期刊
RNA
卷 16, 期 11, 页码 2131-2143出版社
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2245910
关键词
tRNA modification; comparative genomics; wobble base; MALDI-MS; SPOUT methyltransferases; yibK/trmL
资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [BFU2007-66509, BFU2009-09168]
- Generalitat Valenciana [ACOMP/2010/236]
- Danish Research Agency [FNU-rammebevilling 272-07-0613]
- Nucleic Acid Center of the Danish Grundforskningsfond
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [06-213]
- Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe
- EMBO [ASTF 186-2009]
Transfer RNAs are the most densely modified nucleic acid molecules in living cells. In Escherichia coli, more than 30 nucleoside modifications have been characterized, ranging from methylations and pseudouridylations to more complex additions that require multiple enzymatic steps. Most of the modifying enzymes have been identified, although a few notable exceptions include the 2'-O-methyltransferase(s) that methylate the ribose at the nucleotide 34 wobble position in the two leucyl isoacceptors tRNA(CmAA)(Leu) and tRNA(cmnm5UmAA)(Leu). Here, we have used a comparative genomics approach to uncover candidate E. coli genes for the missing enzyme(s). Transfer RNAs from null mutants for candidate genes were analyzed by mass spectrometry and revealed that inactivation of yibK leads to loss of 2'-O-methylation at position 34 in both tRNA(CmAA)(Leu) and tRNA(cmnm5UmAA)(Leu). Loss of YibK methylation reduces the efficiency of codon-wobble base interaction, as demonstrated in an amber suppressor supP system. Inactivation of yibK had no detectable effect on steady-state growth rate, although a distinct disadvantage was noted in multiple-round, mixed-population growth experiments, suggesting that the ability to recover from the stationary phase was impaired. Methylation is restored in vivo by complementing with a recombinant copy of yibK. Despite being one of the smallest characterized alpha/beta knot proteins, YibK independently catalyzes the methyl transfer from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the 2'-OH of the wobble nucleotide; YibK recognition of this target requires a pyridine at position 34 and N-6-(isopentenyl)-2-methylthioadenosine at position 37. YibK is one of the last remaining E. coli tRNA modification enzymes to be identified and is now renamed TrmL.
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