The Protein Component of Bacillus subtilis Ribonuclease P Increases Catalytic Efficiency by Enhancing Interactions with the 5‘ Leader Sequence of Pre-tRNAAsp
Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ribonucleoprotein complex that catalyzes the formation of the mature 5' end of tRNA. To investigate the role of the protein component in enhancing the affinity of Bacillus subtilis RNase P for substrate (Kurz, J. C., Niranjanakumari, S., Fierke, C. A. (1998) Bioche...
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Published in | Biochemistry (Easton) Vol. 37; no. 26; pp. 9409 - 9416 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Chemical Society
30.06.1998
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Summary: | Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ribonucleoprotein complex that catalyzes the formation of the mature 5' end of tRNA. To investigate the role of the protein component in enhancing the affinity of Bacillus subtilis RNase P for substrate (Kurz, J. C., Niranjanakumari, S., Fierke, C. A. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 2393), the kinetics and thermodynamics of binding and cleavage were analyzed for pre-tRNAAsp substrates containing 5' leader sequences of varying lengths (1-33 nucleotides). These data demonstrate that the cleavage rate constant catalyzed by the holoenzyme is not dependent on the leader length; however, the association rate constant for substrate binding to holoenzyme increases as the length of the leader increases, and this is reflected in enhanced substrate affinity of up to 4 kcal/mol. In particular, the protein component of RNase P stabilizes interactions with nucleotides at -2 and -5 in the 5' leader sequence of the pre-tRNA substrate. A 1 nucleotide leader decreases substrate affinity >/=15-fold compared to tRNAAsp due to ground-state destabilization of the enzyme-substrate complex. This destabilization is overcome by increasing the length of the leader to 2 nucleotides due to P RNA-pre-tRNA contacts that are stabilized by the P protein. The affinity of RNase P holoenzyme (but not RNA alone) for pre-tRNAAsp is further enhanced with a substrate containing a 5 nucleotide leader. These data indicate that novel direct or indirect interactions occur between the 5' leader sequence of pre-tRNAAsp and the protein component of RNase P. |
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Bibliography: | Supported by National Institutes of Health Grant GM 55387. S. M.C. was supported in part by NIH Training Grant GM08558. ark:/67375/TPS-JDZGP4V0-1 istex:08D9F68AD168985E3786A6B639F3ACBFA39DE690 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0006-2960 1520-4995 |
DOI: | 10.1021/bi980613c |