Modulation of tRNAAla identity by inorganic pyrophosphatase.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
A highly sensitive assay of tRNA aminoacylation was developed that directly measures the fraction of aminoacylated tRNA by following amino acid attachment to the 3'-(32)P-labeled tRNA. When applied to Escherichia coli alanyl-tRNA synthetase, the assay allowed accurate measurement of aminoacylation of the most deleterious mutants of tRNA(Ala). The effect of tRNA(Ala) identity mutations on both aminoacylation efficiency (k(cat)/K(M)) and steady-state level of aminoacyl-tRNA was evaluated in the absence and presence of inorganic pyrophosphatase and elongation factor Tu. Significant levels of aminoacylation were achieved for tRNA mutants even when the k(cat)/K(M) value is reduced by as much as several thousandfold. These results partially reconcile the discrepancy between in vivo and in vitro analysis of tRNA(Ala) identity.
Medical subject headings
- Pyrophosphatases
- RNA, Transfer, Ala