title: Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene for Escherichia coli leucyl-tRNA synthetase.
abstract: The gene for Escherichia coli leucyl-tRNA synthetase leuS has been cloned by complementation of a leuS temperature sensitive mutant KL231 with an E.coli gene bank DNA. The resulting clones overexpress leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS) by a factor greater than 50. The DNA sequence of the complete coding regions was determined. The derived N-terminal protein sequence of LeuRS was confirmed by independent protein sequencing of the first 8 aminoacids. Sequence comparison of the LeuRS sequence with all aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase sequences available reveal a significant homology with the valyl-, isoleucyl- and methionyl-enzyme indicating that the genes of these enzymes could have derived from a common ancestor. Sequence comparison with the gene product of the yeast nuclear NAM2-1 suppressor allele curing mitochondrial RNA maturation deficiency reveals about 30% homology.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Härtlein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madern
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007935:Leucine-tRNA Ligase / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003062:Codon; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases; D007935:Leucine-tRNA Ligase