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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages 4965-4976Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks167
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [9597-2010]
- Fond de Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies du Quebec [PR-105093]
- Regroupement Quebecois de Recherche sur la Fonction, la Structure et l'Ingenierie des Proteines (PROTEO)
- Ministere du Developpement Economique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation (MDEIE) du Quebec [PSR-SIIRI-095/ESFARN]
- Ministere de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie
- Universite de Strasbourg
- National Institutes of Health [R01GM071480]
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer
- Association de la Recherche sur le Cancer
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Helicobacter pylori catalyzes Asn-tRNA Asn formation by use of the indirect pathway that involves charging of Asp onto tRNA Asn by a non-discriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (ND-AspRS), followed by conversion of the mischarged Asp into Asn by the GatCAB amidotransferase. We show that the partners of asparaginylation assemble into a dynamic Asn-transamidosome, which uses a different strategy than the Gln-transamidosome to prevent the release of the mischarged aminoacylt-RNA intermediate. The complex is described by gel-filtration, dynamic light scattering and kinetic measurements. Two strategies for asparaginylation are shown: (i) tRNA Asn binds GatCAB first, allowing aminoacylation and immediate transamidation once ND-AspRS joins the complex; (ii) tRNA Asn is bound by ND-AspRS which releases the Asp-tRNA Asn product much slower than the cognate Asp-tRNA Asp; this kinetic peculiarity allows GatCAB to bind and transamidate Asp-tRNA Asn before its release by the ND-AspRS. These results are discussed in the context of the interrelation between the Asn and Gln-transamidosomes which use the same GatCAB in H. pylori, and shed light on a kinetic mechanism that ensures faithful codon reassignment for Asn.
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