PMID:10745094
| Citation |
Nameki, N, Tadaki, T, Himeno, H and Muto, A (2000) Three of four pseudoknots in tmRNA are interchangeable and are substitutable with single-stranded RNAs. FEBS Lett. 470:345-9 |
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| Abstract |
A novel translation, trans-translation, is facilitated by a highly structured RNA molecule, tmRNA. This molecule has two structural domains, a tRNA domain and an mRNA domain, the latter including four pseudoknot structures (PK1 to PK4). Here, we show that replacement of each of these pseudoknots, except PK1, in Escherichia coli tmRNA with a single stranded RNA did not seriously affect the functions as an alanine tRNA and as an mRNA. Furthermore, these three pseudoknots were interchangeable with only small losses of the two functions. These findings suggest that neither PK2, PK3 nor PK4 interacts in a functional manner with ribosome during the trans-translation process. Together with an earlier study showing the significance of PK1, it is concluded that among the four pseudoknots, PK1 is the most functional. |
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| Keywords |
Acylation; Alanine/metabolism; Base Pairing/genetics; Base Sequence; Escherichia coli/genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation/genetics; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Protein Biosynthesis/genetics; RNA, Bacterial/chemistry; RNA, Bacterial/genetics; RNA, Bacterial/metabolism; RNA, Messenger/chemistry; RNA, Messenger/genetics; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; RNA, Transfer, Ala/chemistry; RNA, Transfer, Ala/genetics; RNA, Transfer, Ala/metabolism; Ribosomes/metabolism; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid |
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