1. Structural basis for Sfm1 functioning as a protein arginine methyltransferase
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Shuaixin Gao, Jianping Ding, Zhen Zhou, Tianlong Zhang, Jin-Qiu Zhou, Catherine Cl Wong, and Fengjuan Lv
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Genetics ,Methyltransferase ,biology ,Arginine ,PRMT ,Active site ,RNA ,Cell Biology ,Methylation ,SPOUT ,Biochemistry ,Article ,Ribosome assembly ,Arginine methylation ,Ribosomal protein ,ribosomal protein S3 ,biology.protein ,Transferase ,ribosome assembly ,Molecular Biology - Abstract
SPOUT proteins constitute one class of methyltransferases, which so far are found to exert activity mainly towards RNAs. Previously, yeast Sfm1 was predicted to contain a SPOUT domain but can methylate ribosomal protein S3. Here we report the crystal structure of Sfm1, which comprises of a typical SPOUT domain and a small C-terminal domain. The active site is similar to that of protein arginine methyltransferases but different from that of RNA methyltransferases. In addition, Sfm1 exhibits a negatively charged surface surrounding the active site unsuitable for RNA binding. Our biochemical data show that Sfm1 exists as a monomer and has high activity towards ribosomal protein S3 but no activity towards RNA. It can specifically catalyze the methylation of Arg146 of S3 and the C-terminal domain is critical for substrate binding and activity. These results together provide the structural basis for Sfm1 functioning as a PRMT for ribosomal protein S3.
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- 2015
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