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ArticleNucleic acids research1997

Structural studies on tRNA acceptor stem microhelices: exchange of the discriminator base A73 for G in human tRNALeu switches the acceptor specificity from leucine to serine possibly by decreasing the stability of the terminal G1-C72 base pair.

A U Metzger, M Heckl, D Willbold, K Breitschopf, U L RajBhandary, P Rösch, H J Gross

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A U MetzgerLehrstuhl für Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
M Heckl
D Willbold
K Breitschopf
U L RajBhandary
P Rösch
H J Gross
University of Bayreuth · DE

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF TRANSFER RIBONUCLEIC ACIDSR37GM017151 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI RAJBHANDARY, UTTAM L · 1997 to 2006
$3.6M
STRUCTURE &FUNCTION OF TRANSFER RIBONUCLEIC ACIDSR01GM017151 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI RAJBHANDARY, UTTAM L · 1985 to 2015
$2.4M
Structure and Function of Transfer Ribonucleic AcidsR56GM017151 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI RAJBHANDARY, UTTAM L · 2009 to 2009
$559k
CHARACTERIZING THE CELL CYCLE REGULATION OF MCM3F32GM017151 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI YOUNG, MICHAEL R · 1994 to 1995
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NIGMS NIH HHS GM17151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Correct recognition of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) is crucial to the maintenance of translational fidelity. The discriminator base A73 in human tRNALeuis critical for its specific recognition by the aaRS. Exchanging A73 for G abolishes leucine acceptance and converts it into a serine acceptor in vitro . Two RNA microhelices of 24 nt length that correspond to the tRNALeuacceptor stem and differ only in the discriminator base were synthesized: a wild-type tRNALeumicrohelix, where nt 21 corresponds to the discriminator base position 73, and an A21G mutant microhelix. To investigate whether different identities of both tRNAs are caused by conformational differences, NMR and UV melting experiments were performed on both microhelices. Two-dimentional NOESY spectra showed both microhelices to exhibit the same overall conformation at their 3'-CCA ends. Thermodynamic analysis and melting behaviour of the base-paired imino protons observed by NMR spectroscopy suggest that the A21G (A73G in tRNA) exchange results in a decrease of melting transition cooperativity and a destabilization of the terminal G1-C20 (G1-C72 in tRNA) base pair. Furthermore, the fact that this 3'-terminal imino proton is more solvent-exposed at physiological temperature might be another indication for the importance of the stability of the terminal base pair for specific tRNA recognition.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationAdenineBase CompositionCytosineGuanineHumansLeucineNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtonsRNA, Transfer, LeuRNA, Transfer, SerSerineSerine-tRNA LigaseTemperatureUltraviolet RaysAdenineCytosineGuanineLeucineProtonsRNA, Transfer, LeuRNA, Transfer, SerSerineSerine-tRNA Ligase

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PMID9358165
PMCPMC147070
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