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ArticleNucleic acids research2010

NMR structure and dynamics of the Specifier Loop domain from the Bacillus subtilis tyrS T box leader RNA.

Jiachen Wang, Tina M Henkin, Edward P Nikonowicz

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jiachen WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892, USA.
Tina M Henkin
Edward P Nikonowicz
Rice University · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

REGULATION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS TRNA SYNTHETASE GENESR01GM047823 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HENKIN, TINA M. · 1994 to 2019
$4.8M
Modified Bases in tRNA-Mediated AntiterminationR01GM073969 · NIGMS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI NIKONOWICZ, EDWARD P · 2007 to 2011
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM47823NIGMS NIH HHS GM73969NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM047823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gram-positive bacteria utilize a tRNA-responsive transcription antitermination mechanism, designated the T box system, to regulate expression of many amino acid biosynthetic and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase genes. The RNA transcripts of genes controlled by this mechanism contain 5' untranslated regions, or leader RNAs, that specifically bind cognate tRNA molecules through pairing of nucleotides in the tRNA anticodon loop with nucleotides in the Specifier Loop domain of the leader RNA. We have determined the solution structure of the Specifier Loop domain of the tyrS leader RNA from Bacillus subtilis. Fifty percent of the nucleotides in the Specifier Loop domain adopt a loop E motif. The Specifier Sequence nucleotides, which pair with the tRNA anticodon, stack with their Watson-Crick edges rotated toward the minor groove and exhibit only modest flexibility. We also show that a Specifier Loop domain mutation that impairs the function of the B. subtilis glyQS T box RNA disrupts the tyrS loop E motif. Our results suggest a mechanism for tRNA-Specifier Loop binding in which the phosphate backbone kink created by the loop E motif causes the Specifier Sequence bases to rotate toward the minor groove, which increases accessibility for pairing with bases in the anticodon loop of tRNA.

Indexed as

5' Untranslated RegionsBacillus subtilisBase SequenceBinding SitesMetalsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularNucleic Acid ConformationTyrosine-tRNA Ligase5' Untranslated RegionsMetalsTyrosine-tRNA Ligase

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PMID20110252
PMCPMC2879506
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