Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 7-aminomethyl-7-carbaguanosine34 in tRNA = L-methionine + adenine + epoxyqueuosine34 in tRNA
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Glossary: 7-aminomethyl-7-carbaguanine = preQ1 = 7-aminomethyl-7-deazaguanine
epoxyqueosine = oQ
Other name(s): QueA enzyme; queuosine biosynthesis protein QueA
Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:7-aminomethyl-7-deazaguanosine ribosyltransferase (ribosyl isomerizing; L-methionine, adenine releasing)
Comments: The reaction is a combined transfer and isomerization of the ribose moiety of S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the modified guanosine base in the wobble position in tRNAs specific for Tyr, His, Asp or Asn. It is part of the queuosine biosynthesis pathway.
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References:
1. Slany, R.K., Bosl, M., Crain, P.F. and Kersten, H. A new function of S-adenosylmethionine: the ribosyl moiety of AdoMet is the precursor of the cyclopentenediol moiety of the tRNA wobble base queuine. Biochemistry 32 (1993) 7811-7817. [PMID: 8347586]
2. Slany, R.K., Bosl, M. and Kersten, H. Transfer and isomerization of the ribose moiety of AdoMet during the biosynthesis of queuosine tRNAs, a new unique reaction catalyzed by the QueA protein from Escherichia coli. Biochimie 76 (1994) 389-393. [PMID: 7849103]
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6. Grimm, C., Ficner, R., Sgraja, T., Haebel, P., Klebe, G. and Reuter, K. Crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis S-adenosylmethionine:tRNA ribosyltransferase-isomerase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 351 (2006) 695-701. [PMID: 17083917]