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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 373, Issue 1, Pages 178-189Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.062
Keywords
gimS ribozyme; riboswitch; trans-acting ribozyme; glucosamine 6-phosphate; ribozyme cofactor
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 47233, R01 GM047233, R01 GM063576-07, GM 63576, R01 GM063576] Funding Source: Medline
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The glmS ribozyme is a catalytic RNA that self-cleaves at its 5 '-end in the presence of glucosamine 6-phosphate (GlcN6P). We present structures of the glmS ribozyme from Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis that are bound with the cofactor GlcN6P or the inhibitor glucose 6-phosphate (Glc6P) at 1.7 angstrom and 2.2 angstrom resolution, respectively. The two structures are indistinguishable in the conformations of the small molecules and of the RNA. GlcN6P binding h ere becomes apparent crystallographically when the pH is raised to 8.5, where the ribozyme conformation is identical with that observed previously at pH 5.5. A key structural feature of this ribozyme is a short duplex (P2.2) that is formed between sequences just 3 ' of the cleavage site and within the core domain, and which introduces a pseudoknot into the active site. Mutagenesis indicates that P2.2 is required for activity in cis-acting and transacting forms of the ribozyme. P2.2 formation in a trans-acting ribozyme was exploited to demonstrate that NI of the guanine at position I contributes to GlcN6P binding by interacting with the phosphate of the cofactor. At neutral pH, RNAs with adenine, 2-aminopurine, dimethyladenine or purine substitutions at position I cleave faster with glucosamine than with GlcN6P. This altered cofactor preference provides biochemical support for the orientation of the cofactor within the active site. Our results establish two features of the glmS ribozyme that are important for its activity: a sequence within the core domain that selects and positions the cleavage-site sequence, and a nucleobase at position I that helps position G1cN6P. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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