Sjögren A S, Pettersson E, Sjöberg B M, Strömberg R
Department of Molecular Biology, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Feb 1;25(3):648-53. doi: 10.1093/nar/25.3.648.
The catalytic mechanism for self-splicing of the group I intron in the pre-mRNA from the nrdB gene in bacteriophage T4 has been investigated using 2'-amino- 2'-deoxyguanosine or guanosine as cosubstrates in the presence of Mg2+, Mn2+and Zn2+. The results show that a divalent metal ion interacts with the cosubstrate and thereby influences the efficiency of catalysis in the first step of splicing. This suggests the existence of a metal ion that catalyses the nucleophilic attack of the cosubstrate. Of particular significance is that the transesterification reactions of the first step of splicing with 2'-amino-2'-deoxyguanosine as cosubstrate are more efficient in mixtures containing either Mn2+or Zn2+together with Mg2+than with only magnesium ions present. The experiments in metal ion mixtures show that two (or more) metal ions are crucial for the self-splicing of group I introns and suggest the possibility that more than one of these have a direct catalytic role. A working model for a two-metal-ion mechanism in the transesterification steps is suggested.
利用2'-氨基-2'-脱氧鸟苷或鸟苷作为共底物,在Mg2+、Mn2+和Zn2+存在的条件下,研究了噬菌体T4的nrdB基因前体mRNA中I组内含子的自我剪接催化机制。结果表明,二价金属离子与共底物相互作用,从而影响剪接第一步的催化效率。这表明存在一种催化共底物亲核攻击的金属离子。特别重要的是,以2'-氨基-2'-脱氧鸟苷作为共底物时,剪接第一步的酯交换反应在含有Mn2+或Zn2+以及Mg2+的混合物中比仅存在镁离子时更有效。金属离子混合物实验表明,两种(或更多)金属离子对I组内含子的自我剪接至关重要,并暗示其中不止一种可能具有直接催化作用。提出了酯交换步骤中双金属离子机制的工作模型。