title: Chemical modification as a probe of conformational changes in transfer ribonucleic acid on aminoacylation.
abstract: Treatment of Escherichia coli CA265 phenylalanyl-tRNA with 3M-NaHSO3, pH6.0, at 25 degrees C resulted in modification of four bases and in the deacylation of the charged tRNAphe. The similarity of the rates of base modification and of the deacylation of the phenylalanyl-tRNA permitted the isolation of partially modified phenylalanyl-tRNAphe and partially modified deacylated tRNAphe. The sites and extents of base modification in these fractions were determined and found to be the same as those in uncharged tRNAphe modified under identical conditions. These findings are discussed in relation to previous evidence for and against a conformational change in tRNA on its aminoacylation. The methods described should prove adaptable to study of other aminoacyl-tRNA species.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D013447:Sulfites / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D013447:Sulfites
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