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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
At least two separate enzymes, an endonuclease and a ligase, appear to be involved in tRNA splicing in halophilic archaea. We have identified and partially characterized a splicing ligase activity in cell extracts of Haloferax volcanii that can ligate deproteinized exon products generated in a separate endonuclease reaction. As in vitro transcribed partial intron-deleted derivative of H. volcanii elongator tRNA(Met) is used as substrate for the endonuclease. The ligase can also join the two exons that are independently eluted from the gels. This ligase activity is observed at a range (50 mM to 2.8 M) of monovalent cations in the assays, but is abolished when the enzyme preparations are depleted of the monovalent cations. In contrast, H. volcanii splicing endonuclease has been reported to require divalent cations and is inhibited by monovalent cations. Our endonuclease assays confirm these reports, and also show that the endonuclease is not permanently inactivated even in high monovalent cation containing extracts. The ligase activity in the extracts does not appear to require any divalent cation or exogenously added source of energy or phosphate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
237
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
588-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Archaea, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Endoribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Enzyme Stability, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Methionine-tRNA Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-RNA, Transfer, Met, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-RNA Ligase (ATP), pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9299409-Viral Proteins
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
RNA splicing ligase activity in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii.
pubmed:affiliation
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4413, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article