Thompson L H, Harkins J L, Stanners C P
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1973 Nov;70(11):3094-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.11.3094.
A cell mutant of the Chinese hamster ovary line, which is temperature sensitive for protein synthesis, is specifically defective in vivo in its ability to charge tRNA with leucine. Cytoplasmic extracts exhibited temperature-sensitive leucyl-tRNA synthetase activity. It is, therefore, highly likely that the mutant has a structural alteration in leucyl-tRNA synthetase. The low leakiness and low reversion rate of this mutant, combined with the specificity of the defect in its protein-synthesizing machinery, make it an appealing tool for investigating regulatory mechanisms in animal cells.
中国仓鼠卵巢细胞系的一个细胞突变体,其对蛋白质合成具有温度敏感性,在体内将亮氨酸加载到tRNA上的能力存在特异性缺陷。细胞质提取物表现出温度敏感的亮氨酰-tRNA合成酶活性。因此,该突变体极有可能在亮氨酰-tRNA合成酶上存在结构改变。该突变体的低渗漏率和低回复率,再加上其蛋白质合成机制缺陷的特异性,使其成为研究动物细胞调控机制的一个有吸引力的工具。