title: Recognition of tRNA by the enzyme ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. Interference by nucleotides modified with diethyl pyrocarbonate or hydrazine.
abstract: Treatment of tRNA with diethyl pyrocarbonate or hydrazine prior to incubation with the enzyme ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase and [alpha-32P]ATP results in exclusion of modified bases from labeled molecules. Purines modified with diethyl pyrocarbonate, which interfere with enzyme recognition, cluster at the corner of the tRNA molecule, where the D- and psi-loops are juxtaposed in all 15 tRNAs used in this study. When the enzyme is isolated from Escherichia coli, few other sites of interference are evident near the 3'-end; when the homologous enzyme from yeast is used, more exclusions are apparent near the 3'-end. Modification of uridines with hydrazine has no effect on interaction with the enzyme, except for one uridine near the 3'-end of tRNA(Gly). Interference of enzyme activity by modified bases can be overcome by longer incubation times or increased concentrations of enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spacciapoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doviken
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mulero
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Thurlow
mesh_terms: D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D006834:Hydrazines; C029424:hydrazine; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases; C023198:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase; D004047:Diethyl Pyrocarbonate