Hellmuth K, Grosjean H, Motorin Y, Deinert K, Hurt E, Simos G
BZH, Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2000 Dec 1;28(23):4604-10. doi: 10.1093/nar/28.23.4604.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells that carry deletions in both the LOS1 (a tRNA export receptor) and the PUS1 (a tRNA:pseudouridine synthase) genes exhibit a thermosensitive growth defect. A Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene, named spPUS1, was cloned from a cDNA library by complementation of this conditional lethal phenotype. The corresponding protein, spPus1p, shows sequence similarity to S. cerevisiae and murine Pus1p as well as other known members of the pseudouridine synthase family. Accordingly, recombinant spPus1p can catalyze in vitro the formation of pseudouridines at positions 27, 28, 34, 35 and 36 of yeast tRNA transcripts. The sequence and functional conservation of the Pus1p proteins in fungi and mammalian species and their notable absence from prokaryotes suggest that this family of pseudouridine synthases is required for a eukaryote-specific step of tRNA biogenesis, such as nuclear export.
在LOS1(一种tRNA输出受体)和PUS1(一种tRNA:假尿苷合酶)基因中均带有缺失的酿酒酵母细胞表现出温度敏感型生长缺陷。通过对这种条件致死表型的互补作用,从一个cDNA文库中克隆出了粟酒裂殖酵母的一个名为spPUS1的基因。相应的蛋白质spPus1p与酿酒酵母和小鼠的Pus1p以及假尿苷合酶家族的其他已知成员具有序列相似性。因此,重组的spPus1p能够在体外催化酵母tRNA转录本27、28、34、35和36位假尿苷的形成。真菌和哺乳动物物种中Pus1p蛋白的序列和功能保守性以及它们在原核生物中明显不存在,这表明该假尿苷合酶家族是tRNA生物合成中真核生物特有的步骤(如核输出)所必需的。