title: Homology of lysS and lysU, the two Escherichia coli genes encoding distinct lysyl-tRNA synthetase species.
abstract: In Escherichia coli, two distinct lysyl-tRNA synthetase species are encoded by two genes: the constitutive lysS gene and the thermoinducible lysU gene. These two genes have been isolated and sequenced. Their nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences show 79% and 88% identity, respectively. Codon usage analysis indicates the lysS product being more efficiently translated than the lysU one. In addition, the lysS sequence exactly coincides with the sequence of herC, a gene which is part of the prfB-herC operon. In contrast to the recent proposal of Gampel and Tzagoloff (1989, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 6023-6027), the lysU sequence is distinct from the open reading frame located adjacent to frdA, although large homologies are shared by these two genes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Unité associée 240 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lévêque
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plateau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dessen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanquet
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008250:Lysine-tRNA Ligase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases; D008250:Lysine-tRNA Ligase