title: Fluorescence spectroscopic and (19)f NMR studies of human thymidylate synthase with its cognate RNA.
abstract: In order to investigate the interaction between hTS protein and its cognate mRNA, a 29nt fragment of TS mRNA was synthesized. This region has been suggested as a putative stem-loop involved in translational autoregulation. The melting temperature of the 29ntRNA was 65 degrees C, suggesting that this region does indeed form a stem-loop. Fluorescence spectroscopy was used to monitor the RNA: hTS protein interaction [dissociation constant (K(d)) 3.9 +/- 0.8 nM; stoichiometry of binding 1dimeric hTS: 1RNA]. When hTS was titrated against FdUMP, this gave the expected stoichiometry of 1dimeric hTS: 1.7 FdUMP but in the presence of the 29ntRNA, the stoichiometry of binding changed to 1dimeric hTS: 1RNA: 1FdUMP. Experiments using methotrexate (MTX) gave a stoichiometry of 1dimeric hTS: 1MTX and in the presence of 29ntRNA, the stoichiometry was unchanged. (19)F-NMR spectra of human TS: FdUMP complexes were found to be strikingly similar to analogous NMR spectra of complexes formed by L.casei TS and mouse TS. In the presence of FdUMP, spectra exhibited two additional resonances (-1.50 ppm and -34.4 ppm). The resonance at -1.50 ppm represents non-covalently bound FdUMP, the peak at -34.4 ppm represents covalently bound FdUMP. The addition of methotrexate to the binary TS-FdUMP complex caused a displacement of the internal equilibrium, with only the covalently-bound form seen, and with a slightly disturbed (19)F chemical shift (-36.5 ppm). Similar results were found when MTX was replaced by folinic or folic acid. The addition of 29ntRNA caused no changes to the (19)F spectra of either the binary or ternary complexes.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. ahasnat99@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Abul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasnat
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bichenkova
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: J R P
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fedorova
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005461:Fluorine; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013816:Thermodynamics; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005461:Fluorine; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase