Single nucleotide modulation of uridine to pseudouridine rearrangement in transfer RNA catalyzed by pseudouridine synthase I
✍ Scribed by Joseph W. Chihade; David A. Horne
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 381 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-3499
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✦ Synopsis
E. coli pseudouridme synthase I (PSUI) catalyzes the rearrangement of uridine residues in positions 38,39 and 40 of tRNA transcripts to pseudouridme. These positions are located in the anticodon stem-loop of the tRNA molecule. Fourteen different E. coli tRNAs are substrates for the enzyme, whereas four other tRNAs which contain uridine in position 38 are not. Investigations were focused on the basis of enzyme differentiation between substrate and non-substrate tRNAs. Comparison of modification reactions with mutant and wild-type tRNA transcripts demonstrates that the presence of a 636 residue modulates modification by PSUI at position 38. In addition to local sequence effects, steady-state kinetic analyses suggest the existence of other recognition elements distinct from the immediate vicinity of modification.