PMID:10026269
| Citation |
Tscherne, JS, Nurse, K, Popienick, P, Michel, H, Sochacki, M and Ofengand, J (1999) Purification, cloning, and characterization of the 16S RNA m5C967 methyltransferase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 38:1884-92 |
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| Abstract |
The methyltransferase that forms m5C967 in Escherichia coli small subunit ribosomal RNA has been purified, cloned, and characterized. The gene was identified from the N-terminal sequence of the purified enzyme. The gene is a fusion of two open reading frames, fmu and fmv, previously believed to be distinct due to a DNA sequencing error. The gene, here named rsmB, encodes a 429-amino acid protein that has a number of homologues in prokaryotes, Archaea, and eukaryotes. C-Terminal sequencing of the overexpressed and affinity-purified protein by mass spectrometry methods verified the sequence expected for the gene product. The recombinant protein exhibited the same specificity as the previously described native enzyme; that is, it formed only m5C and only at position 967. C1407, which is also m5C in natural 16S RNA, was not methylated. In vitro, the enzyme only recognized free 16S RNA. 30S ribosomal subunits were not a substrate. There was no requirement for added magnesium, suggesting that extensive secondary or tertiary structure in the RNA substrate may not be a requirement for recognition. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1021/bi981880l |
| Keywords |
5-Methylcytosine; Amino Acid Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; Cytosine/analogs & derivatives; Cytosine/chemistry; Cytosine/metabolism; DNA Methylation; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Gene Expression; Genes, Bacterial; Magnesium/metabolism; Methyltransferases/genetics; Methyltransferases/isolation & purification; Methyltransferases/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Open Reading Frames; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism; Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis; Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification; Substrate Specificity |
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