title: Study of the role of the acceptor stem in the interactions between tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.
abstract: Several studies have clearly demonstrated that the end of the acceptor stem was a very important area determining the aminoacylation properties of tRNAs. However the attempts to measure the contribution of this region to the binding of tRNAs to aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases have led to contradictory results. We report here the stepwise degradation of yeast tRNA-Phe and tRNA-Val from their 3' terminus, up to the seventh nucleotide : the affinity of each of the degraded-tRNA for their cognate aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase was compared to that of intact tRNA and it was found that these affinities are not significantly decreased when compared to those of the intact tRNAs.
mesh_terms: D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D010649:Phenylalanine; D011485:Protein Binding; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013997:Time Factors; D014633:Valine
chemical_list: D010649:Phenylalanine; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases; D014633:Valine