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Clifton BE, Fariz MA, Uechi GI, Laurino P. Evolutionary repair reveals an unexpected role of the tRNA modification m1G37 in aminoacylation. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:12467-12485. [PMID: 34761260 PMCID: PMC8643618 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The tRNA modification m1G37, introduced by the tRNA methyltransferase TrmD, is thought to be essential for growth in bacteria because it suppresses translational frameshift errors at proline codons. However, because bacteria can tolerate high levels of mistranslation, it is unclear why loss of m1G37 is not tolerated. Here, we addressed this question through experimental evolution of trmD mutant strains of Escherichia coli. Surprisingly, trmD mutant strains were viable even if the m1G37 modification was completely abolished, and showed rapid recovery of growth rate, mainly via duplication or mutation of the proline-tRNA ligase gene proS. Growth assays and in vitro aminoacylation assays showed that G37-unmodified tRNAPro is aminoacylated less efficiently than m1G37-modified tRNAPro, and that growth of trmD mutant strains can be largely restored by single mutations in proS that restore aminoacylation of G37-unmodified tRNAPro. These results show that inefficient aminoacylation of tRNAPro is the main reason for growth defects observed in trmD mutant strains and that proS may act as a gatekeeper of translational accuracy, preventing the use of error-prone unmodified tRNAPro in translation. Our work shows the utility of experimental evolution for uncovering the hidden functions of essential genes and has implications for the development of antibiotics targeting TrmD.
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- Ben E Clifton
- Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Shulgina Y, Eddy SR. A computational screen for alternative genetic codes in over 250,000 genomes. eLife 2021; 10:71402. [PMID: 34751130 PMCID: PMC8629427 DOI: 10.7554/elife.71402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The genetic code has been proposed to be a ‘frozen accident,’ but the discovery of alternative genetic codes over the past four decades has shown that it can evolve to some degree. Since most examples were found anecdotally, it is difficult to draw general conclusions about the evolutionary trajectories of codon reassignment and why some codons are affected more frequently. To fill in the diversity of genetic codes, we developed Codetta, a computational method to predict the amino acid decoding of each codon from nucleotide sequence data. We surveyed the genetic code usage of over 250,000 bacterial and archaeal genome sequences in GenBank and discovered five new reassignments of arginine codons (AGG, CGA, and CGG), representing the first sense codon changes in bacteria. In a clade of uncultivated Bacilli, the reassignment of AGG to become the dominant methionine codon likely evolved by a change in the amino acid charging of an arginine tRNA. The reassignments of CGA and/or CGG were found in genomes with low GC content, an evolutionary force that likely helped drive these codons to low frequency and enable their reassignment. All life forms rely on a ‘code’ to translate their genetic information into proteins. This code relies on limited permutations of three nucleotides – the building blocks that form DNA and other types of genetic information. Each ‘triplet’ of nucleotides – or codon – encodes a specific amino acid, the basic component of proteins. Reading the sequence of codons in the right order will let the cell know which amino acid to assemble next on a growing protein. For instance, the codon CGG – formed of the nucleotides guanine (G) and cytosine (C) – codes for the amino acid arginine. From bacteria to humans, most life forms rely on the same genetic code. Yet certain organisms have evolved to use slightly different codes, where one or several codons have an altered meaning. To better understand how alternative genetic codes have evolved, Shulgina and Eddy set out to find more organisms featuring these altered codons, creating a new software called Codetta that can analyze the genome of a microorganism and predict the genetic code it uses. Codetta was then used to sift through the genetic information of 250,000 microorganisms. This was made possible by the sequencing, in recent years, of the genomes of hundreds of thousands of bacteria and other microorganisms – including many never studied before. These analyses revealed five groups of bacteria with alternative genetic codes, all of which had changes in the codons that code for arginine. Amongst these, four had genomes with a low proportion of guanine and cytosine nucleotides. This may have made some guanine and cytosine-rich arginine codons very rare in these organisms and, therefore, easier to be reassigned to encode another amino acid. The work by Shulgina and Eddy demonstrates that Codetta is a new, useful tool that scientists can use to understand how genetic codes evolve. In addition, it can also help to ensure the accuracy of widely used protein databases, which assume which genetic code organisms use to predict protein sequences from their genomes.
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- Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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Yoluç Y, Ammann G, Barraud P, Jora M, Limbach PA, Motorin Y, Marchand V, Tisné C, Borland K, Kellner S. Instrumental analysis of RNA modifications. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 56:178-204. [PMID: 33618598 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2021.1887807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Organisms from all domains of life invest a substantial amount of energy for the introduction of RNA modifications into nearly all transcripts studied to date. Instrumental analysis of RNA can focus on the modified residues and reveal the function of these epitranscriptomic marks. Here, we will review recent advances and breakthroughs achieved by NMR spectroscopy, sequencing, and mass spectrometry of the epitranscriptome.
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- Yasemin Yoluç
- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Expression génétique microbienne, UMR 8261, CNRS, Institut de biologie physico-chimique, IBPC, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, UMR7365 IMoPA, Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, INSERM, Epitranscriptomics and RNA Sequencing Core facility, UM S2008, IBSLor, Nancy, France
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- Expression génétique microbienne, UMR 8261, CNRS, Institut de biologie physico-chimique, IBPC, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Nilsson EM, Alexander RW. Bacterial wobble modifications of NNA-decoding tRNAs. IUBMB Life 2019; 71:1158-1166. [PMID: 31283100 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Nucleotides of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are highly modified, particularly at the anticodon. Bacterial tRNAs that read A-ending codons are especially notable. The U34 nucleotide canonically present in these tRNAs is modified by a wide range of complex chemical constituents. An additional two A-ending codons are not read by U34-containing tRNAs but are accommodated by either inosine or lysidine at the wobble position (I34 or L34). The structural basis for many N34 modifications in both tRNA aminoacylation and ribosome decoding has been elucidated, and evolutionary conservation of modifying enzymes is also becoming clearer. Here we present a brief review of the structure, function, and conservation of wobble modifications in tRNAs that translate A-ending codons. © 2019 IUBMB Life, 2019 © 2019 IUBMB Life, 71(8):1158-1166, 2019.
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- Emil M Nilsson
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Zhou Q, Vu Ngoc BT, Leszczynska G, Stigliani JL, Pratviel G. Oxidation of 5-methylaminomethyl uridine (mnm⁵U) by Oxone Leads to Aldonitrone Derivatives. Biomolecules 2018; 8:biom8040145. [PMID: 30441840 PMCID: PMC6315764 DOI: 10.3390/biom8040145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Oxidative RNA damage is linked to cell dysfunction and diseases. The present work focuses on the in vitro oxidation of 5-methylaminomethyl uridine (mnm5U), which belongs to the numerous post-transcriptional modifications that are found in tRNA. The reaction of oxone with mnm5U in water at pH 7.5 leads to two aldonitrone derivatives. They form by two oxidation steps and one dehydration step. Therefore, the potential oxidation products of mnm5U in vivo may not be only aldonitrones, but also hydroxylamine and imine derivatives (which may be chemically more reactive). Irradiation of aldonitrone leads to unstable oxaziridine derivatives that are susceptible to isomerization to amide or to hydrolysis to aldehyde derivative.
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- Qishun Zhou
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse CEDEX4, France.
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, UPS, 31330 Toulouse, France.
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse CEDEX4, France.
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, UPS, 31330 Toulouse, France.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse CEDEX4, France.
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, UPS, 31330 Toulouse, France.
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse CEDEX4, France.
- Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, UPS, 31330 Toulouse, France.
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Väre VYP, Eruysal ER, Narendran A, Sarachan KL, Agris PF. Chemical and Conformational Diversity of Modified Nucleosides Affects tRNA Structure and Function. Biomolecules 2017; 7:E29. [PMID: 28300792 PMCID: PMC5372741 DOI: 10.3390/biom7010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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RNAs are central to all gene expression through the control of protein synthesis. Four major nucleosides, adenosine, guanosine, cytidine and uridine, compose RNAs and provide sequence variation, but are limited in contributions to structural variation as well as distinct chemical properties. The ability of RNAs to play multiple roles in cellular metabolism is made possible by extensive variation in length, conformational dynamics, and the over 100 post-transcriptional modifications. There are several reviews of the biochemical pathways leading to RNA modification, but the physicochemical nature of modified nucleosides and how they facilitate RNA function is of keen interest, particularly with regard to the contributions of modified nucleosides. Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are the most extensively modified RNAs. The diversity of modifications provide versatility to the chemical and structural environments. The added chemistry, conformation and dynamics of modified nucleosides occurring at the termini of stems in tRNA's cloverleaf secondary structure affect the global three-dimensional conformation, produce unique recognition determinants for macromolecules to recognize tRNAs, and affect the accurate and efficient decoding ability of tRNAs. This review will discuss the impact of specific chemical moieties on the structure, stability, electrochemical properties, and function of tRNAs.
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- Ville Y P Väre
- The RNA Institute, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- The RNA Institute, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- The RNA Institute, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- The RNA Institute, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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- The RNA Institute, Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
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Wang Y, Tsao ML. Reassigning Sense Codon AGA to Encode Noncanonical Amino Acids in Escherichia coli. Chembiochem 2016; 17:2234-2239. [PMID: 27647777 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A new method has been developed to reassign the rare codon AGA in Escherichia coli by engineering an orthogonal tRNA/aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pair derived from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. The tRNA mutant was introduced with a UCU anticodon, and the synthetase was evolved to correctly recognize the modified tRNA anticodon loop and to selectively charge a target noncanonical amino acid (NAA) onto the tRNA. In order to maximize the efficiency of AGA codon reassignment, while avoiding the lethal effects caused by global codon reassignment in cellular proteins, an inducible promoter (araBAD) was utilized to provide temporal controls for overexpression of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and switch on codon reassignment. Using this system, we were able to efficiently incorporate p-acetylphenylalanine, O-methyl-tyrosine, and p-iodophenylalanine into proteins in response to AGA codons. Also, we found that E. coli strain GM10 was optimal in achieving the highest AGA reassignment rates. The successful reassignment of AGA codons reported here provides a new avenue to further expand the genetic code.
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- Yiyan Wang
- School of Natural Sciences, University of California, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of California, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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Comprehensive profiling of ribonucleosides modification by affinity zirconium oxide-silica composite monolithic column online solid–phase microextraction – Mass spectrometry analysis. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1462:90-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.07.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Kitamura A, Sengoku T, Nishimoto M, Yokoyama S, Bessho Y. Crystal structure of the bifunctional tRNA modification enzyme MnmC from Escherichia coli. Protein Sci 2011; 20:1105-13. [PMID: 21574198 DOI: 10.1002/pro.659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Revised: 04/30/2011] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Post-transcriptional modifications of bases within the transfer RNAs (tRNA) anticodon significantly affect the decoding system. In bacteria and eukaryotes, uridines at the wobble position (U34) of some tRNAs are modified to 5-methyluridine derivatives (xm⁵U). These xm⁵U34-containing tRNAs read codons ending with A or G, whereas tRNAs with the unmodified U34 are able to read all four synonymous codons of a family box. In Escherichia coli (E.coli), the bifunctional enzyme MnmC catalyzes the two consecutive reactions that convert 5-carboxymethylaminomethyl uridine (cmnm⁵U) to 5-methylaminomethyl uridine (mnm⁵U). The C-terminal domain of MnmC (MnmC1) is responsible for the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-dependent deacetylation of cmnm⁵U to 5-aminomethyl uridine (nm⁵U), whereas the N-terminal domain (MnmC2) catalyzes the subsequent S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methylation of nm⁵U, leading to the final product, mnm⁵U34. Here, we determined the crystal structure of E.coli MnmC containing FAD, at 3.0 Å resolution. The structure of the MnmC1 domain can be classified in the FAD-dependent glutathione reductase 2 structural family, including the glycine oxidase ThiO, whereas the MnmC2 domain adopts the canonical class I methyltransferase fold. A structural comparison with ThiO revealed the residues that may be involved in cmnm⁵U recognition, supporting previous mutational analyses. The catalytic sites of the two reactions are both surrounded by conserved basic residues for possible anticodon binding, and are located far away from each other, on opposite sides of the protein. These results suggest that, although the MnmC1 and MnmC2 domains are physically linked, they could catalyze the two consecutive reactions in a rather independent manner.
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- Aya Kitamura
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Sakamoto K, Ishimaru S, Kobayashi T, Walker JR, Yokoyama S. The Escherichia coli argU10(Ts) phenotype is caused by a reduction in the cellular level of the argU tRNA for the rare codons AGA and AGG. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:5899-905. [PMID: 15317795 PMCID: PMC516816 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.17.5899-5905.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli argU10(Ts) mutation in the argU gene, encoding the minor tRNA(Arg) species for the rare codons AGA and AGG, causes pleiotropic defects, including growth inhibition at high temperatures, as well as the Pin phenotype at 30 degrees C. In the present study, we first showed that the codon selectivity and the arginine-accepting activity of the argU tRNA are both essential for complementing the temperature-sensitive growth, indicating that this defect is caused at the level of translation. An in vitro analysis of the effects of the argU10(Ts) mutation on tRNA functions revealed that the affinity with elongation factor Tu-GTP of the argU10(Ts) mutant tRNA is impaired at 30 and 43 degrees C, and this defect is more serious at the higher temperature. The arginine acceptance is also impaired significantly but to similar extents at the two temperatures. An in vivo analysis of aminoacylation levels showed that 30% of the argU10(Ts) tRNA molecules in the mutant cells are actually deacylated at 30 degrees C, while most of the argU tRNA molecules in the wild-type cells are aminoacylated. Furthermore, the cellular level of this mutant tRNA is one-tenth that of the wild-type argU tRNA. At 43 degrees C, the cellular level of the argU10(Ts) tRNA is further reduced to a trace amount, while neither the cellular abundance nor the aminoacylation level of the wild-type argU tRNA changes. We concluded that the phenotypic properties of the argU10(Ts) mutant result from these reduced intracellular levels of the tRNA, which are probably caused by the defective interactions with elongation factor Tu and arginyl-tRNA synthetase.
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- Kensaku Sakamoto
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Takai K, Yokoyama S. Roles of 5-substituents of tRNA wobble uridines in the recognition of purine-ending codons. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:6383-91. [PMID: 14602896 PMCID: PMC275538 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2003] [Revised: 09/10/2003] [Accepted: 09/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Many tRNA molecules that recognize the purine-ending codons but not the pyrimidine-ending codons have a modified uridine at the wobble position, in which a methylene carbon is attached directly to position 5 of the uracil ring. Although several models have been proposed concerning the mechanism by which the 5-substituents regulate codon-reading properties of the tRNAs, none could explain recent results of the experiments utilizing well-characterized modification-deficient strains of Escherichia coli. Here, we first summarize previous studies on the codon-reading properties of tRNA molecules with a U derivative at the wobble position. Then, we propose a hypothetical mechanism of the reading of the G-ending codons by such tRNA molecules that could explain the experimental results. The hypothesis supposes unconventional base pairs between a protonated form of the modified uridines and the G at the third position of the codon stabilized by two direct hydrogen bonds between the bases. The hypothesis also addresses differences between the prokaryotic and eukaryotic decoding systems.
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- Kazuyuki Takai
- Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University, 3, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan.
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Boomershine WP, Raj MLS, Gopalan V, Foster MP. Preparation of uniformly labeled NMR samples in Escherichia coli under the tight control of the araBAD promoter: expression of an archaeal homolog of the RNase P Rpp29 protein. Protein Expr Purif 2003; 28:246-51. [PMID: 12699688 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-5928(02)00707-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We report the first use of the tightly regulated araBAD promoter for generating uniformly labeled samples for NMR. The araBAD promoter provides a distinct advantage over that of the most commonly used protein overexpression systems in bacteria (e.g., in pET vectors: T7lac), in that it provides much tighter control over basal expression. However, use of araBAD-regulated expression for preparation of uniformly labeled protein samples for NMR is complicated by the fact that glucose (the most commonly used carbon source in defined minimal media) indirectly represses transcription, and thus, cannot be used. After experimenting with alternative media, we found that uniformly labeled NMR samples can be prepared using the highly regulated arabinose-inducible promoter and that suitable yields can be obtained in defined minimal media containing glycerol, not glucose, as the carbon source.
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Sekine M, Kurasawa O, Shohda KI, Seio K, Wada T. Essential Factors for Stabilization of the Predominant C3′-endo Conformation in Dinucleoside Phosphotriester Derivatives with Cyclonucleotide Bridge Structures at the Downstream 3′-Position. European J Org Chem 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1099-0690(200105)2001:10<1989::aid-ejoc1989>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Sekine M, Kurasawa O, Shohda K, Seio K, Wada T. Synthesis and properties of oligonucleotides having a phosphorus chiral center by incorporation of conformationally rigid 5'-cyclouridylic acid derivatives. J Org Chem 2000; 65:6515-24. [PMID: 11052096 DOI: 10.1021/jo0002588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This paper describes the design and synthesis of a conformationally rigid dimer building block Umpc3Um as a chiral center at the phosphate group with the S/N junction where c3 refers to a propylene bridge linked between the uracil 5-position and 5'-phosphate group of pUm. The extensive H1 NMR analysis of Umpc3Um suggests that the 5'-upstream Um has predominantly a C2'-endo conformation and the pc3Um moiety exists almost exclusively in a C3'-endo conformation. The absolute configuration of the diastereomers Umpc3Um(fast) (8a) and Umpc3Um(slow) (8b) was determined by CD spectroscopy as well as computer simulations. The oligonucleotides U4[Umpc3Um(fast)]U4 (13a) and U4[Umpc3Um(slow)]U4 (13b) incorporating 8a and 8b were synthesized by use of the phosphoramidite building blocks 11a and 11b, respectively. The Tm experiments of the duplexes formed between these modified oligomers and the complementary oligomers imply that the modified oligomer 13a having Umpc3Um(fast) has the Sp configuration at the chiral phosphoryl group.
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- M Sekine
- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
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Sekine M, Kurasawa O, Shohda KI, Seio K, Wada T. Synthesis and properties of oligodeoxynucleotides incorporating a conformationally rigid uridine unit having a cyclic structure at the 5'-terminal site. J Org Chem 2000; 65:3571-8. [PMID: 10864738 DOI: 10.1021/jo991374h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A 2'-O-methyluridylic acid derivative 3 having a cyclic structure linked between the 5-position of the uracil residue and the 5'-phosphate group was synthesized. The NMR analysis suggests that this cyclouridylic acid derivative has exclusively the C3'-endo conformation that is in favor of duplex formation with RNA. Two oligonucleotides ¿pc3Um(pT)(9) and pc3Um(pU)(9) incorporating this cyclouridylic acid unit at the 5'-terminal site were synthesized by using the fully protected cyclouridylic acid 3'-phosphoramidite derivative 11 in the solid-phase synthesis. To examine the actual effect of this cyclic structure on the thermal stability of duplexes between the modified oligonucleotides and their complementary oligonucleotides, two oligonucleotides ¿pUm(pT)(9) and pUm(pU)(9) having an acyclic structure were also synthesized. As the complementary oligonucleotides, dA(pdA)(9) and A(pA)(9) were used for T(m) experiments with these 5'-terminal modified oligonucleotides. The T(m) values of all the possible duplexes were measured. These results clearly show that the duplex of pc3Um(pT)(9)-A(pA)(9) has a higher T(m) value by 5.5 degrees C than that of A(pA)(9)-T(pT)(9). This is rather significant compared with all other cases. Moreover, the T(m) value of pc3Um(pT)(9)-A(pA)(9) is 4.5 degrees C higher than that of pUm(pT)(9)-A(pA)(9). This result suggests that the cyclic structure can considerably contribute to stabilization of the duplex only in the case of the modified oligomer (DNA) and decaadenylate (RNA).
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- M Sekine
- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Imamura H, Jeon B, Wakagi T, Matsuzawa H. High level expression of Thermococcus litoralis 4-alpha-glucanotransferase in a soluble form in Escherichia coli with a novel expression system involving minor arginine tRNAs and GroELS. FEBS Lett 1999; 457:393-6. [PMID: 10471815 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01081-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The Thermococcus litoralis 4-alpha-glucanotransferase (GTase) gene has a high content of AGA and AGG codons for arginine, which are extremely rare in Escherichia coli. Expression of the GTase gene in E. coli resulted in low protein production and the accumulation of inclusion bodies. However, simultaneous expression of GTase with tRNA(AGA), tRNA(AGG) and GroELS affected both the production and solubility of GTase, and production of soluble GTase increasing about 5-fold. This new E. coli expression system should be applicable to the expression of not only archaeal but also eukaryotic genes, which usually contain a large number of AGA and AGG codons.
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- H Imamura
- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Takai K, Takaku H, Yokoyama S. In vitro codon-reading specificities of unmodified tRNA molecules with different anticodons on the sequence background of Escherichia coli tRNASer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 257:662-7. [PMID: 10208840 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The codon-reading properties of wobble-position variants of the unmodified form of Escherichia coli tRNASer1 (the UGA anticodon) were measured in a cell-free translation system. Two variants, with the AGA and CGA anticodons, each exclusively read a single codon, UCU and UCG, respectively. The only case of efficient wobbling occurred with the variant with the GGA anticodon, which reads the UCU codon in addition to the UCC codon. Surprisingly, this wobble reading is more efficient than the Watson-Crick reading by the variant with the AGA anticodon. Furthermore, we prepared tRNA variants with AA, UC, and CU, instead of GA, in the second and third positions and measured their relative efficiencies in the reading of codons starting with UU, GA, and AG, respectively. The specificity concerning the wobble position is essentially the same as that in the case of the codons starting with UC.
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- K Takai
- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1, Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan
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Horie N, Yamaizumi Z, Kuchino Y, Takai K, Goldman E, Miyazawa T, Nishimura S, Yokoyama S. Modified nucleosides in the first positions of the anticodons of tRNA(Leu)4 and tRNA(Leu)5 from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 1999; 38:207-17. [PMID: 9890900 DOI: 10.1021/bi981865g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Minor leucine tRNA species, tRNA(Leu)4 and tRNA(Leu)5, from Escherichia coli B have been reported to recognize leucine codons UUA and UUG [Goldman, E., Holmes, W. M., and Hatfield, G. W. (1979) J. Mol. Biol. 129, 567-585]. In the present study, these two tRNA(Leu) species were purified from E. coli A19, and the nucleotide sequences were determined by a post-labeling method. tRNA(Leu)5 was found to correspond to the tRNA gene reported as su degrees6 tRNA [Yoshimura, M., Inokuchi, H., and Ozeki, H. (1984) J. Mol. Biol. 177, 627-644]. The first letter of the anticodon was identified to be 2'-O-methylcytidine (Cm). tRNA(Leu)4 was identified as the minor leucine tRNA that has been sequenced previously (tRNA(Leu)UUR) [Yamaizumi, Z., Kuchino, Y., Harada, F., Nishimura, S., and McCloskey, J. A. (1980) J. Biol. Chem. 255, 2220-2225]. There was an unidentified modified nucleoside (N*) in the first position of the anticodon of tRNA(Leu)4. Nucleoside N* was isolated to homogeneity (1 A260 unit). By 1H NMR spectroscopy, nucleoside N was found to be a 2'-O-methyluridine derivative with a substituent having a -CH2NH2+CH2COO- moiety in position 5 of the uracil ring. On the basis of these NMR analyses together with mass spectrometry, the chemical structure of nucleoside N* was determined as 5-carboxymethylaminomethyl-2'-O-methyluridine (cmnm5Um). Nucleoside N* was thus found to be a novel type of naturally occurring modified uridine. Because of the conformational rigidity of Cm and cmnm5Um in the first position of the anticodon, these tRNA(Leu) species recognize the leucine codons UUA++ and UUG correctly, but never recognize the phenylalanine codons UUU and UUC.
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- N Horie
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Krüger MK, Pedersen S, Hagervall TG, Sørensen MA. The modification of the wobble base of tRNAGlu modulates the translation rate of glutamic acid codons in vivo. J Mol Biol 1998; 284:621-31. [PMID: 9826503 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, uridine in the wobble position of tRNAGlu and tRNALys is modified to mnm5s2U34. This modification is believed to restrict the base-pairing capability, i.e. to prevent misreading of near-cognate codons and reduce the efficiency of cognate codon reading, especially of codons ending in G. We have determined the influence of the 5-methylaminomethyl and the 2-thio modifications of mnm5s2U34 in tRNAGlu on the translation rate of the glutamate codons GAA and GAG in vivo. In wild-type cells, GAG is translated slower (7. 7 codons/second) and GAA faster (18 codons/second) than the average codon (13 codons/second). Surprisingly, tRNAGlu lacking the 5-methylaminomethyl group, thus containing s2U34, translated GAA twofold faster (47 codons/second) and GAG fourfold slower (1.9 codons/second) than fully modified tRNAGlu. In contrast, tRNAGlu that contains mnm5U34 instead of mnm5s2U34 translated GAA fourfold slower (4.5 codons/second) and GAG only 20% slower (6.2 codons/second). Clearly, the 5-methylaminomethyl group of mnm5s2U34 facilitates base-pairing with G while decreasing base-pairing with A, resulting in rates of translation of GAG and GAA that approach that of the average codon. The 2-thio group increases the recognition of GAA and has only a minor effect on the decoding of GAG. Furthermore, the 2-thio group is important for aminoacylation (see the accompanying paper). These data imply that the function of mnm5s2U34 may be different from what has been suggested previously.
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- M K Krüger
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hagervall TG, Pomerantz SC, McCloskey JA. Reduced misreading of asparagine codons by Escherichia coli tRNALys with hypomodified derivatives of 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine in the wobble position. J Mol Biol 1998; 284:33-42. [PMID: 9811540 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It has been suggested that modified nucleosides of the xm5(s2)U(m)34-type restrict the wobble capacity of the base, and that their function is to prevent misreading in the third position of the codon in mixed codon family boxes that encode two different amino acids. In this study in Escherichia coli, the misreading in vivo of asparagine codons in bacteriophage MS2 mRNA by different hypomodified derivatives of tRNALys, normally containing 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine (mnm5s2U34) in the wobble position, has been analysed. Contrary to what would be predicted from the general hypothesis for the function of mnm5s2U, it was found that the misreading of asparagine codons by tRNALys was greatly reduced in the mnmA (formerly asuE or trmU) and mnmE (formerly trmE) mutants which contain the hypomodified mnm5U34 and s2U34, respectively, instead of the fully modified mnm5s2U34. In addition, it was found that these hypomodified tRNAs were efficiently charged with lysine in vivo, under the growth conditions employed. The latter result is at variance with results obtained in vitro. The results are discussed in relation to the postulated function for modified nucleosides of the xm5s2U type.
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- T G Hagervall
- Department of Microbiology, Umeå University, Umeå, S-901 87, Sweden.
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Seio K, Wada T, Sakamoto K, Yokoyama S, Sekine M. Chemical Synthesis and Properties of Conformationally Fixed Diuridine Monophosphates as Building Blocks of the RNA Turn Motif. J Org Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/jo971797o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Kohji Seio
- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Seio K, Kurasawa O, Wada T, Sakamoto K, Yokoyama S, Sekinea M. Synthesis and Properties of Conformationally Rigid Cyclouridylic Acids Having Covalent Bonding Linkers Between the Uracil 5-Position and the 5′-Phosphate Group. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1080/07328319708006125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sakamoto K, Kawai G, Watanabe S, Niimi T, Hayashi N, Muto Y, Watanabe K, Satoh T, Sekine M, Yokoyama S. NMR studies of the effects of the 5'-phosphate group on conformational properties of 5-methylaminomethyluridine found in the first position of the anticodon of Escherichia coli tRNA(Arg)4. Biochemistry 1996; 35:6533-8. [PMID: 8639601 DOI: 10.1021/bi9526490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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5-Methylaminomethyluridine (mnm5U) exists in the first position of the anticodon (position 34) of Escherichia coli tRNA4Arg for codons AGA/AGG. In the present study, the temperature dependence of the ribose-puckering equilibrium of pmnm5U was analyzed by proton NMR spectroscopy. Thus, the enthalpy difference (delta H) between the C2'-endo and C3'-endo forms was obtained at 0.65 kcal.mol-1. By comparison of the delta H values of pU and pmnm5U, the 5-substitution was found to increase the relative stability of the C3'-endo form over the C2'-endo form significantly (by 0.56 kcal.mol-1). Furthermore, this conformational "rigidity" was concluded to depend on the 5'-phosphate group, because nucleoside U exhibits only a negligible change in the ribose-puckering equilibrium upon the 5-methylaminomethyl substitution. Further NMR analyses and molecular dynamics calculations revealed that interactions between the 5-methylaminomethyl and 5'-phosphate groups of pmnm5U restrict the conformation about the glycosidic bond to a low anti form, enhancing steric repulsion between the 2-carbonyl and 2'-hydroxyl groups in the C2'-endo form. This intrinsic conformational rigidity of the mnm5U residue in position 34 may contribute to the correct codon recognition.
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- K Sakamoto
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Seio K, Wada T, Sakamoto K, Yokoyama S, Sekine M. Chemical Synthesis and Conformational Properties of a New Cyclouridylic Acid Having an Ethylene Bridge between the Uracil 5-Position and 5‘-Phosphate Group. J Org Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/jo951756x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Kohji Seio
- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midoriku, Yokohama 226, Japan, and Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Synthesis and properties of conformationally rigid cyclouridylic acid having a covalent bonding linker between the uracil 5-position and the 5′-phosphate group. Tetrahedron Lett 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)02062-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Björk GR. Genetic dissection of synthesis and function of modified nucleosides in bacterial transfer RNA. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 50:263-338. [PMID: 7538683 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60817-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- G R Björk
- Department of Microbiology, Umeå University, Sweden
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A comprehensive listing is made of posttranscriptionally modified nucleosides from RNA reported in the literature through mid-1994. Included are chemical structures, common names, symbols, Chemical Abstracts registry numbers (for ribonucleoside and corresponding base), Chemical Abstracts Index Name, phylogenetic sources, and initial literature citations for structural characterization or occurrence, and for chemical synthesis. The listing is categorized by type of RNA: tRNA, rRNA, mRNA, snRNA, and other RNAs. A total of 93 different modified nucleosides have been reported in RNA, with the largest number and greatest structural diversity in tRNA, 79; and 28 in rRNA, 12 in mRNA, 11 in snRNA and 3 in other small RNAs.
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- P A Limbach
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112
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Kawai G, Yokogawa T, Nishikawa K, Ueda T, Hashizume T, McCloskey JA, Yokoyama S, Watanabe K. Conformatzonal Properties of a Novel Modified Nucleoside, 5-Formylcytidine, Found at the First Position of the Anticodon of Bovine Mitochondrial tRNAMet. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/15257779408011889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Takai K, Horie N, Yamaizumi Z, Nishimura S, Miyazawa T, Yokoyama S. Recognition of UUN codons by two leucine tRNA species from Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett 1994; 344:31-4. [PMID: 8181559 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00354-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Codon recognition by Escherichia coli tRNA(Leu)4 and tRNA(Leu)5 was investigated by analysis of the competition between two aminoacyl-tRNA species in an in vitro protein synthesis. Both tRNA species strictly obey the wobble rule when they are in competition with other tRNA species. This is probably due to the post-transcriptional modifications at the first position of the anticodon of these tRNA(Leu) species, supporting the proposal that the conformational rigidity of post-transcriptionally modified pyrimidine nucleotides guarantees the correct codon recognition.
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- K Takai
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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