Abstract
Thermus thermophilus possesses an aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (AspRS2) able to aspartylate efficiently tRNA Asp and tRNA Asn . Aspartate mischarged on tRNA Asn then is converted into asparagine by an ω amidase that differs structurally from all known asparagine synthetases. However, aspartate is not misincorporated into proteins because the binding capacity of aminoacylated tRNA Asn to elongation factor Tu is only conferred by conversion of aspartate into asparagine. T. thermophilus additionally contains a second aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (AspRS1) able to aspartylate tRNA Asp and an asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase able to charge tRNA Asn with free asparagine, although the organism does not contain a tRNA-independent asparagine synthetase. In contrast to the duplicated pathway of tRNA asparaginylation, tRNA glutaminylation occurs in the thermophile via the usual pathway by using glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase and free glutamine synthesized by glutamine synthetase that is unique. T. thermophilus is able to ensure tRNA aminoacylation by alternative routes involving either the direct pathway or by conversion of amino acid mischarged on tRNA. These findings shed light on the interrelation between the tRNA-dependent and tRNA-independent pathways of amino acid amidation and on the processes involved in fidelity of the aminoacylation systems.
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Created | 23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 10:40 a.m.) |
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Indexed | 1 year ago (Aug. 3, 2024, 9:22 a.m.) |
Issued | 26 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 27, 1998) |
Published | 26 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 27, 1998) |
Published Online | 26 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 27, 1998) |
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@article{Becker_1998, title={Thermus thermophilus : A link in evolution of the tRNA-dependent amino acid amidation pathways}, volume={95}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.22.12832}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.95.22.12832}, number={22}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Becker, Hubert Dominique and Kern, Daniel}, year={1998}, month=oct, pages={12832–12837} }