Cysteine methylation controls radical generation in the Cfr radical AdoMet rRNA methyltransferase.
Cysteine methylation controls radical generation in the Cfr radical AdoMet rRNA methyltransferase.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0067979
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发表时间:
2013
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Spencer J
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作者:
Challand MR;Salvadori E;Driesener RC;Kay CW;Roach PL;Spencer J
The ‘radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet)’ enzyme Cfr methylates adenosine 2503 of the 23S rRNA in the peptidyltransferase centre (P-site) of the bacterial ribosome. This modification protects host bacteria, notably methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), from numerous antibiotics, including agents (e.g. linezolid, retapamulin) that were developed to treat such organisms. Cfr contains a single [4Fe-4S] cluster that binds two separate molecules of AdoMet during the reaction cycle. These are used sequentially to first methylate a cysteine residue, Cys338; and subsequently generate an oxidative radical intermediate that facilitates methyl transfer to the unreactive C8 (and/or C2) carbon centres of adenosine 2503. How the Cfr active site, with its single [4Fe-4S] cluster, catalyses these two distinct activities that each utilise AdoMet as a substrate remains to be established. Here, we use absorbance and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to investigate the interactions of AdoMet with the [4Fe-4S] clusters of wild-type Cfr and a Cys338 Ala mutant, which is unable to accept a methyl group. Cfr binds AdoMet with high (∼ 10 µM) affinity notwithstanding the absence of the RNA cosubstrate. In wild-type Cfr, where Cys338 is methylated, AdoMet binding leads to rapid oxidation of the [4Fe-4S] cluster and production of 5'-deoxyadenosine (DOA). In contrast, while Cys338 Ala Cfr binds AdoMet with equivalent affinity, oxidation of the [4Fe-4S] cluster is not observed. Our results indicate that the presence of a methyl group on Cfr Cys338 is a key determinant of the activity of the enzyme towards AdoMet, thus enabling a single active site to support two distinct modes of AdoMet cleavage.
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影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Hinckley, GT;Frey, PA
通讯作者:
Frey, PA
DOI:
10.1126/science.1205358
发表时间:
2011-05-27
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子:
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作者:
Boal AK;Grove TL;McLaughlin MI;Yennawar NH;Booker SJ;Rosenzweig AC
通讯作者:
Rosenzweig AC
影响因子:
16.6
作者:
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通讯作者:
Roach, Peter L.
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Dos Santos, Patricia C.;Johnson, Deborah C.;Dean, Dennis R.
通讯作者:
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影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Chandramouli, Kala;Unciuleac, Mihaela-Carmen;Johnson, Michael K.
通讯作者:
Johnson, Michael K.