1ULH

A short peptide insertion crucial for angiostatic activity of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.31 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.292 
  • R-Value Work: 0.241 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.241 

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Literature

A short peptide insertion crucial for angiostatic activity of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase

Kise, Y.Lee, S.W.Park, S.G.Fukai, S.Sengoku, T.Ishii, R.Yokoyama, S.Kim, S.Nureki, O.

(2004) Nat Struct Mol Biol 11: 149-156

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb722
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1ULH

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (TrpRS) is secreted into the extracellular region of vascular endothelial cells. The splice variant form (mini TrpRS) functions in vascular endothelial cell apoptosis as an angiostatic cytokine. In contrast, the closely related human tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (TyrRS) functions as an angiogenic cytokine in its truncated form (mini TyrRS). Here, we determined the crystal structure of human mini TrpRS at a resolution of 2.3 A and compared the structure with those of prokaryotic TrpRS and human mini TyrRS. Deletion of the tRNA anticodon-binding (TAB) domain insertion, consisting of eight residues in the human TrpRS, abolished the enzyme's apoptotic activity for endothelial cells, whereas its translational catalysis and cell-binding activities remained unchanged. Thus, we have identified the inserted peptide motif that activates the angiostatic signaling.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase
A, B
390Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: trps
EC: 6.1.1.2
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Go to UniProtKB:  P23381
PHAROS:  P23381
GTEx:  ENSG00000140105 
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupP23381
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.31 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.292 
  • R-Value Work: 0.241 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.241 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 136.025α = 90
b = 96.606β = 130.26
c = 98.319γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
SOLVEphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2004-02-03
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-27
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2023-12-27
    Changes: Data collection, Database references