Namgoong Suk, Sheppard Kelly, Sherrer R Lynn, Söll Dieter
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 8114, USA.
FEBS Lett. 2007 Jan 23;581(2):309-14. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.12.033. Epub 2007 Jan 2.
The important identity elements in tRNA(Gln) and tRNA(Asn) for bacterial GatCAB and in tRNA(Gln) for archaeal GatDE are the D-loop and the first base pair of the acceptor stem. Here we show that Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus GatCAB, the archaeal enzyme, is different as it discriminates Asp-tRNA(Asp) and Asp-tRNA(Asn) by use of U49, the D-loop and to a lesser extent the variable loop. Since archaea possess the tRNA(Gln)-specific amidotransferase GatDE, the archaeal GatCAB enzyme evolved to recognize different elements in tRNA(Asn) than those recognized by GatDE or by the bacterial GatCAB enzyme in their tRNA substrates.
细菌GatCAB中tRNA(Gln)和tRNA(Asn)以及古菌GatDE中tRNA(Gln)的重要识别元件是D环和受体茎的第一个碱基对。在此我们表明,嗜热栖热甲烷杆菌的GatCAB(一种古菌酶)有所不同,因为它通过U49、D环以及在较小程度上通过可变环来区分Asp-tRNA(Asp)和Asp-tRNA(Asn)。由于古菌拥有tRNA(Gln)特异性氨基转移酶GatDE,古菌的GatCAB酶在进化过程中识别tRNA(Asn)中的不同元件,这些元件不同于GatDE或细菌GatCAB酶在其tRNA底物中识别的元件。