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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026

Unraveling Synthetase's Mode of Action: The Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase Dimer Uses Secondary Binding Sites in the Cell.

Jessica Dröden, Christoph Globisch, Eliane Landwehr, Theresa S Braun, Daniel Summerer, Christine Peter, Malte Drescher

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jessica DrödenDepartment of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0493-6311
Christoph GlobischDepartment of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9492-552X
Eliane LandwehrDepartment of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-2404-4782
Theresa S BraunDepartment of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2065-5840
Daniel SummererFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3019-7241
Christine PeterDepartment of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1471-5440
Malte DrescherDepartment of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3571-3452

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB969European Research Council (ERC)European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program 772027-SPICEERC-2017-COG
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Abstract

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases mediate the activation and transfer of amino acids to their cognate tRNA, which constitutes one of the initial events in protein biosynthesis. Even though different mechanisms of action have been proposed for the catalysis of these enzymes, their entire catalytic cycle remains elusive. Here, we used electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in vitro and in cells in combination with molecular dynamics simulations to study the role of amino acid interactions in the catalytic cycle of pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetases (PylRS), a widely used tool for genetic code expansion. Experiments using the paramagnetic non-canonical amino acid SLK-1 revealed the presence and occupation of secondary amino acid binding sites in PylRS located at the intermonomer interface, distant from the catalytic binding site. Based on our results, we propose a model that assumes an alternating mode of action of the two PylRS monomers for the catalytic cycle of PylRS.

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Amino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesLysineBinding SitesElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular Dynamics SimulationAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesLysinepyrrolysineenzyme catalysisEPR spectroscopymolecular dynamics simulationsubstrate‐ligand interaction

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