Involvement of Ser94 in RNase HIII from Chlamydophila pneumoniae in the recognition of a single ribonucleotide misincorporated into double-stranded DNA

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
Zheng LuJianhua Liu

Abstract

We recently provided the first report that RNase HIII can cleave a DNA-rN(1)-DNA/DNA substrate (rN(1), one ribonucleotide) in vitro. In the present study, mutagenesis analyses and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed on RNase HIII from Chlamydophila pneumoniae AR39 (CpRNase HIII). Our results elucidate the mechanism of ribonucleotide recognition employed by CpRNase HIII, indicating that the G95/K96/G97 motif of CpRNase HIII represents the main surface interacting with single ribonucleotides, in a manner similar to that of the GR(K)G motif of RNase HIIs. However, CpRNase HIII lacks the specific tyrosine required for RNase HII to recognize single ribonucleotides in double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). Interestingly, MD shows that Ser94 of CpRNase HIII forms a stable hydrogen bond with the deoxyribonucleotide at the (5')RNA-DNA(3') junction, moving this nucleotide away from the chimeric ribonucleotide. This movement appears to deform the nucleic acid backbone at the RNA-DNA junction and allows the ribonucleotide to interact with the GKG motif. Based on the inferences drawn from MD simulations, biochemical results indicated that Ser94 was necessary for catalytic activity on the DNA-rN(1)-DNA/DNA substrate; mutant S94V could b...Continue Reading

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