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Abstract
Formyltetrahydrofolic acid:methionyl-tRNA transformylase was isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria and used to prepare yeast mitochondrial [(3)H]formylmethionyl-tRNA. This fMet-tRNA hybridizes with mitochondrial DNA but not with yeast nuclear or E. coli DNA. Unlabeled mitochondrial, but not extramitochondrial, tRNA competes in this reaction. tRNA was eluted from the hybrid and found to contain the label almost exclusively in fMet-tRNA. Yeast cytoplasmic fMet-tRNA formylated with Escherichia coli enzyme, and E. coli fMet-tRNA, do not hybridize with mitochondrial DNA. It is concluded that yeast mitochondrial tRNA(fMet) is a gene product of the mitochondrial genome.Entities:
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Year: 1971 PMID: 5277072 PMCID: PMC388921 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.68.2.294
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205