Diversity of Archaeosine Synthesis in Crenarchaeota
- 27 October 2011
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Chemical Biology
- Vol. 7 (2), 300-305
- https://doi.org/10.1021/cb200361w
Abstract
Archaeosine (G+) is found at position 15 of many archaeal tRNAs. In Euryarchaeota, the G+ precursor, 7-cyano-7-deazaguanine (preQ0), is inserted into tRNA by tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (arcTGT) before conversion into G+ by ARChaeosine Synthase (ArcS). However, many Crenarchaeota known to harbor G+ lack ArcS homologues. Using comparative genomics approaches, two families that could functionally replace ArcS in these organisms were identified: (1) GAT-QueC, a two-domain family with an N-terminal glutamine amidotransferase class-II domain fused to a domain homologous to QueC, the enzyme that produces preQ0 and (2) QueF-like, a family homologous to the bacterial enzyme catalyzing the reduction of preQ0 to 7-aminomethyl-7-deazaguanine. Here we show that these two protein families are able to catalyze the formation of G+ in a heterologous system. Structure and sequence comparisons of crenarchaeal and euryarchaeal arcTGTs suggest the crenarchaeal enzymes have broader substrate specificity. These results led to a new model for the synthesis and salvage of G+ in Crenarchaeota.Keywords
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