Pyrrolysine—tRNAPyl ligase

Pyrrolysine—tRNAPyl ligase
Identifiers
EC number 6.1.1.26
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Pyrrolysine—tRNAPyl ligase (EC 6.1.1.26, PylS, pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase) is an enzyme with systematic name L-pyrrolysine:tRNAPyl ligase (AMP-forming).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + L-pyrrolysine + tRNAPyl \rightleftharpoons AMP + diphosphate + L-pyrrolysyl-tRNAPyl

This enzyme is specific for pyrrolysine as substrate as it cannot be replaced by lysine or any of the other natural amino acids.

References

  1. Blight, S.K., Larue, R.C., Mahapatra, A., Longstaff, D.G., Chang, E., Zhao, G., Kang, P.T., Green-Church, K.B., Chan, M.K. and Krzycki, J.A. (2004). "Direct charging of tRNA(CUA) with pyrrolysine in vitro and in vivo". Nature 431: 333–335. doi:10.1038/nature02895. PMID 15329732.
  2. Polycarpo, C., Ambrogelly, A., Bérubé, A., Winbush, S.M., McCloskey, J.A., Crain, P.F., Wood, J.L. and Söll, D. (2004). "An aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase that specifically activates pyrrolysine". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 12450–12454. doi:10.1073/pnas.0405362101. PMC 515082. PMID 15314242.
  3. Schimmel, P. and Beebe, K. (2004). "Molecular biology: genetic code seizes pyrrolysine". Nature 431: 257–258. doi:10.1038/431257a. PMID 15372017.

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