Crystallization (Comment) | Organism |
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C118A enzyme mutant complexed with tRNAGlu substrate, X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 2.4 A resolution, structure modelling | Escherichia coli |
structure of a key intermediate in the RlmN reaction, in which a Cys118Ala variant of the protein is crosslinked to a tRNAGlu substrate through the terminal methylene carbon of a formerly methylcysteinyl residue and C2 of A37. RlmN contacts the entire length of tRNAGlu, accessing A37 using an induced-fit strategy that completely unfolds the tRNA anticodon stem loop | Escherichia coli |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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C118A | mutant is unable to resolve a covalent protein/RNA intermediate during catalysis and becomes cross-linked to the nucleic acid | Escherichia coli |
C118A | site-directed mutagenesis, analysis of the structure of a key intermediate in the RlmN reaction, in which a C118A variant of the protein is cross-linked to a tRNAGlu substrate | Escherichia coli |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + adenine2503 in 23S rRNA + 2 reduced [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | Escherichia coli | - |
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + L-methionine + 5'-deoxyadenosine + 8-methyladenine2503 in 23S rRNA + 2 oxidized [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | - |
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2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + adenine37 in tRNA + 2 reduced [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | Escherichia coli | - |
2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + L-methionine + 5'-deoxyadenosine + 2-methyladenine37 in tRNA + 2 oxidized [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Escherichia coli | P36979 | - |
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Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + adenine2503 in 23S rRNA + 2 reduced [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | - |
Escherichia coli | S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + L-methionine + 5'-deoxyadenosine + 8-methyladenine2503 in 23S rRNA + 2 oxidized [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | - |
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2 S-adenosyl-L-methionine + adenine37 in tRNA + 2 reduced [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | - |
Escherichia coli | 2 S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + L-methionine + 5'-deoxyadenosine + 2-methyladenine37 in tRNA + 2 oxidized [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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RlmN | - |
Escherichia coli |
Cofactor | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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reduced [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin | - |
Escherichia coli | |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine | - |
Escherichia coli |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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additional information | although SAM is the source of the appended methyl carbon in the reactions catalyzed by RlmN and Cfr, these enzymes operate by a mechanism that is distinctly different from that of typical SAM-dependent methyltransferases. As radical SAM (RS) enzymes, RlmN and Cfr employ very similar radical-based mechanisms of catalysis, initiated by the abstraction of a hydrogen atom from a Cys-appended methyl group via a 5'-deoxyadenosyl 5'-radical. Subsequent attack of the resulting methylene radical upon the carbon atom undergoing methylation affords a protein/RNA cross-linked intermediate whose resolution requires prior proton abstraction from C2 (RlmN) or C8 (Cfr) of the substrate by an unidentified base. Conversion of the intermediate to the methylated product has also been demonstrated in the Cfr reaction. The proximity (5.0 A) of the Cys 355 side chain (the proposed site of thiyl radical formation) to the sulfur atom of Met176, a strictly conserved residue in RlmN and Cfr, might allow formation of a transient thiosulfuranyl radical. Structure analysis of the key intermediate in the RlmN reaction, in which a Cys118->Ala variant of the protein is cross-linked to a tRNAGlu substrate through the terminal methylene carbon of a formerly methylcysteinyl residue and C2 of A37. RlmN contacts the entire length of tRNAGlu, accessing A37 using an induced-fit strategy that completely unfolds the tRNA anticodon stem loop, which is likely critical for recognition of both tRNA and rRNA substrates. The most extensive RlmN-tRNA interactions involve the anti-codon stem loop (ACSL) of tRNAGlu near A37. The protein binds in the minor groove of the ACSL and interacts more intimately with the nucleobases. Binding structure, overview | Escherichia coli |
physiological function | RlmN is a radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzyme that is best known for catalyzing the methylation of C2 of adenosine 2503 (A2503) (1-3) in domain V of 23S rRNA. But RlmN is a dual-specificity RNA methylase that modifies C2 of adenosine 2503 (A2503) in 23S rRNA and C2 of adenosine 37 (A37) in several Escherichia coli tRNAs. RlmN thus joins a pseudouridine synthase, RluA, as a known dual-specificity RNA modification enzymes capable of acting both on ribosomal and on transfer RNA | Escherichia coli |