Mechanism of Ribonuclease III Catalytic Regulation by Serine Phosphorylation
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Journal ArticleDate
2016-05-06Author
Gone, SAlfonso-Prieto, M
Paudyal, S
Nicholson, AW
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Bacteriophage T7Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Hydrolysis
Kinetics
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Phosphorylation
Protein Kinases
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
RNA
Ribonuclease III
Serine
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10.1038/srep25448Abstract
Ribonuclease III (RNase III) is a conserved, gene-regulatory bacterial endonuclease that cleaves double-helical structures in diverse coding and noncoding RNAs. RNase III is subject to multiple levels of control, reflective of its global regulatory functions. Escherichia coli (Ec) RNase III catalytic activity is known to increase during bacteriophage T7 infection, reflecting the expression of the phage-encoded protein kinase, T7PK. However, the mechanism of catalytic enhancement is unknown. This study shows that Ec-RNase III is phosphorylated on serine in vitro by purified T7PK, and identifies the targets as Ser33 and Ser34 in the N-terminal catalytic domain. Kinetic experiments reveal a 5-fold increase in k cat and a 1.4-fold decrease in Km following phosphorylation, providing a 7.4-fold increase in catalytic efficiency. Phosphorylation does not change the rate of substrate cleavage under single-turnover conditions, indicating that phosphorylation enhances product release, which also is the rate-limiting step in the steady-state. Molecular dynamics simulations provide a mechanism for facilitated product release, in which the Ser33 phosphomonoester forms a salt bridge with the Arg95 guanidinium group, thereby weakening RNase III engagement of product. The simulations also show why glutamic acid substitution at either serine does not confer enhancement, thus underscoring the specific requirement for a phosphomonoester.Citation to related work
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