| Literature DB >> 9701292 |
A D Wolfson1, J A Pleiss, O C Uhlenbeck.
Abstract
An improved quantitative assay for tRNA aminoacylation is presented based on charging of a nicked tRNA followed by separation of an aminoacylated 3'-fragment on an acidic denaturing polyacrylamide gel. Kinetic parameters of tRNA aminoacylation by Escherichia coli AlaRS obtained by the new method are in excellent agreement with those measured by the conventional method. This assay provides several advantages over the traditional methods of measuring tRNA aminoacylation: (1) the fraction of aminoacyl-tRNA is measured directly; (2) data can be obtained at saturating amino acid concentrations; and (3) the assay is significantly more sensitive.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9701292 PMCID: PMC1369678 DOI: 10.1017/s1355838298980700
Source DB: PubMed Journal: RNA ISSN: 1355-8382 Impact factor: 4.942