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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

Oxidation alters the architecture of the phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase editing domain to confer hyperaccuracy.

Pooja Srinivas, Rebecca E Steiner, Ian J Pavelich, Ricardo Guerrero-Ferreira, Puneet Juneja, Michael Ibba, Christine M Dunham

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Broad-spectrum tolerance to disinfectant-mediated bacterial killing due to mutation of the PheS aminoacyl tRNA synthetase.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pooja SrinivasDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7796-8827
Rebecca E SteinerDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Ian J PavelichDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Ricardo Guerrero-FerreiraRobert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Puneet JunejaRobert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Michael IbbaDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Christine M DunhamDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8821-688X
Emory University · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

Graduate Training in the Pharmacological StudiesT32GM008602 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HALL, RANDY A. · 1996 to 2021
$5.1M
Mechanisms of translational controlR01GM065183 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DUNHAM, CHRISTINE M, FREDRICK, KURT L · 2003 to 2020
$4.9M
Structural Studies of Ribosome RegulationR01GM093278 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DUNHAM, CHRISTINE M · 2010 to 2022
$4.6M
Antimicrobial Resistance and Therapeutic Discovery Training ProgramT32AI106699 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Graeme L Conn, Joanna B Goldberg · 2014 to 2026
$2.7M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI106699NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065183NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093278NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High fidelity during protein synthesis is accomplished by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs). These enzymes ligate an amino acid to a cognate tRNA and have proofreading and editing capabilities that ensure high fidelity. Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PheRS) preferentially ligates a phenylalanine to a tRNAPhe over the chemically similar tyrosine, which differs from phenylalanine by a single hydroxyl group. In bacteria that undergo exposure to oxidative stress such as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, tyrosine isomer levels increase due to phenylalanine oxidation. Several residues are oxidized in PheRS and contribute to hyperactive editing, including against mischarged Tyr-tRNAPhe, despite these oxidized residues not being directly implicated in PheRS activity. Here, we solve a 3.6 Å cryo-electron microscopy structure of oxidized S. Typhimurium PheRS. We find that oxidation results in widespread structural rearrangements in the β-subunit editing domain and enlargement of its editing domain. Oxidization also enlarges the phenylalanyl-adenylate binding pocket but to a lesser extent. Together, these changes likely explain why oxidation leads to hyperaccurate editing and decreased misincorporation of tyrosine. Taken together, these results help increase our understanding of the survival of S. Typhimurium during human infection.

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Oxidative StressBacterial ProteinsBinding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyPhenylalanine-tRNA LigaseSalmonella typhimuriumBacterial ProteinsPhenylalanine-tRNA Ligase

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PMID34581811
PMCPMC8599791
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