Cysteine of sequence motif VI is essential for nucleophilic catalysis by yeast tRNA m5C methyltransferase
- 2 May 2007
- journal article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in RNA
- Vol. 13 (7), 967-973
- https://doi.org/10.1261/rna.515707
Abstract
Sequence comparison of several RNA m5C methyltransferases identifies two conserved cysteine residues that belong to signature motifs IV and VI of RNA and DNA methyltransferases. While the cysteine of motif IV is used as the nucleophilic catalyst by DNA m5C methyltransferases, this role is fulfilled by the cysteine of motif VI in Escherichia coli 16S rRNA m5C967 methyltransferase, but whether this conclusion applies to other RNA m5C methyltransferases remains to be verified. Yeast tRNA m5C methyltransferase Trm4p is a multisite-specific S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the methylation of cytosine at C5 in several positions of tRNA. Here, we confirm that Cys310 of motif VI in Trm4p is essential for nucleophilic catalysis, presumably by forming a covalent link with carbon 6 of cytosine. Indeed, the enzyme is able to form a stable covalent adduct with the 5-fluorocytosine-containing RNA substrate analog, whereas the C310A mutant protein is inactive and unable to form the covalent complex.Keywords
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