Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule, BIOC, Ecole polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France.
Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
RNA. 2020 Nov;26(11):1589-1602. doi: 10.1261/rna.075184.120. Epub 2020 Jul 17.
Cyclodipeptide synthases (CDPSs) catalyze the synthesis of various cyclodipeptides by using two aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) substrates in a sequential mechanism. Here, we studied binding of phenylalanyl-tRNA to the CDPS from (-CDPS) by gel filtration and electrophoretic mobility shift assay. We determined the crystal structure of the -CDPS:Phe-tRNA complex to 5 Å resolution and further studied it in solution using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The data show that the major groove of the acceptor stem of the aa-tRNA interacts with the enzyme through the basic β2 and β7 strands of CDPSs belonging to the XYP subfamily. A bending of the CCA extremity enables the amino acid moiety to be positioned in the P1 pocket while the terminal A76 adenosine occupies the P2 pocket. Such a positioning indicates that the present structure illustrates the binding of the first aa-tRNA. In cells, CDPSs and the elongation factor EF-Tu share aminoacylated tRNAs as substrates. The present study shows that CDPSs and EF-Tu interact with opposite sides of tRNA. This may explain how CDPSs hijack aa-tRNAs from canonical ribosomal protein synthesis.
环二肽合酶(CDPS)通过使用两种氨酰基-tRNA(aa-tRNA)底物以连续机制催化各种环二肽的合成。在这里,我们通过凝胶过滤和电泳迁移率变动分析研究了苯丙氨酰-tRNA与来自 (-CDPS)的 CDPS 的结合。我们确定了 -CDPS:Phe-tRNA 复合物的晶体结构,分辨率为 5 Å,并进一步使用小角度 X 射线散射(SAXS)在溶液中研究了它。数据表明,aa-tRNA 的接受茎的主沟通过属于 XYP 亚家族的 CDPSs 的碱性 β2 和 β7 链与酶相互作用。CCA 末端的弯曲使氨基酸部分能够定位在 P1 口袋中,而末端 A76 腺苷占据 P2 口袋。这种定位表明,目前的结构说明了第一个 aa-tRNA 的结合。在细胞中,CDPS 和延伸因子 EF-Tu 共享氨酰化的 tRNA 作为底物。本研究表明,CDPS 和 EF-Tu 与 tRNA 的相反侧相互作用。这可以解释 CDPS 如何从典型的核糖体蛋白合成中劫持 aa-tRNA。