4YCV

Crystal structure of cladosporin in complex with plasmodium lysyl-tRNA synthetase


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.41 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.257 
  • R-Value Work: 0.230 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.232 

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Literature

Structural Basis for Specific Inhibition of tRNA Synthetase by an ATP Competitive Inhibitor.

Fang, P.Han, H.Wang, J.Chen, K.Chen, X.Guo, M.

(2015) Chem Biol 22: 734-744

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.05.007
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4YCU, 4YCV

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Pharmaceutical inhibitors of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases demand high species and family specificity. The antimalarial ATP-mimetic cladosporin selectively inhibits Plasmodium falciparum LysRS (PfLysRS). How the binding to a universal ATP site achieves the specificity is unknown. Here we report three crystal structures of cladosporin with human LysRS, PfLysRS, and a Pf-like human LysRS mutant. In all three structures, cladosporin occupies the class defining ATP-binding pocket, replacing the adenosine portion of ATP. Three residues holding the methyltetrahydropyran moiety of cladosporin are critical for the specificity of cladosporin against LysRS over other class II tRNA synthetase families. The species-exclusive inhibition of PfLysRS is linked to a structural divergence beyond the active site that mounts a lysine-specific stabilizing response to binding cladosporin. These analyses reveal that inherent divergence of tRNA synthetase structural assembly may allow for highly specific inhibition even through the otherwise universal substrate binding pocket and highlight the potential for structure-driven drug development.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. Electronic address: pfang@scripps.edu.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Lysine--tRNA ligase
A, B, C, D
516Plasmodium falciparum NF54Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: PFNF54_04763
EC: 6.1.1.6
UniProt
Find proteins for W7JP72 (Plasmodium falciparum (isolate NF54))
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Go to UniProtKB:  W7JP72
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UniProt GroupW7JP72
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.41 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.257 
  • R-Value Work: 0.230 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.232 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 70.632α = 90
b = 112.098β = 99.3
c = 170.795γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data scaling
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-2000data reduction
MOLREPphasing

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)United StatesGM100136
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)United StatesGM106134

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-06-24
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-07-01
    Changes: Other
  • Version 1.2: 2017-09-20
    Changes: Author supporting evidence, Derived calculations, Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.3: 2019-12-25
    Changes: Author supporting evidence
  • Version 1.4: 2023-09-27
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description