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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
The TPsiC stem and loop (TSL) of tRNA contains highly conserved nucleoside modifications, m(5)C(49), T(54), Psi(55)and m(1)A(58). U(54)is methylated to m(5)U (T) by m(5)U(54)methyltransferase (RUMT); A(58)is methylated to m(1)A by m(1)A(58)tRNA methyltransferase (RAMT). RUMT recognizes and methylates a minimal TSL heptadecamer and RAMT has previously been reported to recognize and methylate the 3'-half of the tRNA molecule. We report that RAMT can recognize and methylate a TSL heptadecamer. To better understand the sensitivity of RAMT and RUMT to TSL conformation, we have designed and synthesized variously modified TSL constructs with altered local conformations and stabilities. TSLs were synthesized with natural modifications (T(54)and Psi(55)), naturally occurring modifications at unnatural positions (m(5)C(60)), altered sugar puckers (dU(54)and/or dU(55)) or with disrupted U-turn interactions (m(1)Psi(55)or m(1)m(3)Psi(55)). The unmodified heptadecamer TSL was a substrate of both RAMT and RUMT. The presence of T(54)increased thermal stability of the TSL and dramatically reduced RAMT activity toward the substrate. Local conformation around U(54)was found to be an important determinant for the activities of both RAMT and RUMT.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1362-4962
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1374-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Modified constructs of the tRNA TPsiC domain to probe substrate conformational requirements of m(1)A(58) and m(5)U(54) tRNA methyltransferases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 128 Polk Hall, Box 7622, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622, USA,
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.