Abstract: |
Tpt1 is an essential agent of fungal and plant tRNA splicing that removes an internal RNA 2′-phosphate generated by tRNA ligase. Tpt1 also removes the 2′-phosphouridine mark installed by Ark1 kinase in the V-loop of archaeal tRNAs. Tpt1 performs a two-step reaction in which the 2′-PO4 attacks NAD+ to form an RNA-2′-phospho-(ADP-ribose) intermediate, and transesterification of the ADP-ribose O2′′ to the RNA 2′-phosphodiester yields 2′-OH RNA and ADP-ribose-1′′,2′′-cyclic phosphate. Here, we present structures of archaeal Tpt1 enzymes, captured as product complexes with ADP-ribose-1′′-PO4, ADP-ribose-2′′-PO4, and 2′-OH RNA, and as substrate complexes with 2′,5′-ADP and NAD+, that illuminate 2′-PO4 junction recognition and catalysis. We show that archaeal Tpt1 enzymes can use the 2′-PO4-containing metabolites NADP+ and NADPH as substrates for 2′-PO4 transfer to NAD+. A role in 2′-phospho-NADP(H) dynamics provides a rationale for the prevalence of Tpt1 in taxa that lack a capacity for internal RNA 2′-phosphorylation. Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. This article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND). |