STUDIES ON METHIONYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE .2. EFFECTS OF DIVALENT AND MONOVALENT CATIONS ON METHIONYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI

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SVENSSON, I
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10.1016/0005-2744(67)90091-5
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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The influence of divalent and monovalent cations on the activity of methionyl-tRNA synthetase (L-methionine: tRNA ligase (AMP), EC 6.1.1.10) from E.coli was studied, and a comparison had been made with the corresponding enzyme from yeast. Of the monovalent cations, only NH4+ stimulates the rate of methionyl-tRNA formation. This effect is found with both homologous and heterologous tRNA. The magnitude of the stimulation varies with pH. The results explain a phenomenon previously interpreted in terms of a "regenerating" enzyme in amino acid activation.
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