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Vazin M, Huang PJJ, Matuszek Ż, Liu J. Biochemical Characterization of a Lanthanide-Dependent DNAzyme with Normal and Phosphorothioate-Modified Substrates. Biochemistry 2015; 54:6132-8. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Mahsa Vazin
- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Chemistry,
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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Trotter JR, Ernst NL, Carnes J, Panicucci B, Stuart K. A deletion site editing endonuclease in Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Cell 2005; 20:403-12. [PMID: 16285922 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2005] [Revised: 09/08/2005] [Accepted: 09/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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RNA editing in Trypanosoma brucei inserts and deletes uridines in mitochondrial mRNAs by a series of enzymatic steps that are catalyzed by a multiprotein complex, the editosome. KREPB1 and two related editosome proteins KREPB2 and KREPB3 contain motifs that suggest endonuclease and RNA/protein interaction functions. Repression of KREPB1 expression in procyclic forms by RNAi inhibited growth, in vivo editing, and in vitro endoribonucleolytic cleavage of deletion substrates. However, cleavage of insertion substrates and the exoUase, TUTase, and ligase catalytic activities of editing were retained by 20S editosomes. Repression of expression of an ectopic KREPB1 allele in bloodstream forms lacking both endogenous alleles or exclusive expression of KREPB1 with point mutations in the putative RNase III catalytic domain also blocked growth, in vivo editing, and abolished cleavage of deletion substrates, without affecting the other editing steps. These data indicate that KREPB1 is an endoribonuclease that is specific for RNA editing deletion sites.
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Carnes J, Trotter JR, Ernst NL, Steinberg A, Stuart K. An essential RNase III insertion editing endonuclease in Trypanosoma brucei. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:16614-9. [PMID: 16269544 PMCID: PMC1283813 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506133102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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RNA editing adds and deletes uridine nucleotides in many preedited mRNAs to create translatable mRNAs in the mitochondria of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Kinetoplastid RNA editing protein B3 (KREPB3, formerly TbMP61) is part of the multiprotein complex that catalyzes editing in T. brucei and contains an RNase III motif that suggests nuclease function. Repression of KREPB3 expression, either by RNA interference in procyclic forms (PFs) or by conditional inactivation of an ectopic KREPB3 allele in bloodstream forms (BFs) that lack both endogenous alleles, strongly inhibited growth and in vivo editing in PFs and completely blocked them in BFs. KREPB3 repression inhibited cleavage of insertion editing substrates but not deletion editing substrates in vitro, whereas the terminal uridylyl transferase, U-specific exoribonuclease, and ligase activities of editing were unaffected, and approximately 20S editosomes were retained. Expression of KREPB3 alleles with single amino acid mutations in the RNase III motif had similar consequences. These data indicate that KREPB3 is an RNA editing endonuclease that is specific for insertion sites and is accordingly renamed KREN2 (kinetoplastid RNA editing endonuclease 2).
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- Jason Carnes
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Kuusela S, Lönnberg H. Metal ion-promoted hydrolysis of uridine 2′, 3′ - cyclic monophosphate: Effect of metal chelates and uncomplexed aquo ions. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.610051205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Baykal U, Akkaya MS, Akkaya EU. Remarkable phosphodiester hydrolysis activity of a novel CeIV complex in neutral aqueous solutions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1169(99)00160-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhu B, Zhao DQ, Ni JZ, Ying D, Huang BQ, Wang ZL. Lanthanide binuclear macrocyclic complexes as synthetic enzymes for the cleavage of DNA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1169(98)00175-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ciesiołka J, Michałowski D, Wrzesinski J, Krajewski J, Krzyzosiak WJ. Patterns of cleavages induced by lead ions in defined RNA secondary structure motifs. J Mol Biol 1998; 275:211-20. [PMID: 9466904 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We have characterized the susceptibility of various RNA bulges, loops and other single-stranded sequences to hydrolysis promoted by Pb2+. The reactivity of bulges depends primarily on the structural context of the flanking base-pairs and the effect of nucleotide present at the 5' side of the bulge is particularly strong. The efficiency of stacking interactions between the bulged residue and its neighbors seems to determine cleavage specificity and efficiency. Hydrolysis of two- and three-nucleotide bulges depends only slightly on their nucleotide composition. In the case of terminal loops, the efficiency of their hydrolysis usually increases with the loop size and strongly depends on its nucleotide composition. Stable tetraloops UUCG, CUUG and GCAA are resistant to hydrolysis, while in some other loops of the GNRA family a single, weak cleavage occurs, suggesting the existence of structural subclasses within the family. A very efficient, specific hydrolysis of a phosphodiester bond in the single-stranded region adjacent to the stem in oligomer 12 resembles highly specific cleavages of some tRNA molecules. The reaction occurs in the presence of Pb2+, but not in the presence of several other metal ions. The Pb(2+)-cleavable RNA domain may be considered another example of leadzyme. The results of Pb(2+)-induced hydrolysis in model RNA oligomers should be useful in interpretation of cleavage patterns of much larger, naturally occurring RNA molecules.
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- J Ciesiołka
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Hay RW, Govan N. A lanthanum macrocycle catalysed hydrolysis of 2,4-dinitrophenyl diethyl phosphate and O-isopropyl methylfluorophosphote (Sarin). Polyhedron 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0277-5387(97)00236-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bruice TC, Tsubouchi A, Dempcy RO, Olson LP. One- and Two-Metal Ion Catalysis of the Hydrolysis of Adenosine 3‘-Alkyl Phosphate Esters. Models for One- and Two-Metal Ion Catalysis of RNA Hydrolysis. J Am Chem Soc 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9607300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Thomas C. Bruice
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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Wrzesinski J, Michałowski D, Ciesiołka J, Krzyzosiak WJ. Specific RNA cleavages induced by manganese ions. FEBS Lett 1995; 374:62-8. [PMID: 7589514 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)01077-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The specificity and efficiency of manganese ion-induced RNA hydrolysis was studied with several tRNA molecules. In case of yeast tRNA(Phe), the main cleavage occurs at p16 and minor cuts at p17-18, p20-21, p34 and p36-37. The major Mn(II)-induced cut in yeast elongator tRNA(Met) is also located in the D-loop at p16 and it is stronger than that observed in tRNA(Phe). In initiator tRNA(Met) from yeast two strong Mn(II) cleavages of equal intensity occur at p16 and p17. This is in contrast with single, much weaker cuts induced in the D-loop of that tRNA by Mg(II), Eu(III) and Pb(II) ions. Interestingly, in case of yeast tRNA(Glu) the main cleavage caused by Mn(II), Mg(II) and Pb(II) ions occurs in the anticodon loop. The involvement of hypermodified base mnm5s2U in this cleavage was ruled out based on results obtained with in vitro transcript of yeast tRNA(Glu) anticodon arm. Mutation of a single base A37G in the anticodon loop of the transcript drastically reduced the specificity of Mn(II)-induced hydrolysis.
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MESH Headings
- Anticodon/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Codon, Initiator
- DNA Primers
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Hydrolysis
- Ions
- Magnesium/metabolism
- Manganese/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Glu/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Met/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Phe/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Time Factors
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- J Wrzesinski
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Matsuo M, Yokogawa T, Nishikawa K, Watanabe K, Okada N. Highly specific and efficient cleavage of squid tRNA(Lys) catalyzed by magnesium ions. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:10097-104. [PMID: 7730314 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.17.10097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Two lysine isoacceptor tRNAs corresponding to the codons AAA and AAG, respectively, were isolated from squid (Loligo bleekeri), and their nucleotide sequences were determined. During this analysis, we discovered that the tRNA with the anticodon CUU was efficiently cleaved at a specific site in the presence of magnesium ions, whereas the tRNA with the anticodon UUU was not. Cleavage occurred almost exclusively at the phosphodiester linkage between G15 and D16 (p16). The most remarkable feature of this cleavage reaction is that the end product was not a 2',3'-cyclic phosphate but was mainly a 3'-phosphate. Thus, this reaction was distinct from the well characterized cleavage of yeast tRNA(Phe) by lead and from reactions catalyzed by various other metalloribozymes. The presence of a cytidine residue at position 60 was required for efficient cleavage but was not crucial for the reaction, and the entire tRNA molecule had to be intact for this specific and efficient cleavage reaction. The present study provides evidence that there exists a new catalytic mechanism for cleavage of tRNA that exploits biologically ubiquitous ions rather than toxic, nonessential ions such as lead.
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- M Matsuo
- Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
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Amin S, Morrow JR, Lake CH, Churchill MR. Komplexe aus Lanthanoid(III)-Ionen und makrocyclischen Tetraamiden als synthetische Ribonucleasen: Struktur und katalytische Eigenschaften von [La(tcmc)(CF3SO3)(EtOH)](CF3SO3)2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.19941060729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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RNA phosphodiester bonds can be cleaved by metal ions, of which Pb2+ is one of the most effective. It can cleave both generally and site-specifically, depending on the substrate and the conditions. In addition, metal ions are also known to cleave ester bonds between amino acid and the 3'-end of transfer RNA. Here we report that in aminoacylated transfer RNA, Pb2+ ions cleave internucleotide bonds in the 3'-end of tRNA and also cleaves the bond between tRNA and its amino-acid, attached at the 3'-end via an ester bond to the terminal ribose in aminoacyl tRNA. The two reactions proceed at different rates. The rate of deacylation is significantly faster than the rate of cleavage of phosphodiester bonds, with a pH-optimum of 7. This dual hydrolytic role is not seen for other metal ions examined, namely Zn(II), Cd(II) and Mn(II). The rate of the two kinds of hydrolyses by Pb2+ ions is compared with that of other metal-ions. The mechanism of cleavage is investigated further by modification of the 3'-end of tRNA.
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MESH Headings
- Acylation
- Cadmium/metabolism
- Esters/metabolism
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Hydrolysis
- Lead/metabolism
- Manganese/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Cys/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Cys/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Phe/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Phe/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Ser/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Ser/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Tyr/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Tyr/metabolism
- Zinc/metabolism
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- D E Otzen
- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Streicher B, von Ahsen U, Schroeder R. Lead cleavage sites in the core structure of group I intron-RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:311-7. [PMID: 7680116 PMCID: PMC309108 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.2.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Self-splicing of group I introns requires divalent metal ions to promote catalysis as well as for the correct folding of the RNA. Lead cleavage has been used to probe the intron RNA for divalent metal ion binding sites. In the conserved core of the intron, only two sites of Pb2+ cleavage have been detected, which are located close to the substrate binding sites in the junction J8/7 and at the bulged nucleotide in the P7 stem. Both lead cleavages can be inhibited by high concentrations of Mg2+ and Mn2+ ions, suggesting that they displace Pb2+ ions from the binding sites. The RNA is protected from lead cleavage by 2'-deoxyGTP, a competitive inhibitor of splicing. The two major lead induced cleavages are both located in the conserved core of the intron and at phosphates, which had independently been demonstrated to interact with magnesium ions and to be essential for splicing. Thus, we suggest that the conditions required for lead cleavage occur mainly at those sites, where divalent ions bind that are functionally involved in catalysis. We propose lead cleavage analysis of functional RNA to be a useful tool for mapping functional magnesium ion binding sites.
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- B Streicher
- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria
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Kazakov S, Altman S. Site-specific cleavage by metal ion cofactors and inhibitors of M1 RNA, the catalytic subunit of RNase P from Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:9193-7. [PMID: 1718000 PMCID: PMC52679 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.20.9193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The location of phosphate residues involved in specific centers for binding of metal ions in M1 RNA, the catalytic RNA subunit of RNase P from Escherichia coli, was determined by analysis of induction of cleavage of RNA by metal ions. At pH 9.5, Mg2+ catalyzes cleavage of M1 RNA at five principal sites. Under certain conditions, Mn2+ and Ca2+ can each replace Mg2+ as the cofactor in the processing of precursor tRNAs by M1 RNA and P RNA, the RNA subunit of RNase P from Bacillus subtilis. These cations, as well as various metal ion inhibitors of the catalytic activity of M1 RNA, also promote cleavage of M1 RNA in a specific manner. Certain conditions that affect the catalytic activity of M1 RNA also alter the rate of metal ion-induced cleavage at the various sites. From these results and a comparison of cleavage of M1 RNA with that of a deletion mutant of M1 RNA and of P RNA, we have identified two different centers for binding of metal ions in M1 RNA that are important for the processing of the precursor to tRNA(Tyr) from E. coli. There is also a center for the binding of metal ions in the substrate, close to the site of cleavage by M1 RNA.
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- S Kazakov
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511
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Ligner G, Mohan R, Knittel S, Duportail G. Hypersensitivity of terbium and europium ions luminescence in biological substrates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0584-8539(90)80037-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ciesiołka J, Wrzesinski J, Górnicki P, Podkowiński J, Krzyzosiak WJ. Analysis of magnesium, europium and lead binding sites in methionine initiator and elongator tRNAs by specific metal-ion-induced cleavages. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 186:71-7. [PMID: 2689176 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb15179.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The specificity of cleavages in yeast and lupin initiator and elongator methionine tRNAs induced by magnesium, europium and lead has been analysed and compared with known patterns of yeast tRNA(Phe) hydrolysis. The strong D-loop cleavages occur in methionine elongator tRNAs at similar positions and with comparable efficiency to those found in tRNA(Phe), while the sites of weak anticodon loop cuts, identical in methionine elongator tRNAs, differ from those found in tRNA(Phe). Methionine initiator tRNAs differ from their elongator counterparts: (a) they are cleaved in the D-loop with much lower efficiency; (b) they are cleaved in the variable loop which is completely resistant to hydrolysis in elongator tRNAs; (c) cleavages in the anticodon loop are stronger in initiator tRNAs and they are located mostly at the 5' side of the loop whereas in elongator tRNAs they occur mostly at the opposite, 3' side of the loop. The distinct pattern of the anticodon loop cleavages is considered to be related to different conformations of the anticodon loop in the two types of methionine tRNAs.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Europium/metabolism
- Hydrolysis
- Lead/metabolism
- Magnesium/metabolism
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Peptide Elongation Factors/metabolism
- Peptide Initiation Factors/metabolism
- Plants
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific/analysis
- RNA, Transfer, Met/analysis
- RNA, Transfer, Met/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Phe/analysis
- RNA, Transfer, Phe/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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- J Ciesiołka
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań
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Ciesiołka J, Marciniec T, Krzyzosiak W. Probing the environment of lanthanide binding sites in yeast tRNA(Phe) by specific metal-ion-promoted cleavages. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 182:445-50. [PMID: 2661230 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb14851.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Specific yeast tRNA(Phe) hydrolysis brought about by europium ions has been studied in detail using the 32P-end-labeled tRNA and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The dependence of the induced cleavages on pH, temperature and concentration of the europium ions has been determined. Europium hydrolyzes yeast tRNA(Phe) in the D-loop at phosphates 16 and 18, and the anticodon loop of phosphates 34 and 36. The two D-loop cuts are thought to take place from two distinct europium binding sites, while the two anticodon loop cleavages from a single site. Eight other members of the lanthanide series and ytrium give basically the same pattern of cleavages as europium. The specific cleavages taking place in the anticodon loop occur in an intramolecular mode from the lanthanide binding site that has not been found in yeast tRNA(Phe) crystal structure. It appears from the comparison of the europium-promoted cuts with those generated by magnesium and lead that the former two ions give more similar but not identical cleavage patterns. The usefulness of the specific cleavages induced by lanthanides for probing their own and magnesium binding sites in tRNA is discussed.
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- J Ciesiołka
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań
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Marciniec T, Ciesiołka J, Wrzesinski J, Krzyzosiak WJ. Identification of the magnesium, europium and lead binding sites in E. coli and lupine tRNAPhe by specific metal ion-induced cleavages. FEBS Lett 1989; 243:293-8. [PMID: 2645170 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80148-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Pb, Eu and Mg-induced cleavages in E. coli and lupine tRNAPhe have been characterized and compared with those found in yeast tRNAPhe. The pattern of lupine tRNAPhe hydrolysis closely resembles that of yeast tRNAPhe, while several major differences occur in the specificity and efficiency of the E. coli tRNAPhe hydrolysis. The latter tRNA is cleaved with much lower yield in the D-loop, and interestingly, cleavage is also detected in the variable region, that is highly resistant to hydrolysis in eukaryotic tRNAs. The possible location of tight Pb, Eu and Mg binding sites in E. coli tRNAPhe is discussed on the basis of the specific hydrolysis data.
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- T Marciniec
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan
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Kazakov SA, Astashkina TG, Mamaev SV, Vlassov VV. Site-specific cleavage of single-stranded DNAs at unique sites by a copper-dependent redox reaction. Nature 1988; 335:186-8. [PMID: 3412475 DOI: 10.1038/335186a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Metal ions play a crucial role not only in the formation and maintenance of nucleic acid structure, but also in important biochemical conversions of polynucleotides. Some aqueous metal ions, acting as general acid/base (or electrophilic/nucleophilic) catalysts, can induce site-specific cleavage of RNA. DNA is not cleaved efficiently by the non-redox metal-induced mechanism. However, DNA degradation by radicals formed in the metal-catalysed auto-oxidation of ascorbate (or other reducing agents) is well known. In the past, the observed cleavage reactions have not been very specific. Here, we report a non-enzymatic cleavage of single-stranded DNA occurring at unique sites due to redox reactions involving copper. This could be considered a 'self-cleavage' reaction, by analogy with the lead-induced non-redox RNA cleavage reaction. This site-specific cleavage of DNA, stimulated by ascorbate and hydrogen peroxide, is most efficient under physiological conditions, so this phenomenon may have biological significance.
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- S A Kazakov
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
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Crystalline complexes of yeast phenylalanine tRNA and Lead (II) ion were prepared by soaking pregrown orthorhombic crystals of tRNA in saturated lead chloride solutions. The locations of tightly bound lead ions on the tRNA were determined by difference Fourier methods. There are three major lead binding sites; two of these replace tightly bound magnesium ions in the native tRNA structure. Site I is located in the dihydrouridine loop of the molecule adjacent to phosphate P18 which is specifically cleaved by lead. This is evident from changes observed in the Pb-native difference electron density maps. A possible mechanism for lead ion hydrolysis of the polynucleotide chain is proposed.
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- J R Rubin
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Swaminathan V, Sundaralingam M. The crystal structures of metal complexes of nucleic acids and their constituents. CRC CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1979; 6:245-336. [PMID: 378535 DOI: 10.3109/10409237909102565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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