| Literature DB >> 385310 |
M Renaud, R Ehrlich, J Bonnet, P Remy.
Abstract
The interactions of several modified yeast tRNAPhe [tRNAPhe lacking 7-methylguanine; a fragment comprising about 3/4 of the whole molecule: tRNAPhe (18--76); tRNAPhe (18--76) lacking 7-methylguanine] with yeast phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase were studied. Upon excision of the 5'-quarter of the tRNAPhe molecule, the residual fragment still tightly binds to the synthetase, but can no longer by aminoacylated. Surprisingly, upon removal of the 7-methylguanine base at position 46 in this fragment, althought the affinity drops by a factor 10, a significant aminoacylation is restored. These results are discussed in terms of molecular flexibility and a model is proposed for tRNA-enzyme interaction, involving multisite recognition.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 385310 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb02044.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Biochem ISSN: 0014-2956