Boniecki Michal T, Rho Seung Bae, Tukalo Mikhail, Hsu Jennifer L, Romero Eliana P, Martinis Susan A
Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
J Biol Chem. 2009 Sep 25;284(39):26243-50. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.031179. Epub 2009 Jul 21.
Leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS) is an essential RNA splicing factor for yeast mitochondrial introns. Intracellular experiments have suggested that it works in collaboration with a maturase that is encoded within the bI4 intron. RNA deletion mutants of the large bI4 intron were constructed to identify a competently folded intron for biochemical analysis. The minimized bI4 intron was active in RNA splicing and contrasts with previous proposals that the canonical core of the bI4 intron is deficient for catalysis. The activity of the minimized bI4 intron was enhanced in vitro by the presence of the bI4 maturase or LeuRS.
亮氨酰 - tRNA合成酶(LeuRS)是酵母线粒体内含子的一种必需的RNA剪接因子。细胞内实验表明,它与bI4内含子中编码的成熟酶协同发挥作用。构建了大的bI4内含子的RNA缺失突变体,以鉴定出一个结构完整适合进行生化分析的内含子。最小化的bI4内含子在RNA剪接中具有活性,这与之前认为bI4内含子的典型核心缺乏催化能力的观点形成对比。在体外,bI4成熟酶或LeuRS的存在增强了最小化的bI4内含子的活性。