Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 567-577Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601508
Keywords
methyltransferase; post-translational modification; X-ray crystallography
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM019756, GM19756, F32 GM019756] Funding Source: Medline
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Bacterial ribosomal protein L11 is post-translationally trimethylated at multiple residues by a single methyltransferase, PrmA. Here, we describe four structures of PrmA from the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus. Two apo-PrmA structures at 1.59 and 2.3 angstrom resolution and a third with bound cofactor S-adenosyl-L-methionine at 1.75 angstrom each exhibit distinct relative positions of the substrate recognition and catalytic domains, revealing how PrmA can position the L11 substrate for multiple, consecutive side-chain methylation reactions. The fourth structure, the PrmA-L11 enzyme-substrate complex at 2.4 angstrom resolution, illustrates the highly specific interaction of the N-terminal domain with its substrate and places Lys39 in the PrmA active site. The presence of a unique flexible loop in the cofactor-binding site suggests how exchange of AdoMet with the reaction product S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine can occur without necessitating the dissociation of PrmA from L11. Finally, the mode of interaction of PrmA with L11 explains its observed preference for L11 as substrate before its assembly into the 50S ribosomal subunit.
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