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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
Leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS) catalyzes the esterification of the tRNA(Leu) isoacceptor with leucine. It contains a large insertion domain, connective peptide 1 (CP1), for amino acid editing. Here, we cloned the gene encoding LeuRS from Giardia lamblia (GlLeuRS), one of the most ancient eukaryotes. GlLeuRS was purified from an Escherichia coli overproduction strain, and its properties were investigated. The isolated CP1 domain of GlLeuRS (GlLeuRS-CP1) was an active protein for editing mischarged G. lamblia tRNA(Leu)(AAG) (GltRNA(Leu)). Insertion of 49 amino acid residues within the CP1 domain (the so-called 49-amino acid motif) was important for the optimal aminoacylation activity of GlLeuRS and was crucial for the editing capacity of GlLeuRS-CP1. Additionally, the motif can confer editing activity on the editing-defective isolated CP1 domain from E. coli LeuRS (EcLeuRS-CP1). We also found that GlLeuRS could not rescue a Saccharomyces cerevisiae leuS null strain, suggesting different recognition modes for these two LeuRSs with respect to tRNA(Leu).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1520-4995
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1340-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Genes, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Giardia lamblia, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Leucine-tRNA Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Mutagenesis, Insertional, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-RNA Editing, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:19170608-Transfer RNA Aminoacylation
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A unique insertion in the CP1 domain of Giardia lamblia leucyl-tRNA synthetase.
pubmed:affiliation
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't