Identification of a unique Radical SAM methyltransferase required for the sp3-C-methylation of an arginine residue of methyl-coenzyme M reductase

Abstract: The biological formation of methane (methanogenesis) is a globally important process, which is exploited in biogas technology, but also contributes to global warming through the release of a potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. The last and methane-releasing step of methanogenesis is catalysed by the enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR), which carries several exceptional posttranslational amino acid modifications. Among these, a 5-C-(S)-methylarginine is located close to the active site of the enzyme. Here, we show that a unique Radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) methyltransferase is required for the methylation of the arginine residue. The gene encoding the methyltransferase is currently annotated as “methanogenesis marker 10” whose function was unknown until now. The deletion of the methyltransferase gene ma4551 in Methanosarcina acetivorans WWM1 leads to the production of an active MCR lacking the C-5-methylation of the respective arginine residue. The growth behaviour of the corresponding M. acetivorans mutant strain and the biophysical characterization of the isolated MCR indicate that the methylated arginine is important for MCR stability under stress conditions

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Scientific reports. - 8 (2018) , 7404, ISSN: 2045-2322

Klassifikation
Biowissenschaften, Biologie

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2023
Urheber
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
Lehrstuhl der Pharmazeutischen Biologie & Biotechnologie, AG Prof. Dr. G. Layer

DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-25716-x
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2357388
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