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SARS (gene)

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SARS1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesSARS1, SERRS, SERS, seryl-tRNA synthetase, NEDMAS, SARS, seryl-tRNA synthetase 1
External IDsOMIM: 607529; MGI: 102809; HomoloGene: 4751; GeneCards: SARS1; OMA:SARS1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_006513
NM_001330669

NM_001204979
NM_011319

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001317598
NP_006504

NP_001191908
NP_035449

Location (UCSC)n/aChr 3: 108.33 – 108.35 Mb
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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SARS and cytoplasmic seryl-tRNA synthetase are a human gene and its encoded enzyme product, respectively.[4][5] SARS belongs to the class II amino-acyl tRNA family and is found in all humans; its encoded enzyme, seryl-tRNA synthetase, is involved in protein translation and is related to several bacterial and yeast counterparts.[5]

Mutations in SARS have been associated with several conditions, including HUPRA syndrome.[6]

Discovery

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Since the 1960s, seryl-tRNA synthetases have been described in various eukaryotic species, in both biochemical and structural analyses.[7][8] It was not until 1997 that human SARS and its enzyme product were isolated and expressed in Escherichia coli by a team from The European Molecular Biology Laboratory in France.[4]

Gene location

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The human SARS gene is located on the plus strand of chromosome 1, from base pair 109,213,893 to base pair 109,238,182.[9]

Protein

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Seryl-tRNA synthetase is made up of 514 amino acid residues as weighs 58,777 Da.[10] It exists as a homodimer of two identical subunits, with the tRNA molecule binding across the dimer by similarity.[11] It has two distinct domains:

  • A catalytic core[9]
  • A 3 base pair serine binding N-terminal extension[9]

Function and mechanism

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"SARS" and its enzyme product seryl-tRNA synthetase are involved in protein translation; specifically, seryl-tRNA synthetase catalyses the transfer of L-serine to tRNA (Ser).[12] The cytosolic enzyme recognises its cognate tRNA species and binds with a high level of specificity, allowing the accurate interaction between corresponding codons and anticodons on mRNA and tRNA during protein translation.[4]

Mutations

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As with many mutations that affect protein translation,[13] mutations in the SARS gene set have been shown to cause a collection of diseases, such as hyperuricemia, metabolic alkalosis, pulmonary hypertension, and progressive kidney failure in infancy; together, these conditions are known as HUPRA syndrome.[6]

In these cases, the SARS gene (in particular, "SARS2") undergoes a missense mutation, which results in a complete lack of acetylated seryl-tRNA synthetase and a severely reduced amount of non-acetylated enzyme.[6] This results in the ineffective or complete inability of L-serine to be transferred to its cognate tRNA, resulting in incomplete protein translation and folding. The impacts appear to only reach a phenotypic pathology in certain high energy expenditure cells, such as renal cells and lung tissue. It has been suggested that the residual activity of the SARS2 gene allows most other tissues to avoid cytopathic symptoms, however, is unable to protect high-energy requirement cells from damage.[6]

The prevalence of SARS mutations resulting in HUPRA syndrome are incredibly rare, with less than 1 in 1,000,000 babies born with the condition.[14] A Palestinian community in the Greater Jerusalem region appears to have a much higher incidence of the mutation, potentially due to a common ancestor.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000068739Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ a b c Vincent C, Tarbouriech N, Härtlein M (November 1997). "Genomic organization, cDNA sequence, bacterial expression, and purification of human seryl-tRNA synthase". European Journal of Biochemistry. 250 (1): 77–84. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00077.x. PMID 9431993.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: SARS seryl-tRNA synthetase".
  6. ^ a b c d e Belostotsky R, Ben-Shalom E, Rinat C, Becker-Cohen R, Feinstein S, Zeligson S, Segel R, Elpeleg O, Nassar S, Frishberg Y (February 2011). "Mutations in the mitochondrial seryl-tRNA synthetase cause hyperuricemia, pulmonary hypertension, renal failure in infancy and alkalosis, HUPRA syndrome". American Journal of Human Genetics. 88 (2): 193–200. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.12.010. PMC 3035710. PMID 21255763.
  7. ^ Le Meur MA, Gerlinger P, Clavert J, Ebel JP (November 1972). "Purification and properties of seryl-tRNA synthetase from hen's liver". Biochimie. 54 (11): 1391–7. doi:10.1016/S0300-9084(72)80080-4. PMID 4661528.
  8. ^ Mizutani T, Narihara T, Hashimoto A (1984). "Purification and properties of bovine liver seryl‐tRNA synthetase". European Journal of Biochemistry. 143 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb08331.x. PMID 6565588.
  9. ^ a b c UniProt: P49591
  10. ^ "UnitProt"
  11. ^ Härtlein M, Cusack S (May 1995). "Structure, function and evolution of seryl-tRNA synthetases: implications for the evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and the genetic code". BMC Nephrology. 40 (5): 519–530. Bibcode:1995JMolE..40..519H. doi:10.1007/BF00166620. PMID 7540217. S2CID 20176737.
  12. ^ Rouge M (February 1969). "Purification and some properties of rat liver seryl-tRNA synthetase". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 171 (2): 342–51. doi:10.1016/0005-2744(69)90167-3. PMID 5773438.
  13. ^ King MP, Koga Y, Davidson M, Schon EA (February 1992). "Defects in mitochondrial protein synthesis and respiratory chain activity segregate with the tRNA(Leu(UUR)) mutation associated with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12 (2): 480–90. doi:10.1128/mcb.12.2.480. PMC 364194. PMID 1732728.
  14. ^ "Orpha"

Further reading

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