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ArticleScientific reports2017

Ligand co-crystallization of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases from infectious disease organisms.

Spencer O Moen, Thomas E Edwards, David M Dranow, Matthew C Clifton, Banumathi Sankaran, Wesley C Van Voorhis, Amit Sharma, Colin Manoil, Bart L Staker, Peter J Myler and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Spencer O MoenSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Thomas E EdwardsSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA. tedwards@be4.com.
David M DranowSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Matthew C CliftonSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Banumathi SankaranBerkeley Center for Structural Biology, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Wesley C Van VoorhisSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Amit SharmaInternational Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110 067, India.
Colin ManoilUniversity of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences, Seattle, WA, 98195-5065, USA.
Bart L StakerSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Peter J MylerSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Donald D LorimerSeattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Bethesda, MD, USA.
Joint Center for Structural Genomics · USUniversity of Washington · USAdvanced Light SourceBeryllium (United States) · USInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · INUniversity of Washington Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acid, an essential precursor step to loading of charged tRNAs onto the ribosome and addition of the amino acid to the growing polypeptide chain during protein synthesis. Because of this important biological function, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases have been the focus of anti-infective drug development efforts and two aaRS inhibitors have been approved as drugs. Several researchers in the scientific community requested aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases to be targeted in the Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID) structure determination pipeline. Here we investigate thirty-one aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases from infectious disease organisms by co-crystallization in the presence of their cognate amino acid, ATP, and/or inhibitors. Crystal structures were determined for a CysRS from Borrelia burgdorferi bound to AMP, GluRS from Borrelia burgdorferi and Burkholderia thailandensis bound to glutamic acid, a TrpRS from the eukaryotic pathogen Encephalitozoon cuniculi bound to tryptophan, a HisRS from Burkholderia thailandensis bound to histidine, and a LysRS from Burkholderia thailandensis bound to lysine. Thus, the presence of ligands may promote aaRS crystallization and structure determination. Comparison with homologous structures shows conformational flexibility that appears to be a recurring theme with this enzyme class.

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Amino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesBacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiBurkholderiaCatalytic DomainCommunicable DiseasesCrystallography, X-RayEncephalitozoon cuniculiFungal ProteinsHumansLigandsModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesBacterial ProteinsFungal ProteinsLigands

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