Substrate recognition and fidelity of maize seryl- tRNA synthetases
| Autor: | Jasmina Rokov-Plavec, Sonja Lesjak, Morana Dulic, Ita Gruić-Sovulj, Marko Močibob, Ivana Weygand-Durasevic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Serine-tRNA Ligase
chemistry.chemical_classification Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase tRNA editing plant mitochondria chloroplast Biophysics Translation (biology) Mitochondrion Biology Genetic code Zea mays Biochemistry Substrate Specificity Amino acid Enzyme Activation chemistry.chemical_compound Enzyme chemistry Transfer RNA Proofreading Amino Acids Molecular Biology |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.abb.2012.11.014 |
| Popis: | Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) catalyze the attachment of amino acids to their cognate tRNAs to establish the genetic code. To obtain the high degree of accuracy that is observed in translation, these enzymes must exhibit strict substrate specificity for their cognate amino acids and tRNAs. We studied the requirements for tRNA Ser recognition by maize cytosolic seryl-tRNA synthetase (SerRS). The enzyme efficiently recognized bacterial and eukaryotic tRNAs Ser indicating that it can accommodate various types of tRNA Ser structures. Discriminator base G73 is crucial for recognition by cytosolic SerRS. Although cytosolic SerRS efficiently recognized bacterial tRNAs Ser , it is localized exclusively in the cytosol. The fidelity of maize cytosolic and dually targeted organellar SerRS with respect to amino acid recognition was compared. Organellar SerRS exhibited higher discrimination against tested non-cognate substrates as compared with cytosolic counterpart. Both enzymes showed pre-transfer editing activity implying their high overall accuracy. The contribution of various reaction pathways in the pre-transfer editing reactions by maize enzymes were different and dependent on the non-cognate substrate. The fidelity mechanisms of maize organellar SerRS, high discriminatory power and proofreading, indicate that aaRSs in general may play an important role in translational quality control in plant mitochondria and chloroplasts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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