Crystal structure of GyrA intein from Mycobacterium xenopi reveals structural basis of protein splicing

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Title
Crystal structure of GyrA intein from Mycobacterium xenopi reveals structural basis of protein splicing
Journal
Nature Structural Biology
Author(s)
Klabunde  T., Sharma  S., Telenti  A., Jacobs, W. R., Jr. , Sacchettini  J. C.
ISSN
1072-8368 (Print)
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Published
Issued date
01/1998
Volume
5
Number
1
Pages
31-6
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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. --- Old month value: Jan
Abstract
Several genes from prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes have been found to contain an in-frame open reading frame, which encodes for an internal protein (intein). Post-translationally, the internal polypeptide auto-splices and ligates the external sequences to yield a functional external protein (extein) and an intein. Most, but not all inteins, contain, apart from a splicing domain, a separate endonucleolytic domain that enables them to maintain their presence by a homing mechanism. We report here the crystal structure of an intein found in the gyrase A subunit from Mycobacterium xenopi at 2.2 A resolution. The structure contains an unusual beta-fold with the catalytic splice junctions at the ends of two adjacent antiparallel beta-strands. The arrangement of the active site residues Ser 1, Thr 72, His 75, His 197, and Asn 198 is consistent with a four-step mechanism for the cleavage-ligation reaction. Using site-directed mutagenesis, the N-terminal cysteine, proposed as the nucleophile in the first step of the splicing reaction, was changed to a Ser 1 and Ala 0, thus capturing the intein in a pre-spliced state.
Keywords
Amino Acid Sequence DNA Gyrase DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/*metabolism/ultrastructure Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific/metabolism/ultrastructure *Drosophila Proteins Endonucleases/chemistry/metabolism Insect Proteins/chemistry Molecular Sequence Data Mycobacterium xenopi Protein Precursors/metabolism *Protein Splicing Protein Structure, Tertiary Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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