ALANYL-TRANSFER RNA-SYNTHETASE FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI, BOMBYX-MORI AND RATUS-RATUS - EXISTENCE OF COMMON STRUCTURAL FEATURES

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DIGNAM, JD [1 ]
DIGNAM, SS [1 ]
BRUMLEY, LL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MISSISSIPPI, MED CTR, DEPT BIOCHEM, JACKSON, MS 39216 USA
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY | 1991年 / 198卷 / 01期
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10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16002.x
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Alanyl-tRNA synthetase from Escherichia coli, Bombyx mori and rat were examined with respect to the following functional and structural properties: the effect of substrates on sensitivity to proteolysis, secondary structure as determined by circular dichroism, amino acid composition and, in the case of the rat and insect enzymes, partial amino acid sequence determination on a 60-kDa C-terminal tryptic fragment. Digestion of the enzyme from all three sources with trypsin resulted in significant decline in aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity with little effect on pyrophosphate-exchange activity. In each case the presence of alanine and ATP together, but not separately, reduced the rate of digestion by trypsin; the largest effect was observed with the enzyme from rat liver. Trypsin digestion generated fragments of 47 kDa and 40 kDa with all three enzymes, but detection of significant quantities of the 47-kDa fragment from the rat enzyme required the presence of ATP and alanine. Trypsin digestion produced a fragment of 60 kDa with all three enzymes, but detection of significant quantities of this fragment with the bacterial enzyme required the presence of ATP and alanine. Limited sequence analysis of the 60-kDa fragment from the insect and rat enzymes indicated that trypsin cleaved both proteins at the same site to generate this species. Similar effect of substrates were observed when the enzymes were digested with chymotrypsin suggesting that the effects of substrates on protease sensitivity were not unique to trypsin. Circular dichroism spectra obtained for the three enzymes were qualitatively and quantitatively similar. There is some similarity in amino acid composition between the rat and insect enzymes.
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