Ou C N, Song P S
Biochemistry. 1978 Mar 21;17(6):1054-9. doi: 10.1021/bi00599a018.
The photobinding of [3H]8MOP to tRNA upon irradiation at 365 nm in the absence of O2 was determined by gel filtration. The maximum photobinding was found to be ca. 4 mol of 8MOP er mol of tRNA and 5FU-tRNA, with an overall quantum yield of 2.3 X 10(-3). The photobinding kinetics for 8MOP-tRNA showed an apparent induction period or sigmoidal kinetic curve, indicating a specific initial photobinding site on tRNA which was identified as 4-thiouridine at position 8 from the 5'-end of Escherichia coli tRNA. Photobinding of 8MOP to 5FU-tRNA proceeded without an apparent induction period. 8MOP-tRNA and 8MOP-5FU-tRNA adducts were characterized by absorption, fluorescence, and CD spectroscopy. A modified procedure was also developed to analyze the nucleoside composition in modified 8MOP-tRNA and 8MOP-5FU-tRNA. The results showed that 8MOP photochemically added mainly to pyrimidine bases. The photobinding of 8MOP changed the conformation (secondary in particular) of tRNA and inhibited aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity.
在无氧条件下,通过凝胶过滤法测定了[3H]8-甲氧基补骨脂素(8MOP)在365nm光照下与转运核糖核酸(tRNA)的光结合情况。发现最大光结合量约为每摩尔tRNA和5-氟尿嘧啶转运核糖核酸(5FU-tRNA)含有4摩尔8MOP,总量子产率为2.3×10⁻³。8MOP-tRNA的光结合动力学呈现出明显的诱导期或S形动力学曲线,这表明tRNA上存在一个特定的初始光结合位点,该位点被确定为大肠杆菌tRNA 5'端第8位的4-硫尿苷。8MOP与5FU-tRNA的光结合过程没有明显的诱导期。通过吸收光谱、荧光光谱和圆二色光谱对8MOP-tRNA和8MOP-5FU-tRNA加合物进行了表征。还开发了一种改进的方法来分析修饰后的8MOP-tRNA和8MOP-5FU-tRNA中的核苷组成。结果表明,8MOP主要通过光化学作用加成到嘧啶碱基上。8MOP的光结合改变了tRNA的构象(特别是二级结构),并抑制了氨酰-tRNA合成酶的活性。