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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications2010

Structure of a tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase containing an iron-sulfur cluster.

Gye Won Han, Xiang Lei Yang, Daniel McMullan, Yeeting E Chong, S Sri Krishna, Christopher L Rife, Dana Weekes, Scott M Brittain, Polat Abdubek, Eileen Ambing and 34 more

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The crystal structures of apo and tryptophan-bound tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase from Neisseria gonorrhoeae.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2025
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  3. Catalysis and Electron Transfer inChemical reviews · 2022
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  4. Bioinformatic Analysis Reveals Archaeal tRNALife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017
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  10. Emergence and evolution.Topics in current chemistry · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

44 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Gye Won HanDepartment of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Xiang Lei Yang
Daniel McMullan
Yeeting E Chong
S Sri Krishna
Christopher L Rife
Dana Weekes
Scott M Brittain
Polat Abdubek
Eileen Ambing
Tamara Astakhova
Herbert L Axelrod
Dennis Carlton
Jonathan Caruthers
Hsiu Ju Chiu
Thomas Clayton
Lian Duan
Julie Feuerhelm
Joanna C Grant
Slawomir K Grzechnik
Lukasz Jaroszewski
Kevin K Jin
Heath E Klock
Mark W Knuth
Abhinav Kumar
David Marciano
Mitchell D Miller
Andrew T Morse
Edward Nigoghossian
Linda Okach
Jessica Paulsen
Ron Reyes
Henry van den Bedem
Aprilfawn White
Guenter Wolf
Qingping Xu
Keith O Hodgson
John Wooley
Ashley M Deacon
Adam Godzik
Scott A Lesley
Marc André Elsliger
Paul Schimmel
Ian A Wilson
Joint Center for Structural Genomics · USGenomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation · USScripps Research Institute · USStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource · USSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · USSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Technology Evaluation CoreU54GM074898 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILSON, IAN A · 2005 to 2009
$50.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM074898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase that contains an iron-sulfur cluster in the tRNA anticodon-binding region and efficiently charges tRNA with tryptophan has been found in Thermotoga maritima. The crystal structure of TmTrpRS (tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase; TrpRS; EC 6.1.1.2) reveals an iron-sulfur [4Fe-4S] cluster bound to the tRNA anticodon-binding (TAB) domain and an L-tryptophan ligand in the active site. None of the other T. maritima aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) contain this [4Fe-4S] cluster-binding motif (C-x₂₂-C-x₆-C-x₂-C). It is speculated that the iron-sulfur cluster contributes to the stability of TmTrpRS and could play a role in the recognition of the anticodon.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsConserved SequenceCrystallography, X-RayHumansIron-Sulfur ProteinsLigandsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, QuaternaryProtein Structure, TertiarySequence AlignmentThermotoga maritimaTryptophan-tRNA LigaseIron-Sulfur ProteinsLigandsTryptophan-tRNA Ligase

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PMID20944229
PMCPMC2954223
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