Complete nuclear magnetic resonance signal assignments and initial structural studies of [13C]methyl-enriched yeast transfer ribonucleic acid.
Complete nuclear magnetic resonance signal assignments and initial structural studies of [13C]methyl-enriched yeast transfer ribonucleic acid.
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富含[13C]甲基的酵母转移核糖核酸的完整核磁共振信号分配和初步结构研究。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00275a013
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发表时间:
1983
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Schmidt,PG
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作者:
Agris,PF;Kovacs,SA;Smith,C;Kopper,RA;Schmidt,PG
Paul F. Agris,* Shirley AH Kovacs, Christine Smith, Randall A. Kopper, and Paul G. Schmidt abstract: Carbon-13 methyl enrichment of yeast tRNA in vivo has produced probes that do notperturb native tRNA structure, are located at 19 distinct sequence positions, and are sensitive to structural perturbations of the RNA. Exclusive 13C enrichment of methyl groups was accomplished by design of a medium for optimal growth of cultures and maximal posttranscriptional incorporation of [13C] methyl groups into nucleic acids of a methionine auxotroph of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Carbon-13-enriched tRNA isolated from these cultures and [3H] methyl-labeled tRNA isolated from analogous cultures grown with [3H] methylmethionine were fully methylated as determined by high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of nucleosides. Ninety-two percent of the radiochemical label was found associated with methylated nucleosides. Carbon-13 NMR spectra of 13C enriched tRNA exhibited prominent high-field, methyl signals between 11 and 60 ppm. Integration of signal area relative to that of the natural abundance (1.1%) ribose carbons indicated a 50-60 atom%[13C] methyl enrichment. Signal assignmentshave been made for the methyl carbons of ribothymidine, 5-methylcytidine, iV^ methylguanosine, 3-methylcytidine, 1-methylguanosine, 1-methyladenosine, 7-methylguanosine, iV^/VMimethylguanosine, 5-(methoxycarbonylmethyl) uridine, and the 2'-O-methyl derivatives of cytidine, guanosine, and uridine. These nucleosides are known to be located at 19 sequence positions in loops and stem regions of the cloverleafThe amount of specific nucleic acid available for the study of native secondary and tertiary structure in solution is re-stricted. This is due to the small amounts in cells and difficulty in purification. Thus, a nondestructive determination of macromolecular conformation is important in order to retain the RNA or DNA for multiple studies. Nuclear magnetic