PMID:15781458
| Citation |
Feng, L, Yuan, J, Toogood, H, Tumbula-Hansen, D and Söll, D (2005) Aspartyl-tRNA synthetase requires a conserved proline in the anticodon-binding loop for tRNA(Asn) recognition in vivo. J. Biol. Chem. 280:20638-41 |
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| Abstract |
Most prokaryotes require Asp-tRNA(Asn) for the synthesis of Asn-tRNA(Asn). This misacylated tRNA species is synthesized by a non-discriminating aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (AspRS) that acylates both tRNA(Asp) and tRNA(Asn) with aspartate. In contrast, a discriminating AspRS forms only Asp-tRNA(Asp). Here we show that a conserved proline (position 77) in the L1 loop of the non-discriminating Deinococcus radiodurans AspRS2 is required for tRNA(Asn) recognition in vivo. Escherichia coli trpA34 was transformed with DNA from a library of D. radiodurans aspS2 genes with a randomized codon 77 and then subjected to in vivo selection for Asp-tRNA(Asn) formation by growth in minimal medium. Only proline codons were found at position 77 in the aspS2 genes isolated from 21 of the resulting viable colonies. However, when the aspS temperature-sensitive E. coli strain CS89 was transformed with the same DNA library and then screened for Asp-tRNA(Asp) formation in vivo by growth at the non-permissive temperature, codons for seven other amino acids besides proline were identified at position 77 in the isolates examined. Thus, replacement of proline 77 by cysteine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, serine, or valine resulted in mutant D. radiodurans AspRS2 enzymes still capable of forming Asp-tRNA(Asp) but unable to recognize tRNA(Asn). This strongly suggests that proline 77 is responsible for the non-discriminatory tRNA recognition properties of this enzyme. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1074/jbc.M500874200 |
| Keywords |
Acylation; Amino Acid Sequence; Anticodon; Aspartate-tRNA Ligase/chemistry; Aspartate-tRNA Ligase/genetics; Aspartate-tRNA Ligase/metabolism; Aspartic Acid/metabolism; Binding Sites; Conserved Sequence; DNA, Bacterial/chemistry; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; Deinococcus/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Gene Expression; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis; Proline/chemistry; Protein Conformation; RNA, Transfer, Asn/metabolism; Recombinant Proteins; Sequence Alignment; Structure-Activity Relationship; Substrate Specificity; Transformation, Bacterial |
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