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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 19, Issue 16, Pages 4193-4203Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.16.4193
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crystal structure; mRNA 3 ' end processing; phosphoryl transfer; poly(A) polymerase; terminal nucleotidyl transferase
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In eukaryotes, polyadenylation of pre-mRNA plays an essential role in the initiation step of protein synthesis, as well as in the export and stability of mRNAs, Poly(A) polymerase, the enzyme at the heart of the polyadenylation machinery, is a template-independent RNA polymerase which specifically incorporates ATP at the 3' end of mRNA, We have solved the crystal structure of bovine poly(A) polymerase bound to an ATP analog at 2.5 Angstrom resolution. The structure revealed expected and unexpected similarities to other proteins. As expected, the catalytic domain of poly(A) polymerase shares substantial structural homology with other nucleotidyl transferases such as DNA polymerase beta and kanamycin transferase, The C-terminal domain unexpectedly folds into a compact domain reminiscent of the RNA-recognition motif fold. The three invariant aspartates of the catalytic triad ligate two of the three active site metals, One of these metals also contacts the adenine ring. Furthermore, conserved, catalytically important residues contact the nucleotide, These contacts, taken together with metal coordination of the adenine base, provide a structural basis for ATP selection by poly(A) polymerase.
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