New tRNA contacts facilitate ligand binding in a Mycobacterium smegmatis T box riboswitch
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New tRNA contacts facilitate ligand binding in a Mycobacterium smegmatis T box riboswitch. / Belyaevskaya, Anna; Henkin, Tina; Frandsen, Jane; Grundy, Frank.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, No. 15, 2018, p. 3894-3899.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - New tRNA contacts facilitate ligand binding in a Mycobacterium smegmatis T box riboswitch
AU - Belyaevskaya, Anna
AU - Henkin, Tina
AU - Frandsen, Jane
AU - Grundy, Frank
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - T box riboswitches are RNA regulatory elements widely used by organisms in the phyla Firmicutes and Actinobacteria to regulate expression of amino acid-related genes. Expression of T box family genes is down-regulated by transcription attenuation or inhibition of translation initiation in response to increased charging of the cognate tRNA. Three direct contacts with tRNA have been described; however, one of these contacts is absent in a subclass of T box RNAs and the roles of several structural domains conserved in most T box RNAs are unknown. In this study, structural elements of a Mycobacterium smegmatis ileS T box riboswitch variant with an Ultrashort (US) Stem I were sequentially deleted, which resulted in a progressive decrease in binding affinity for the tRNAIle ligand. Selective 2′-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) revealed structural changes in conserved riboswitch domains upon interaction with the tRNA ligand. Cross-linking and mutational analyses identified two interaction sites, one between the S-turn element in Stem II and the T arm of tRNAIle and the other between the Stem IIA/B pseudoknot and the D loop of tRNAIle. These newly identified RNA contacts add information about tRNA recognition by the T box riboswitch and demonstrate a role for the S-turn and pseudoknot elements, which resemble structural elements that are common in many cellular RNAs.
AB - T box riboswitches are RNA regulatory elements widely used by organisms in the phyla Firmicutes and Actinobacteria to regulate expression of amino acid-related genes. Expression of T box family genes is down-regulated by transcription attenuation or inhibition of translation initiation in response to increased charging of the cognate tRNA. Three direct contacts with tRNA have been described; however, one of these contacts is absent in a subclass of T box RNAs and the roles of several structural domains conserved in most T box RNAs are unknown. In this study, structural elements of a Mycobacterium smegmatis ileS T box riboswitch variant with an Ultrashort (US) Stem I were sequentially deleted, which resulted in a progressive decrease in binding affinity for the tRNAIle ligand. Selective 2′-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) revealed structural changes in conserved riboswitch domains upon interaction with the tRNA ligand. Cross-linking and mutational analyses identified two interaction sites, one between the S-turn element in Stem II and the T arm of tRNAIle and the other between the Stem IIA/B pseudoknot and the D loop of tRNAIle. These newly identified RNA contacts add information about tRNA recognition by the T box riboswitch and demonstrate a role for the S-turn and pseudoknot elements, which resemble structural elements that are common in many cellular RNAs.
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1721254115
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1721254115
M3 - Journal article
VL - 115
SP - 3894
EP - 3899
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 15
ER -
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