Grimm M, Nass A, Schüll C, Beier H
Institut für Biochemie, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Biozentrum, Würzburg, Germany.
Plant Mol Biol. 1998 Nov;38(5):689-97. doi: 10.1023/a:1006068303683.
We isolated and sequenced the two major tRNA(Gln) isoacceptors with CUG and UmUG anticodons from the cytoplasm of Nicotiana rustica. These are the first tRNAs(Gln) of nuclear origin characterized in plants. The tRNA(Gln) sequences were used to design probes for the isolation of the corresponding genes from a nuclear DNA library of N. rustica. The two cloned Nicotiana tRNA(Gln) genes, coding for either of the two isoacceptors, are efficiently transcribed in HeLa cell nuclear extract. In vitro translation in the presence of purified Nicotiana tRNAs(Gln) was carried out in a wheat germ extract partially depleted of endogenous tRNAs. Cytoplasmic (cyt) tRNA(Gln)CUG and to a lesser extent cyt tRNA(Gln)UmUG stimulated readthrough over the UAG stop codon present in the tobacco mosaic virus-specific context. The two tRNA(Gln) isoacceptors are the second class of natural UAG suppressors identified in plants, in addition to cyt tRNA(Tyr)GpsiA which has previously been characterized as the first natural UAG suppressor.
我们从黄花烟草的细胞质中分离并测序了两种主要的带有CUG和UmUG反密码子的谷氨酰胺tRNA同工受体。这些是植物中首次鉴定出的核起源的谷氨酰胺tRNA。谷氨酰胺tRNA序列被用于设计探针,以便从黄花烟草的核DNA文库中分离相应的基因。两个克隆的烟草谷氨酰胺tRNA基因,分别编码两种同工受体中的一种,在HeLa细胞核提取物中能高效转录。在部分去除了内源性tRNA的小麦胚芽提取物中,加入纯化的烟草谷氨酰胺tRNA进行体外翻译。细胞质(cyt)谷氨酰胺tRNA CUG以及程度稍低的细胞质谷氨酰胺tRNA UmUG,能在烟草花叶病毒特异性背景下,刺激越过UAG终止密码子的通读。除了之前被鉴定为第一个天然UAG抑制子的细胞质酪氨酸tRNA GpsiA外,这两种谷氨酰胺tRNA同工受体是在植物中鉴定出的第二类天然UAG抑制子。