution 1.98Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2cuz is a 1 chain structure with sequence from "flavobacterium_thermophilum"_yoshida_and_oshima_1971 "flavobacterium thermophilum" yoshida and oshima 1971. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: GLU Related: 1gln, 1g59, 1j09, 1n75, 1n77, 1n78, 2cv0, 2cv1, 2cv2, 2dxi Activity: Glutamate--tRNA ligase, with EC number 6.1.1.17 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, TOPSAN Function [SYE_THET8] Catalyzes the attachment of glutamate to tRNA(Glu) in a two-step reaction: glutamate is first activated by ATP to form Glu-AMP and then transferred to the acceptor end of tRNA(Glu). 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 PubMed Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS) is one of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that require the cognate tRNA for specific amino acid recognition and activation. We analyzed the role of tRNA in amino acid recognition by crystallography. In the GluRS*tRNA(Glu)*Glu structure, GluRS and tRNA(Glu) collaborate to form a highly complementary L-glutamate-binding site. This collaborative site is functional, as it is formed in the same manner in pretransition-state mimic, GluRS*tRNA(Glu)*ATP*Eol (a glutamate analog), and posttransition-state mimic, GluRS*tRNA(Glu)*ESA (a glutamyl-adenylate analog) structures. In contrast, in the GluRS*Glu structure, only GluRS forms the amino acid-binding site, which is defective and accounts for the binding of incorrect amino acids, such as D-glutamate and L-glutamine. Therefore, tRNA(Glu) is essential for formation of the completely functional binding site for L-glutamate. These structures, together with our previously described structures, reveal that tRNA plays a crucial role in accurate positioning of both L-glutamate and ATP, thus driving the amino acid activation. Structural bases of transfer RNA-dependent amino acid recognition and activation by glutamyl-tRNA synthetase.,Sekine S, Shichiri M, Bernier S, Chenevert R, Lapointe J, Yokoyama S Structure. 2006 Dec;14(12):1791-9. PMID:17161369 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase

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