SMALL RNA HELICES AS SUBSTRATES FOR AMINOACYLATION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CHARGING OF TRANSFER-RNAS

被引:41
作者
FRANCKLYN, C
MUSIERFORSYTH, K
SCHIMMEL, P
机构
[1] MIT, DEPT BIOL, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[2] UNIV VERMONT, COLL MED, DEPT BIOCHEM, BURLINGTON, VT 05405 USA
来源
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY | 1992年 / 206卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16929.x
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
RNA microhelices that reconstruct the acceptor stems of transfer RNAs can be aminoacylated. The anticodon-independent aminoacylation is sequence-specific and suggests a relationship between amino acids and nucleotide sequences which is different from that of the classical genetic code. The specific aminoacylation of RNA microhelices also suggests a highly differentiated adaptation of the structures of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases to sequences in the acceptor stems of transfer RNAs.
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