title: Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the structural gene encoding for human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase.
abstract: A structural gene encoding bovine (b) tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WRS) has recently been cloned and sequenced [Garret et al., Biochemistry 30 (1991) 7809-7817]. Using part of this sequence as a hybridisation probe we have cloned and sequenced a structural gene encoding human polypeptide highly homologous with two mammalian proteins, bWRS [Garret et al., Biochemistry 30 (1991) 7809-7817; EMBL accession No. X52113] and rabbit peptide chain release factor [Lee et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87 (1990) 3508-3512]. Identification of the sequence encoding a human WRS is based on (i) the presence of 'HIGH' and 'KMSKS' structural motifs typical for class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases [Eriani et al., Nature 347 (1990) 203-206]; (ii) coincidence of the number of SH groups per subunit estimated experimentally [Muench et al., Science 187 (1975) 1089-1091] and deduced from the cDNA sequence (six in both cases); (iii) close resemblance of two WRS polypeptides sequenced earlier [Muench et al., Science 187 (1975) 1089-1091] and the predicted structure in two different regions.
authors.affiliation: Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.lastname: Frolova LYu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sudomoina
authors.lastname: Grigorieva AYu
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Zinovieva
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Kisselev
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012364:RNA, Transfer, Trp / Q000378:metabolism*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014369:Tryptophan-tRNA Ligase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012364:RNA, Transfer, Trp; D014369:Tryptophan-tRNA Ligase