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10373487

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
The selenocysteine (Sec) tRNA population in Drosophila melanogaster is aminoacylated with serine, forms selenocysteyl-tRNA, and decodes UGA. The Km of Sec tRNA and serine tRNA for seryl-tRNA synthetase is 6.67 and 9.45 nM, respectively. Two major bands of Sec tRNA were resolved by gel electrophoresis. Both tRNAs were sequenced, and their primary structures were indistinguishable and colinear with that of the corresponding single copy gene. They are 90 nucleotides in length and contain three modified nucleosides, 5-methylcarboxymethyluridine, N6-isopentenyladenosine, and pseudouridine, at positions 34, 37, and 55, respectively. Neither form contains 1-methyladenosine at position 58 or 5-methylcarboxymethyl-2'-O-methyluridine, which are characteristically found in Sec tRNA of higher animals. We conclude that the primary structures of the two bands of Sec tRNA resolved by electrophoresis are indistinguishable by the techniques employed and that Sec tRNAs in Drosophila may exist in different conformational forms. The Sec tRNA gene maps to a single locus on chromosome 2 at position 47E or F. To our knowledge, Drosophila is the lowest eukaryote in which the Sec tRNA population has been characterized to date.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18729-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Selenium metabolism in Drosophila. Characterization of the selenocysteine tRNA population.
pubmed:affiliation
Section on the Molecular Biology of Selenium, Laboratory of Basic Research, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.