Modification of tRNA anticodons plays a critical role in ensuring accurate translation. N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) is present at the anticodon first position (position 34) of bacterial elongator tRNAMet. Herein, we identified Bacillus subtilis ylbM (renamed tmcAL) as a novel gene responsible for ac4C34 formation. Unlike general acetyltransferases that use acetyl-CoA, TmcAL activates an acetate ion to form acetyladenylate and then catalyzes ac4C34 formation through a mechanism similar to tRNA aminoacylation. The crystal structure of TmcAL with an ATP analog reveals the molecular basis of ac4C34 formation. The ÎtmcAL strain displayed a cold-sensitive phenotype and a strong genetic interaction with tilS that encodes the enzyme responsible for synthesizing lysidine (L) at position 34 of tRNAIle to facilitate AUA decoding. Mistranslation of the AUA codon as Met in the ÎtmcAL strain upon tilS repression suggests that ac4C34 modification of tRNAMet and L34 modification of tRNAIle act cooperatively to prevent misdecoding of the AUA codon. A comparative genomic approach identified a novel acetate-dependent tRNA-modifying enzyme that catalyzes RNA acetylation with a mechanism similar to tRNA aminoacylation. This modification maintains decoding fidelity in protein synthesis.
tRNA反密码子的修饰在确保准确翻译方面起着关键作用。N4-乙酰
胞苷(ac4C)存在于细菌延长子tRN
AMet的反密码子第一位置(第34位)。在此,我们鉴定出
枯草芽孢杆菌ylbM(重命名为tmcAL)是负责形成ac4C34的新
基因。与使用
乙酰辅酶A的一般乙酰转移酶不同,TmcAL激活
乙酸离子形成乙酰
腺苷酸,然后通过类似于tRNA
氨基酰化的机制催化ac4C34的形成。TmcAL与
ATP类似物的晶体结构揭示了ac4C34形成的分子基础。dtmcAL菌株表现出对冷敏感的表型,并与tilS存在强烈的遗传相互作用,tilS编码负责在tRNAIle的第34位合成赖
氨酸(L)的酶,以促进AUA