title: Possible involvement of queuine in control mechanisms of protein synthesis and protein phosphorylation in eukaryotes.
abstract: The functional role of the deazaguanine-derivative queuine was investigated using virus-transformed erythroleukaemic cells of mice as a model. The two-dimensional patterns of [35S]methionine-labelled proteins on two-dimensional O'Farrell gels of queuine-deficient (Q-), compared with queuine-supplemented (Q+) growing cells, showed specific characteristic alterations in the synthesis of 36 and 42 kd basic proteins. According to pI values and immunoreactivity with anti-LDH antibodies, the 36 kd proteins represent various forms of LDH A subunits or closely related proteins. Cell-free systems of protein synthesis were established from growing (Q-) or (Q+) cells. Addition of 3 x 10(-8) M queuine to the (Q-) in vitro system inhibited the incorporation of [35S]methionine into total protein to approximately 20%; raising the concentration of queuine up to 1 x 10(-6) M did not increase the inhibitory effect appreciably. In the (Q-) system, a series of 36 kd proteins, with pI values corresponding to LDH A isoforms, were synthesized. The in vitro synthesis of these proteins was completely inhibited by addition of queuine at a concentration of 3 x 10(-8) M. Furthermore, the expression of certain other proteins was lower in the (Q+) than in the (Q-) in vitro system. Labelling of growing (Q+) or (Q-) cells with [32P]orthophosphate and subsequent analysis of phosphoproteins on two-dimensional O'Farrell gels showed that queuine inhibited the synthesis of distinct phosphoproteins. Protein synthesis performed in cell-free (Q-) or (Q+) systems in the presence of non-labelled amino acids and 32P-labelled gamma ATP also indicated that queuine interferes with the synthesis and/or phosphorylation of particular phosphoproteins.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FRG.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mahr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kersten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002474:Cell-Free System; D005622:Friend murine leukemia virus; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000187:drug effects*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D006147:Guanine; C019549:queuine; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase