page_title: Archease
hierarchical_section_title: Archease
caption_attribution_description: English: Cartoon representation of the molecular structure of protein registered with 1jw3 code. Deutsch: Grafik des Molekularstruktur von jenem Protein, das mit 1jw3 code registriert ist. Plattdüütsch: Grafik, de de Molekularstruktur von dat Protein wiest, dat mit’n Kood 1jw3 registreert is.
context_page_description: In molecular biology, the archease' superfamily of proteins are represented in all three domains of life. Archease genes are generally located adjacent to genes encoding proteins involved in DNA or RNA processing and therefore been predicted to be modulators or chaperones involved in DNA or RNA metabolism. Many of the roles of archeases remain to be established experimentally.
  The function of one of the archeases from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus abyssi has been determined. The gene encoding the archease is located in a bicistronic operon immediately upstream from a second open reading frame, which encodes a tRNA m5C methyltransferase. The methyl transferase catalyses m5C formation at several cytosine's within tRNAs with preference for C49; the specificity of the methyltransferase reaction being increased by the archease. The archease exists in monomeric and oligomeric states, with only the oligomeric forms able to bind the methyltransferase. Binding prevents aggregation and hinders dimerisation of the methyltransferase-tRNA complex.
context_section_description: In molecular biology, the archease' superfamily of proteins are represented in all three domains of life. Archease genes are generally located adjacent to genes encoding proteins involved in DNA or RNA processing and therefore been predicted to be modulators or chaperones involved in DNA or RNA metabolism. Many of the roles of archeases remain to be established experimentally.
  The function of one of the archeases from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus abyssi has been determined. The gene encoding the archease (PAB1946) is located in a bicistronic operon immediately upstream from a second open reading frame (PAB1947), which encodes a tRNA m5C methyltransferase. The methyl transferase catalyses m5C formation at several cytosine's within tRNAs with preference for C49; the specificity of the methyltransferase reaction being increased by the archease. The archease exists in monomeric and oligomeric states, with only the oligomeric forms able to bind the methyltransferase. Binding prevents aggregation and hinders dimerisation of the methyltransferase-tRNA complex.
  The function of this family of archeases as chaperones is supported by structural analysis of the archease from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, which shows homology to heat shock protein 33, a chaperone protein that inhibits the aggregation of partially denatured proteins.
caption: solution structure of methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum protein 1598. ontario centre for structural proteomics target mth1598_1_140; northeast structural genomics target tt6
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