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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

Duplication of leucyl-tRNA synthetase in an archaeal extremophile may play a role in adaptation to variable environmental conditions.

Christopher S Weitzel, Li Li, Changyi Zhang, Kristen K Eilts, Nicholas M Bretz, Alex L Gatten, Rachel J Whitaker, Susan A Martinis

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher S WeitzelDepartment of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61761 csweitz@ilstu.edu.
Li LiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
Changyi ZhangDepartment of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
Kristen K EiltsDepartment of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61761.ORCID 0000-0001-9470-3863
Nicholas M BretzDepartment of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61761.
Alex L GattenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
Rachel J WhitakerDepartment of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
Susan A MartinisDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USIllinois State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are ancient enzymes that play a fundamental role in protein synthesis. They catalyze the esterification of specific amino acids to the 3'-end of their cognate tRNAs and therefore play a pivotal role in protein synthesis. Although previous studies suggest that aaRS-dependent errors in protein synthesis can be beneficial to some microbial species, evidence that reduced aaRS fidelity can be adaptive is limited. Using bioinformatics analyses, we identified two distinct leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS) genes within all genomes of the archaeal family Sulfolobaceae. Remarkably, one copy, designated LeuRS-I, had key amino acid substitutions within its editing domain that would be expected to disrupt hydrolytic editing of mischarged tRNA

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Amino Acid SequenceAminoacylationArchaeal ProteinsCatalytic DomainExtremophilesGene EditingHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLeucineLeucine-tRNA LigaseMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPhylogenyProtein BiosynthesisRecombinant ProteinsSequence AlignmentSulfolobusTemperatureArchaeal ProteinsLeucineLeucine-tRNA LigaseRecombinant Proteinsaminoacyl tRNA synthetasearchaeaeditingenzyme catalysisfidelitygeneticsparalogsSulfolobaceaeSulfolobus islandicustransfer RNA (tRNA)translation

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PMID32102848
PMCPMC7135992
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