title: Exclusive use of trans-editing domains prevents proline mistranslation.
abstract: Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) catalyze the attachment of specific amino acids to cognate tRNAs. Although the accuracy of this process is critical for overall translational fidelity, similar sizes of many amino acids provide a challenge to ARSs. For example, prolyl-tRNA synthetases (ProRSs) mischarge alanine and cysteine onto tRNA(Pro). Many bacterial ProRSs possess an alanine-specific proofreading domain (INS) but lack the capability to edit Cys-tRNA(Pro). Instead, Cys-tRNA(Pro) is cleared by a single-domain homolog of INS, the trans-editing YbaK protein. A global bioinformatics analysis revealed that there are six types of "INS-like" proteins. In addition to INS and YbaK, four additional single-domain homologs are widely distributed throughout bacteria: ProXp-ala (formerly named PrdX), ProXp-x (annotated as ProX), ProXp-y (annotated as YeaK), and ProXp-z (annotated as PA2301). The last three are domains of unknown function. Whereas many bacteria encode a ProRS containing an INS domain in addition to YbaK, many other combinations of INS-like proteins exist throughout the bacterial kingdom. Here, we focus on Caulobacter crescentus, which encodes a ProRS with a truncated INS domain that lacks catalytic activity, as well as YbaK and ProXp-ala. We show that C. crescentus ProRS can readily form Cys- and Ala-tRNA(Pro), and deacylation studies confirmed that these species are cleared by C. crescentus YbaK and ProXp-ala, respectively. Substrate specificity of C. crescentus ProXp-ala is determined, in part, by elements in the acceptor stem of tRNA(Pro) and further ensured through collaboration with elongation factor Tu. These results highlight the diversity of approaches used to prevent proline mistranslation and reveal a novel triple-sieve mechanism of editing that relies exclusively on trans-editing factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vargas-Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210. Electronic address: musier@chemistry.ohio-state.edu.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Musier-Forsyth
mesh_terms: D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016935:Caulobacter crescentus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D003062:Codon; D019295:Computational Biology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010802:Phylogeny; D011392:Proline / Q000737:chemistry*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017393:RNA Editing; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D011392:Proline; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases; C100134:prolyl T RNA synthetase
keywords: Aminoacyl tRNA Synthesis; Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase; Post-transfer Editing; Proofreading; Transfer RNA (tRNA); Translation; Translation Elongation Factors
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