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Query: EC:3.1.27.3 (
RNase T1
)
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The tryptophan fluorescence of two membrane proteins (outer membrane protein A and lactose permease), a 21-residue hydrophobic peptide, three soluble proteins (rat serum albumin,
ribonuclease T1
, and azurin), and N-acetyltryptophanamide (NATA) was investigated by time-resolved measurements extended over 65 ns. A long lifetime component with a characteristic time of 25 ns and an amplitude below 1% was found for outer membrane protein A, lactose permease, the peptide in lipid membranes, and azurin in
water
, but not for rat serum albumin,
ribonuclease T1
, and NATA in
water
. When outer membrane protein A was dissolved and unfolded in guanidinum hydrochloride, the long lifetime component disappeared. Hence, a hydrophobic environment seems to be a necessary requirement for the long lifetime component to be present. However, NATA dissolved in butanol does not exhibit the long lifetime component, while the peptide dissolved in the same solvent under conditions which preserve its helical structure does show the long lifetime. Thus, a regular secondary structure for the polypeptide chain to which the tryptophan residue belongs seems to be a second necessary requirement for the long lifetime component to be present. The long lifetime component may therefore be seen in the context of protein substates.
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PMID:A long lifetime component in the tryptophan fluorescence of some proteins. 772 67
The interactions of RNase A with cytidine 3'-monophosphate (3'-CMP) and deoxycytidyl-3',5'-deoxyadenosine (d(CpA)) were analyzed by X-ray crystallography. The 3'-CMP complex and the native structure were determined from trigonal crystals, and the d(CpA) complex from monoclinic crystals. The differences between the overall structures are concentrated in loop regions and are relatively small. The protein-inhibitor contacts are interpreted in terms of the catalytic mechanism. The general base His 12 interacts with the 2' oxygen, as does the electrostatic catalyst Lys 41. The general acid His 119 has 2 conformations (A and B) in the native structure and is found in, respectively, the A and the B conformation in the d(CpA) and the 3'-CMP complex. From the present structures and from a comparison with
RNase T1
, we propose that His 119 is active in the A conformation. The structure of the d(CpA) complex permits a detailed analysis of the downstream binding site, which includes His 119 and Asn 71. The comparison of the present RNase A structures with an inhibitor complex of
RNase T1
shows that there are important similarities in the active sites of these 2 enzymes, despite the absence of any sequence homology. The
water
molecules were analyzed in order to identify conserved
water
sites. Seventeen
water
sites were found to be conserved in RNase A structures from 5 different space groups. It is proposed that 7 of those
water
molecules play a role in the binding of the N-terminal helix to the rest of the protein and in the stabilization of the active site.
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PMID:The structures of RNase A complexed with 3'-CMP and d(CpA): active site conformation and conserved water molecules. 775 88
Glu58 is known to participate in phosphodiester transesterification catalyzed by the enzyme
RNase T1
. For Glu58
RNase T1
, an altered mechanism has been proposed in which His40 replaces Glu58 as the base catalyst [Steyaert, J., Hallenga, K., Wyns, L., & Stanssens, P. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 9064-9072]. Glu58Ala Rnase T1 has been cocrystallized with guanosine 2'-monophosphate (2'-GMP). The crystals are of space group P2(1), with one molecule per asymmetric unit (a = 32.44 A, b = 49.64 A, c = 26.09 A, beta = 99.17 degrees). The three-dimensional structure of the enzyme was determined to a nominal resolution of 1.9 A, yielding a crystallographic R factor of 0.178 for all X-ray data. Comparison of this structure with wild-type structures leads to the following conclusions. The minor changes apparent in the tertiary structure can be explained by either the mutation of Glu58 or by the change in the space group. In the active site, the extra space available through the mutation of Glu58 is occupied by the phosphate group (after a reorientation) and by a solvent molecule replacing a carboxylate oxygen of Glu58. This solvent molecule is a candidate for participation in the altered mechanism of this mutant enzyme. Following up on a study of conserved
water
sites in
RNase T1
crystallized in space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) [Malin, R., Zielenkiewicz, P., & Saenger, W. (1991) J. Mol. Biol. 266, 4848-4852], we investigated the hydration structure for four different packing modes of
RNase T1
.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Crystallographic study of Glu58Ala RNase T1 x 2'-guanosine monophosphate at 1.9-A resolution. 790 40
The crystal structure of
RNase T1
complexed with 3'-GMP has been determined. The glycosyl conformation of 3'-GMP is in the syn conformation, and the ribose adopts the O4'-endo pucker. This observed pucker is different from that in any complex structures of
RNase T1
. In the present complex, this energetically unfavorable conformation is stabilized by the
water
molecule with the bridged hydrogen bonds between the O2' and the O3' atoms of the ribose. The guanine base is recognized in the same manner as observed in the complex of 2'-GMP. The 2'-hydroxyl group of the ribose shows a tight hydrogen bond to both His-40 and Glu-58 with the suitable geometry for the proton transfer. These hydrogen bonds suggest that the two residues can participate directly in the proton transfer. His-92 is hydrogen bonded to two the proton transfer. His-92 is hydrogen bonded to two oxygen atoms of the phosphate group. Based on the geometry in the active site, the O1P atom may correspond to the O5' atom of the leaving nucleotide in the phosphoryl transfer or a
water
molecule as a nucleophile in the hydrolysis reaction. In the present complex, the conformations of the 3'-GMP molecule and the side chains of the catalytic residues would be represented as the conformation before the phosphoryl transfer reaction and/or after the hydrolysis reaction.
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PMID:Crystal structure of RNase T1 complexed with the product nucleotide 3'-GMP. Structural evidence for direct interaction of histidine 40 and glutamic acid 58 with the 2'-hydroxyl group of the ribose. 791 96
Many organisms accumulate low molecular weight substances known as osmolytes when they experience environmental
water
stress. The main classes of osmolytes are sugars, polyhydric alcohols, amino acids and their derivatives, and methylamines, and all are known to be protein stabilizers. However, marine cartilaginous fishes and the coelacanth use, as osmolytes, a combination of urea and methylamines, i.e., a denaturant and a stabilizer, in a 2:1 molar ratio. Preferential binding and thermal denaturation measurements in the presence of each cosolvent separately and in their mixtures have been carried out using
ribonuclease T1
(
RNase T1
) as the protein. At a 2:1 molar ratio of urea and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), the effects of the two cosolvents on the transition temperature (Tm) were found to be essentially the algebraic sum of their effects when used individually. Preferential interaction measurements of urea, TMAO and urea in its 2:1 molar ratio mixture with TMAO, have shown that the presence of TMAO has no effect on the interaction of urea with the protein in either the native or the unfolded (reduced carboxymethylated
RNase T1
) state. The preferential interaction of TMAO in the presence of urea could not be measured for technical reasons. Calculations of transfer free energy in the two end states of the denaturation reaction have shown that 2 M urea destabilizes
RNase T1
by 3.8 +/- 0.3 kcal/mol whether 1 M TMAO is present or not. The contribution of 1 M TMAO to stabilization is calculated to be 3.1 kcal/mol in the presence of 2 M urea and is measured to be 2.7 kcal/mol in its absence.
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PMID:Why do some organisms use a urea-methylamine mixture as osmolyte? Thermodynamic compensation of urea and trimethylamine N-oxide interactions with protein. 791 96
The results of 1-nanosecond molecular dynamics simulations of the enzyme
ribonuclease T1
and its 2'GMP complex in
water
are presented. A classification of the angular reorientations of the backbone amide groups is achieved via a transformation of NH-vector trajectories into several coordinate frames, thus unravelling contributions of NH-bond librations and backbone dihedral angle fluctuations. The former turned out to be similar for all amides, as characterized by correlation times of librational motions in a subpicosecond scale, angular amplitudes of about 10-12 degrees for out-of-peptide-plane displacements of the NH-bond and 3-5 degrees for the in-plane displacements, whereas the contributions of much slower backbone dihedral angle fluctuations strongly depend on the secondary structure. Correlation functions relevant for NMR were obtained and analyzed utilizing the 'model-free' approach (Lipari, G. and Szabo, A. (1982) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 104, 4546-4559, 4559-4570; Clore et al., (1990) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112, 4989-4991). The dependence of the amplitude of local motion on the residue location in the backbone is in good agreement with the results of NMR relaxation measurements and X-ray data. The protein dynamics is characterized by a highly restricted local motion of those parts of the backbone with defined secondary structure as well as by a high flexibility in loop regions. The comparison of results derived from different periods of the trajectory (of 50 ps and 1 ns duration, 1000 points sampled) reveals a dependence of the observed dynamic picture on the characteristic time scale of the experimental method used. Comparison of the MD data for the free and liganded enzyme clearly indicates a restriction of the mobility within certain regions of the backbone upon inhibitor binding.
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PMID:Determination of the backbone mobility of ribonuclease T1 and its 2'GMP complex using molecular dynamics simulations and NMR relaxation data. 794 80
The crystal structure of the complex between
ribonuclease T1
and 3'GMP suggests that (a) a substrate GpN is bound to the active site of
ribonuclease T1
in a conformation that actively supports the catalytic process, (b) the reaction occurs in an in-line process, (c) His40 N epsilon H+ activates O2'-H, (d) Glu58 carboxylate acts as base and His92 N epsilon H+ as acid in a general acid-base catalysis. The crystals have the monoclinic space group P2(1), a = 4.968 nm, b = 4.833 nm, c = 4.048 nm, beta = 90.62 degrees with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. The structure was determined by molecular replacement and refined to R = 15.3% with 11,338 data > or = 1 sigma (Fo) in the resolution range 1.0-0.2 nm; this includes 180
water
molecules and two Ca2+. The structure of
ribonuclease T1
is as previously observed. 3'GMP is bound in syn conformation; guanine is located in the specific recognition site, the ribose adopts C4'-exo puckering, the ribose phosphate is extended with torsion angle epsilon in trans. The O2'-H group is activated by accepting and donating hydrogen bonds from His40 N epsilon H+ and to Glu58 O epsilon 1; the phosphate is hydrogen bonded to Glu58 O epsilon 2H, Arg77 N epsilon H+ and N eta 2H+, Tyr38 O eta H, His92 N eta H+. The conformation of ribose phosphate is such that O2' is at a distance of 0.31 nm from phosphorus, and opposite the P-OP3 bond which accepts a hydrogen bond from His92 N epsilon H+; we infer from a model building study that this bond is equivalent to the scissile P-O5' in a substrate GpN.
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PMID:The complex between ribonuclease T1 and 3'GMP suggests geometry of enzymic reaction path. An X-ray study. 828 18
RNase F1
, a guanine-specific ribonuclease from Fusarium moniliforme, was crystallized in two different forms, in the absence of an inhibitor and in the presence of 2'GMP. The crystal structure of the
RNase F1
free form was solved by the molecular replacement method, using the co-ordinates of the
RNase T1
complex with 2'GMP, and was refined to a final R-factor of 18.7%, using the data extended to 1.3 A resolution. For the crystal structure of the
RNase F1
complex with 2'GMP, the solution of the molecular replacement method was obtained on the basis of the co-ordinates of the
RNase F1
free form, and was refined to a final R-factor of 16.8%, using the data up to 2 A resolution. The two crystal structures of the
RNase F1
free form and the complex with 2'GMP are very similar to each other as reflected by a small root-mean-square displacement (r.m.s.d.) value of 0.43 A for all C alpha atoms. The main differences between the two structures are associated with binding of 2'GMP in the substrate recognition site in the loop between Tyr42 and Glu46. A structural comparison between
RNase F1
and
RNase T1
shows a substantial similarity between all the C alpha atoms, as evidenced by a r.m.s.d. value of 1.4 A. The loop from residues 32 to 38 was strikingly different between these two enzymes, in both its conformation and its hydrogen bonding schemes. The side-chain of a catalytically active residue, His92, is shifted away from the catalytic site in
RNase F1
by 1.3 A and 0.85 A with respect to the corresponding positions in the
RNase T1
free form and in the
RNase T1
complex with 2'GMP, respectively. In the
RNase F1
complex, the guanine base of 2'GMP has a syn conformation about the glycosyl bond, and the furanose ring assumes a 3'-exo pucker, which is different from that found in the complex with
RNase T1
. In the catalytic site of the
RNase F1
complex with 2'GMP, one
water
molecule was observed, which bridges the phosphate oxygen atoms of 2'GMP and the side-chains of the catalytically important residues, His92 and Arg77, through hydrogen bonds. A
water
molecule occupying the same position was found in the
RNase F1
free form. The significance of this
water
molecule in the hydrolytic reaction is discussed.
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PMID:Crystal structures of ribonuclease F1 of Fusarium moniliforme in its free form and in complex with 2'GMP. 838 73
The ternary complex formed between
RNase T1
, guanosine 3',5'-bisphosphate (3',5'-pGp) and Pi crystallizes in the cubic space group I23 with a = 8.706(1) nm. In a previous publication [Lenz, A., Heinemann, U., Maslowska, M. & Saenger, W. (1991) Acta Crystallogr. B47, 521-527], the structure of the complex (in which Pi was not located) was described at a resolution of 0.32 nm. This is now extended to 0.19 nm with newly grown, larger crystals. Refinement with restrained least-squares converged at R = 17.8% for 8027 reflections with [Fo[ > or = 1 sigma ([Fo[); the final model comprises 120
water
molecules. 3',5'-pGp is bound to
RNase T1
in the anti form, with guanine in the specific recognition site; the 3'-phosphate protrudes into the solvent, and the 5'-phosphate hydrogen bonds with Lys41 O and Asn43 N4. A tetrahedral anion assigned as Pi occupies the catalytic site and hydrogen bonds to the side chains of Tyr38, Glu58, Arg77 and His92. The overall polypeptide fold of
RNase T1
in the cubic space group does not differ significantly from that in the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) except for changes < or = 0.2 nm in loop regions 69-72 and 95-98.
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PMID:Three-dimensional structure of the ternary complex between ribonuclease T1, guanosine 3',5'-bisphosphate and inorganic phosphate at 0.19 nm resolution. 842 41
The reverse micellar system formed by the negatively charged surfactant AOT and the organic solvent isooctane is used to solubilize the protein
RNase T1
. The physicochemical properties of the entrapped protein have been studied using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence and far-and near-UV CD. These studies indicate a similar structure for the protein in reverse micelles and in pH 7.0 buffer. Thermal unfolding has been studied as a function of W0, the molar ratio of
water
to AOT, in the solution. Measuring the change in fluorescence intensity as a function of temperature, we observe a reversible transition for W0 in the range 5-12. Heating rate dependencies carried out on these transitions (0.6-3.0 degrees C/min) indicate that the transition temperature and the apparent van't Hoff enthalpy change depend on the scanning rate as well as on W0. The values of the transition temperature, T(m) and the enthalpy change, delta H degrees(un), extrapolated to an infinitely slow scanning rate, are analyzed considering the electrostatic interaction of the charged residues of the protein with the charges of the surfactant molecules forming reverse micelles, the variation of the size of the reverse micelles, and the relative rates of unfolding, refolding, and irreversible denaturation.
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PMID:Reversible thermal unfolding of ribonuclease T1 in reverse micelles. 867 44
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