TRNA nucleotidyltransferase

tRNA nucleotidyltransferase

RNase PH hexamer, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Identifiers

EC no.

2.7.7.56

CAS no.

116412-36-3

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In enzymology, a tRNA nucleotidyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.56) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

tRNA_n+1 + phosphate

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tRNA_n + a nucleoside diphosphate

where tRNA-N is a product of transcription, and tRNA Nucleotidyltransferase catalyzes this cytidine-cytidine-adenosine (CCA) addition to form the tRNA-NCCA product.

Function

Protein synthesis takes place in cytosolic ribosomes, mitochondria (mitoribosomes), and in plants, the plastids (chloroplast ribosomes). Each of these compartments requires a complete set of functional tRNAs to carry out protein synthesis. The production of mature tRNAs requires processing and modification steps^[1] such as the addition of a 3’-terminal cytidine-cytidine-adenosine (CCA). Since no plant tRNA genes encode this particular sequence, a tRNA nucleotidyltransferase must add this sequence post-transcriptionally and therefore is present in all three compartments.

In eukaryotes, multiple forms of tRNA nucleotidyltransferases are synthesized from a single gene and are distributed to different subcellular compartments in the cell. There are multiple in-frame start codons which allow for the production of variant forms of the enzyme containing different targeting information predominantly found in the N-terminal sequence of the protein (reference). In vivo experiments show that the N-terminal sequences are used as transit peptides for import into the mitochondria and plastids. Comparison studies using available tRNA nucleotidyltransferase sequences have identified a single gene coding for this enzyme in plants. Complementation studies in yeast using cDNA derived from Arabidopsis thaliana^[2] or Lupinus albus genes^[3] demonstrate the biological activity of these enzymes. The enzyme has also been shown to repair damaged or incomplete CCA sequences in yeast.^[4]

This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring phosphorus-containing nucleotide groups (nucleotidyltransferases).

References

^ Hopper AK, Phizicky EM (January 2003). "tRNA transfers to the limelight". Genes Dev. 17 (2): 162–80. doi:10.1101/gad.1049103. PMID 12533506.
^ Gu J (2000). Identification of proteins interacting with lupin and Arabidopsis tRNA nucleotidyltransferase (MSc). Concordia University, Canada. pp. 51–55.
^ Shanmugam K, Hanic-Joyce PJ, Joyce PB (January 1996). "Purification and characterization of a tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from Lupinus albus and functional complementation of a yeast mutation by corresponding cDNA". Plant Mol. Biol. 30 (2): 281–95. doi:10.1007/bf00020114. PMID 8616252. S2CID 8120292.
^ Rosset R, Monier R (November 1965). "[Instability of the terminal 3'-hydroxy sequence of transfer RNA in microorganisms. I. Turnover of terminal AMP in Saccharomyces cerevisiae]". Biochim. Biophys. Acta (in French). 108 (3): 376–84. doi:10.1016/0005-2787(65)90030-4. PMID 4286478.

Cudny H, Deutscher MP (1988). "3' processing of tRNA precursors in ribonuclease-deficient Escherichia coli. Development and characterization of an in vitro processing system and evidence for a phosphate requirement". J. Biol. Chem. 263 (3): 1518–23. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)57334-3. PMID 3275667.
Deutscher MP, Marshall GT, Cudny H (1988). "RNase PH: an Escherichia coli phosphate-dependent nuclease distinct from polynucleotide phosphorylase". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85 (13): 4710–14. Bibcode:1988PNAS...85.4710D. doi:10.1073/pnas.85.13.4710. PMC 280505. PMID 2455297.

Transferases: phosphorus-containing groups (EC 2.7)

2.7.1-2.7.4:
phosphotransferase/kinase
(PO₄)

2.7.1: OH acceptor	Hexo- Gluco- Fructo- Hepatic Galacto- Phosphofructo- 1 Liver Muscle Platelet 2 Riboflavin Shikimate Thymidine ADP-thymidine NAD⁺ Glycerol Pantothenate Mevalonate Pyruvate Deoxycytidine PFP Diacylglycerol Phosphoinositide 3 Class I PI 3 Class II PI 3 Sphingosine Glucose-1,6-bisphosphate synthase
2.7.2: COOH acceptor	Phosphoglycerate Aspartate kinase
2.7.3: N acceptor	Creatine
2.7.4: PO₄ acceptor	Phosphomevalonate Adenylate Nucleoside-diphosphate Uridylate Guanylate Thiamine-diphosphate

2.7.6: diphosphotransferase
(P₂O₇)

2.7.7: nucleotidyltransferase
(PO₄-nucleoside)

Polymerase

DNA polymerase	DNA-directed DNA polymerase I/A γ θ ν T7 Taq II/B α δ ε ζ Pfu III/C IV/X β λ μ TDT V/Y η ι κ RNA-directed DNA polymerase Reverse transcriptase Telomerase
RNA polymerase	Template-directed RNA polymerase I II III IV V ssRNAP POLRMT Primase 1 2 PrimPol RNA-dependent RNA polymerase Polyadenylation PAP PNPase

Phosphorolytic
3' to 5' exoribonuclease

Nucleotidyltransferase

Guanylyltransferase

mRNA capping enzyme

Other

2.7.8: miscellaneous

Phosphatidyltransferases	CDP-diacylglycerol—glycerol-3-phosphate 3-phosphatidyltransferase CDP-diacylglycerol—serine O-phosphatidyltransferase CDP-diacylglycerol—inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase CDP-diacylglycerol—choline O-phosphatidyltransferase
Glycosyl-1-phosphotransferase	N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase

2.7.10-2.7.13: protein kinase
(PO₄; protein acceptor)

2.7.10: protein-tyrosine	see tyrosine kinases
2.7.11: protein-serine/threonine	see serine/threonine-specific protein kinases
2.7.12: protein-dual-specificity	see serine/threonine-specific protein kinases
2.7.13: protein-histidine	Protein-histidine pros-kinase Protein-histidine tele-kinase Histidine kinase

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