the transfer of amino acid to tRNA is accompanied by the protonation of AMP to H-AMP. Subsequent migration of proton to water reduces the stability of the complex and loosens the interface both in the presence and in the absence of AMP. The subsequent undocking of AMP or tRNA then proceeds along thermodynamically competitive pathways. Release of the tRNA acceptor stem is further accelerated by the deprotonation of the alpha-ammonium group on the charging amino acid. The proposed general base is Glu41
substrate and co-factor recognition and binding structures, GluRS and tRNAGlu collaborate to form a highly complementary L-glutamate-binding site, the collaborative site is functional, amino acid specificity is generated in the GluRS-tRNA complex, overview
structural bases of transfer RNA-dependent L-glutamate recognition and activation by the enzyme, the glutamate-binding site is immature in the absence of tRNA, overview
ATP binds to the 'productive' subsite, due to the tRNA-induced rearrangement of the binding site, which is, at least partially, the structural basis of the tRNA-dependent enzyme activation for amino acid activation
GluRS is one of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that require the cognate tRNA for specific amino acid recognition and activation, tRNA serves as the enzyme activator in the first step, and as the substrate in the second step of aminoacylation, overview, On the other hand, the main chain of the glutamate is immature glutamate-binding site in the absence of tRNA
as the KCl concentration is raised from 0 to 100 mM, the Km value for L-glutamate in the reaction with E. coli tRNAGlu is remarkably increased wheras the Km value for glutamate with Thermus thermophilus tRNAGlu is slightly increased
the pretransition-state quaternary complex, crystal structure analysis, in the GluRS-tRNAGlu-Glu structure, GluRS and tRNAGlu collaborate to form a highly complementary L-glutamate-binding site
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crystallization of complexes: 1. GluRS and L-Glu, 2. GluRS, tRNAGlu, and L-Glu, 3. GluRS, tRNAGlu, ATP, and L-glutamol, 4. GluRS, tRNAGlu, and L-glutamyl-sulfamoyl adenosine, by hanging drop vapour diffusion method, 5.0 mg/ml enzyme in 10 mM MOPS-Na buffer, pH 6.5, MgCl2, 5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, 1% PEG 6000, and 2 mM L-glutamate, equilibration against a 1 ml reservoir solution containing 10% PEG at 4°C, ERS/tRNA/Glu and ERS/tRNA/ESA crystals are prepared by diffusing 1 mM L-glutamate and 0.5 mM glutamyl-sulfamoyl adenosine, i.e. ESA, respectively, into the ERS/tRNA binary complex crystals, ERS/tRNA/ATP/Eol crystals are obtained by adding both 1 mM ATP and 1 mM L-glutamol, i.e. Eol, to drops containing the ERS/tRNA binary complex, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 1.98 A, 2.4 A, 2.2 A, and 2.69 A resolution, respectively
crystallization of the enzyme in different complexes: 1. non-productively complexed with ATP and L-glutamate, 2. with ATP, 3. with tRNAGlu and ATP, 4. with tRNAGlu and the glutamyl-AMP analogue glutamol-AMP, hanging-drop method, 0.008 ml of 5.0 mg/ml protein in 10 mM Na-MOPS, pH 6.5, 5 mM MgCl2, 2.5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, 1% PEG 6000, 1-2 mM ATP and/or 2 mM glutamate and/or 0.5 mM glutamol-AMP, plus 1 ml reservoir solution containing 10% PEG 6000 at 4 or 20°C, 3 days or more, X-ray diffraction structure determination at 1.8 A resolution, molecular replacement, and analysis
molecular modeling, internal pKa calculations, and molecular dynamics simulations for consideration of distinct, mechanistically relevant post-transfer states with charged tRNA bound to glutamyl-tRNA synthetase. The transfer of amino acid to tRNA is accompanied by the protonation of AMP to H-AMP. Subsequent migration of proton to water reduces the stability of the complex and loosens the interface both in the presence and in the absence of AMP. The subsequent undocking of AMP or tRNA then proceeds along thermodynamically competitive pathways. Release of the tRNA acceptor stem is further accelerated by the deprotonation of the alpha-ammonium group on the charging amino acid. The proposed general base is Glu41
purified recombinant enzyme in complex with tRNAGlu, hanging-drop vapour diffusion method, precipitant solution contains 37 mM Na-MOPS, pH 6.7, 22% PEG 1500, 37 mM ammonium sulfate, 1% 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 10 mM MgCl2, 5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, X-ray diffraction structure determination at 2.4 A resolution, and analysis
site-directed mutagenesis, exchange of the Arg residue results in a mutant that no longer discriminates between tRNAGlu and tRNAGln anticodons YUC and YUG, respectively