Kalhor Hamid R, Clarke Steven
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Molecular Biology Institute, University of California-Los Angeles, 611 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Dec;23(24):9283-92. doi: 10.1128/MCB.23.24.9283-9292.2003.
We have identified a novel tRNA methyltransferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that we designate Trm9. This enzyme, the product of the YML014w gene, catalyzes the esterification of modified uridine nucleotides, resulting in the formation of 5-methylcarbonylmethyluridine in tRNA(Arg3) and 5-methylcarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridine in tRNA(Glu). In intact yeast cells, disruption of the TRM9 gene results in the complete loss of these modified wobble bases and increased sensitivity at 37 degrees C to paromomycin, a translational inhibitor. These results suggest a role for this potentially reversible methyl esterification reaction when cells are under stress.
我们在酿酒酵母中鉴定出一种新型的tRNA甲基转移酶,我们将其命名为Trm9。这种酶是YML014w基因的产物,催化修饰的尿苷核苷酸的酯化反应,导致在tRNA(Arg3)中形成5-甲基羰基甲基尿苷,在tRNA(Glu)中形成5-甲基羰基甲基-2-硫尿苷。在完整的酵母细胞中,TRM9基因的破坏导致这些修饰的摆动碱基完全丧失,并在37摄氏度时对翻译抑制剂巴龙霉素的敏感性增加。这些结果表明,当细胞处于应激状态时,这种潜在的可逆甲基酯化反应具有一定作用。