title: Cloning and expression of mitochondrial translational elongation factor Ts from bovine and human liver.
abstract: The sequences of the cDNAs for the mitochondrial translational elongation factor Ts (EF-Tsmt) from bovine and human liver have been obtained. The deduced amino acid sequence of bovine liver EF-Tsmt is 338 residues in length and includes a 55-amino acid signal peptide and a mature protein of 283 residues. The sequence of the mature form of bovine EF-Tsmt is 91% identical to that of human EF-Tsmt and 29% identical to Escherichia coli EF-Ts. Southern analysis indicates that there are two genes for EF-Tsmt in bovine liver chromosomal DNA. A 224-base pair intron is located near the 5'-end of at least one of these genes. Northern analysis using a human multiple tissue blot indicates that EF-Tsmt is expressed in all tissues, with the highest levels of expression in skeletal muscle, liver, and kidney. Both the mature and precursor forms of bovine liver EF-Tsmt have been expressed in E. coli as histidine-tagged proteins. The mature form of EF-Tsmt forms a complex with E. coli elongation factor Tu. This complex is active in poly(U)-directed polymerization of phenylalanine. The precursor form is expressed as a 42-kDa protein, which is rapidly degraded in the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3290, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Woriax
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Burkhart
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Spremulli
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C023512:elongation factor Ts