AMINOACYLATION OF TRANSFER-RNAS WITH 2-THIOURIDINE DERIVATIVES IN THE WOBBLE POSITION OF THE ANTICODON

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作者
ROGERS, KC [1 ]
CRESCENZO, AT [1 ]
SOLL, D [1 ]
机构
[1] YALE UNIV,DEPT MOLEC BIOPHYS & BIOCHEM,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
关键词
AMINOACYLATION; TRANSFER-RNA; AMINOACYL-TRANSFER-RNA SYNTHETASE; MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDES; ANTISUPPRESSORS;
D O I
10.1016/0300-9084(96)88106-5
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The first position or 'wobble base' in the anticodon of tRNAs is frequently the site of post-transcriptional modification. In Escherichia coli, glutamine, glutamate, and lysine tRNAs contain 2-thiouridine derivatives in this position, and the significance of these modifications has been under investigation since their discovery. Here we describe the investigations to link 2-thiouridine derivatives to aminoacylation of these tRNAs. The implications of these findings on the evolution of specificity of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and on translational regulation are also discussed.
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