Do yeast aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases exist as soluble enzymes within the cytoplasm?
Do yeast aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases exist as soluble enzymes within the cytoplasm?
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酵母氨酰-tRNA 合成酶是否作为可溶性酶存在于细胞质中?
DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08933.x
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发表时间:
1985
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
J. Waller
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作者:
B. Çirakoğlu;J. Waller
The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases from a crude extract of yeast were shown to bind to heparin-Ultrogel through ionic interactions, in conditions where the corresponding enzymes from Escherichia coli did not. The behaviour of purified lysyl-tRNA synthetases from yeast and E. coli was examined in detail. The native dimeric enzyme from yeast (Mr 2 X 73000) strongly interacted with immobilized heparin or tRNA, as well as with negatively charged liposomes, in conditions where the corresponding native enzyme from E. coli (Mr 2 X 65000) displayed no affinity for these supports. Moreover, the aptitude of the native enzyme from yeast to interact with polyanionic carriers was lost on proteolytic conversion to a fully active modified dimer of Mr 2 X 65500. A structural model is proposed, according to which each subunit of yeast lysyl-tRNA synthetase is composed of a functional domain similar in size to that of the prokaryotic enzyme, contiguous to a 'binding' domain responsible for association to negatively charged carriers. The evolutionary acquisition of this property by lower eukaryotic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases suggests that it fulfils an important function in vivo, unrelated to catalysis. We propose that it promotes the compartmentalization of these enzymes within the cytoplasm, through associations with as yet unidentified, negatively charged components, by electrostatic interactions too fragile to withstand the usual extraction conditions.
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2.9
作者:
Tuszynski,GP;Knight,L;Piperno,JR;Walsh,PN
通讯作者:
Walsh,PN