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@ARTICLE{Halawani:856721,
author = {Halawani, Dalia and Gogonea, Valentin and DiDonato, Joseph
A. and Pipich, Vitaliy and Yao, Peng and China, Arnab and
Topbas, Celalettin and Vasu, Kommireddy and Arif, Abul and
Hazen, Stanley L. and Fox, Paul L.},
title = {{S}tructural control of caspase-generated glutamyl-t{RNA}
synthetase by appended noncatalytic {WHEP} domains},
journal = {The journal of biological chemistry},
volume = {293},
number = {23},
issn = {1083-351X},
address = {Bethesda, Md.},
publisher = {Soc.72889},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-06072},
pages = {8843 - 8860},
year = {2018},
abstract = {Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are ubiquitous,
evolutionarilyconserved enzymes catalyzing the conjugation
of amino acidsonto cognate tRNAs. During eukaryotic
evolution, tRNA syn-thetases have been the targets of
persistent structural modifica-tions. These modifications
can be additive, as in the evolution-ary acquisition of
noncatalytic domains, or subtractive, as in thegeneration of
truncated variants through regulated mechanismssuch as
proteolytic processing, alternative splicing, or
codingregion polyadenylation. A unique variant is the human
glu-tamyl-prolyl-tRNA synthetase (EPRS) consisting of two
fusedsynthetases joined by a linker containing three copies
of theWHEP domain (termed by its presence in tryptophanyl-,
histi-dyl-, and glutamyl-prolyl-tRNA synthetases). Here, we
identifysite-selective proteolysis as a mechanism that
severs the linkagebetween the EPRS synthetases in vitro and
in vivo. Caspaseaction targeted Asp-929 in the third WHEP
domain, therebyseparating the two synthetases. Using a
neoepitope antibodydirected against the newly exposed C
terminus, we demonstrateEPRS cleavage at Asp-929 in vitro
and in vivo. Biochemical andbiophysical characterizations of
the N-terminally generatedEPRS proteoform containing the
glutamyl-tRNA synthetaseand most of the linker, including
two WHEP domains, com-bined with structural analysis by
small-angle neutron scattering,revealed a role for the WHEP
domains in modulating conforma-tions of the catalytic core
and GSH–S-transferase–C-terminal-like (GST-C) domain.
WHEP-driven conformational rearrange-ment altered GST–C
domain interactions and conferreddistinct oligomeric states
in solution. Collectively, our resultsreveal long-range
conformational changes imposed by theWHEP domains and
illustrate how noncatalytic domains canmodulate the global
structure of tRNA synthetases in complexeukaryotic systems.},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / Neutronenstreuung ; JCNS-1},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)
/ 6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS1-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:29643180},
UT = {WOS:000434941900010},
doi = {10.1074/jbc.M117.807503},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/856721},
}