Download MendeleyStructural insights into human ELAC2 as a tRNA 3' processing enzyme.
Xue, C., Tian, J., Chen, Y., Liu, Z.(2024) Nucleic Acids Res 52: 13434-13446
- PubMed: 39494506
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1014
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8Z0P, 8Z1F, 8Z1G - PubMed Abstract:
Human elaC ribonuclease Z 2 (ELAC2) removes the 3' trailer of precursor transfer ribonucleic acid (pre-tRNA). Mutations in ELAC2 are highly associated with the development of prostate cancer and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. However, the catalytic mechanism of ELAC2 remains unclear. We determined the cryogenic electron microscopy structures of human ELAC2 in various states, including the apo, pre-tRNA-bound and tRNA-bound states, which enabled us to identify the structural basis for its binding to pre-tRNA and cleavage of the 3' trailer. Notably, conformational rearrangement of the C-terminal helix was related to feeding of the 3' trailer into the cleavage site, possibly explaining why its mutations are associated with disease. We further used biochemical assays to analyse the structural effects of disease-related mutations of human ELAC2. Collectively, our data provide a comprehensive structural basis for how ELAC2 recruits pre-tRNA via its flexible arm domain and guides the 3' trailer of pre-tRNA into the active centre for cleavage by its C-terminal helix.
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Assembling and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong, China.
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