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Query: EC:3.1.27.3 (
RNase T1
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The structure of M1 RNA, the RNA component of Escherichia coli RNase P, has been probed by mild digestion with a variety of ribonucleases. The results have been used to generate a model for the two-dimensional structure of M1 RNA. This model is similar in many respects to an earlier model that was based entirely on theoretical considerations. M1 RNA was digested with
RNase T1
in buffer containing 10 mM MgCl2 (in which M1 RNA, by itself, has no catalytic activity) and in buffer containing 60 mM MgCl2 (in which M1 RNA can cleave precursors to
tRNA
molecules). Under these conditions, the main features of the secondary structure are similar, but several minor differences are apparent. Such subtle changes in structure are also observed when M1 RNA is present in a binary complex with a substrate molecule, the precursor to E. coli tRNATyr.
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PMID:Structure in solution of M1 RNA, the catalytic subunit of ribonuclease P from Escherichia coli. 608 7
We have identified a single transcriptional initiation site for the glutamic
tRNA
and COB (cytochrome b) genes by using the complementary techniques of in vitro capping of RNA and in vitro transcription. In the capping reaction, mitochondrial RNA is labeled with [alpha-32P]GTP by vaccinia virus guanylyltransferase. This reaction is specific for the 5' ends of RNA retaining the terminal triphosphate of transcriptional initiation. Exploiting the extremely low G+C content (18%) of yeast mitochondrial DNA, we digested in vitro capped transcripts from various petite deletion mutants with the G-specific
RNase T1
. By petite deletion mapping, a capped transcript giving rise to a 51-base
RNase T1
-generated oligonucleotide was localized near the glutamic
tRNA
gene. When the sequence of this oligonucleotide was determined, it perfectly matched the DNA sequence 391 base upstream of the glutamic
tRNA
. Purified yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase initiated transcription in vitro at the same site as shown by the sequence of the 33-base oligonucleotide product of the reaction performed in the absence of CTP. Initiation starts at a nonanucleotide sequence previously implicated in yeast mitochondrial transcriptional initiation. Because there is no evidence of an initiation site in the 1,050 bases between the glutamic
tRNA
and COB genes, the two genes are likely to be transcribed together. Further evidence of a long common transcript was provided by RNA blot hybridization.
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PMID:Identification of a single transcriptional initiation site for the glutamic tRNA and COB genes in yeast mitochondria. 613 68
The immobilized
tRNA
-50 S ribosomal subunit protein (TP50) complex binds the smaller ribosomal subunit. We constructed
tRNA
. TP50 . 5 S [32P] RNA and
tRNA
. TP50 . t [32P] RNA complexes and investigated the accessibility of the 32P-labelled tRNAs to
ribonuclease T1
. It was found that in this complex both 5 S RNA and
tRNA
are attacked by T1 RNase. In sharp contrast, the addition of 30 S subunit protects 5 S RNA as well as
tRNA
from degradation. We suggest that 5 S RNA-TP50 complex is exposed to the ribosomal interface and is involved in subunit interaction.
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PMID:5 S RNA-protein complex is involved in ribosomal subunit association. 618 32
Sat-RNA is one of several replicating satellite RNAs which have been isolated from RNA encapsidated in cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and which are totally dependent on CMV for replication. The 336 residue sequence of Sat-RNA obtained using the dideoxynucleotide chain termination and partial enzymic digestion procedures shows only a few short stretches (up to 11 residues) of sequence homology with one of the three CMV genomal RNAs so far sequenced. Sat-RNA has 88% sequence homology with another, previously sequenced, satellite RNA of CMV, CARNA 5. Analysis of partial digests of 5'- or 3' -32P-Sat-RNA with nuclease S1 or
RNase T1
under non-denaturing conditions showed that only about 10% of the residues in Sat-RNA were cleaved. Further data on base-paired segments of Sat-RNA were obtained using digestion with
RNase T1
followed by electrophoretic fractionation of the resulting fragments under both non-denaturing and denaturing conditions. On the basis of this data, a complete secondary structure model is proposed for Sat-RNA with 52% of its residues involved in base pairs. A prominent hairpin at the 3'-terminus of Sat-RNA shows considerable sequence and structural homology with parts of the 3'-terminal
tRNA
-like structure of the CMV genomal RNAs.
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PMID:Satellite RNA of cucumber mosaic virus forms a secondary structure with partial 3'-terminal homology to genomal RNAs. 618 89
Escherichia coli initiator methionine
tRNA
labeled in vivo with 5-fluorouracil (FUra) has been isolated and characterized. The
tRNA
, with essentially all its uracil and uracil-derived minor bases replaced by FUra, was purified by sequential chromatography, first on diethylaminoethylcellulose (DEAE-cellulose), at pH 8.9, followed by chromatography on Sepharose 4B, using a reverse salt gradient, then on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, and finally on benzoylated DEAE-cellulose. The last step resolved two FUra-substituted tRNAfMet-iso-accepting species, each with a specific activity over 1500 pmol/A260. Kinetic analysis shows both are aminoacylated at the same rate; apparent KmS for the two are 0.92 and 0.94 microM, compared with 1.7 microM for normal tRNAfMet. Chromatographic differences between the two forms of fluorinated tRNAfMet persist after aminoacylation, and the two tRNAs are not interconverted by denaturation and renaturation. The isoacceptors have nearly identical nucleoside composition, and both contain 7-methylguanosine and 2'-O-methylcytidine as the only modified nucleosides. Analysis of complete
RNase T1
digests of the two methionine tRNAs shows that they differ in only one oligonucleotide. The sequence 20FpApGp, derived from the dihydrouridine loop and stem region, which is found in one of the isoaccepting forms of the
tRNA
, is replaced by an oligonucleotide containing adenine and guanine, but no FUra in the other. A modified FUra, with the properties of a 5-fluoro-5,6-dihydrouracil derivative, is detected in this
tRNA
. 19F NMR spectra of the two species of FUra-substituted initiator
tRNA
show 9-10 resolved resonances for the 12 FUra residues incorporated. The spectra differ primarily in the shift of one peak in the form lacking the sequence 20FpApGp, from 4.8 ppm downfield from free FUra (= 0 ppm) to 14.9 ppm upfield from the standard.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of two 5-fluorouracil-substituted Escherichia coli initiator methionine transfer ribonucleic acids. 618 84
The structure of 5 S RNA within the 70 S ribosome from Escherichia coli was studied using the chemical reagent kethoxal (alpha-keto-beta-ethoxybutyraldehyde) to modify accessible guanosines. The modification pattern of 5 S RNA from free 70 S ribosomes was compared with that of poly(U) programmed ribosomes where
tRNA
had been bound to both the A- and P-sites. Binding to the ribosomal A-site was achieved enzymatically using the elongation factor Tu and GTP in the presence of deacylated
tRNA
which blocks the ribosomal P-site. Modified guanosines were identified after partial
RNase T1
hydrolysis and separation of the hydrolysis products on sequencing gels. Binding of
tRNA
to the ribosome leads to a strong protection of 5 S RNA guanosine G-41 and to some degree G-44 from kethoxal modification. The limited
RNase T1
hydrolysis pattern provides evidence for the existence of a 5 S RNA conformation different from the known 5 S RNA A- and B-forms which are characterized by their gel electrophoretic mobility. The importance of 5 S RNA for the binding of
tRNA
to the ribosome is discussed.
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PMID:The effect of tRNA binding on the structure of 5 S RNA in Escherichia coli. A chemical modification study. 620 Apr 75
We have studied transcriptional initiation in the mitochondria of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by analyzing mitochondrial transcripts from grande and petite yeast after labeling in vitro with vaccinia virus guanylyltransferase and [alpha-32P]GTP. This procedure labels triphosphate-terminated RNA which arises from transcriptional initiation. Exploiting the extremely low GC content (18%) of yeast mitochondrial DNA, we digested the in vitro capped transcripts with the G-specific
ribonuclease T1
; this resulted in 27 oligonucleotides varying in size from 2 to 51 nucleotides. RNA from 14 overlapping petites was analyzed and 20 transcripts were localized by deletion mapping. Nineteen oligonucleotides were sequences and 13 were identified and precisely localized by comparison with known DNA sequences. In all cases, transcription is initiated at a consensus nonanucleotide sequence which can be considered part of the yeast mitochondrial promoter. We identified initiation sites for the 21 S and 14 S rRNAs; the phenylalanine, f-methionine, and glutamic tRNAs; two sites for the OLI-1 gene; and three for the ori (rep) regions. Most promoters appear to give rise to very long multigene primary transcripts. Examples are multigene transcripts for the glutamic
tRNA
and COB genes and for the OLI-1, serine
tRNA
, and Var genes. Since the consensus nonanucleotide sequences at the ori regions are similar to those at other transcriptional initiation sites, it is likely that the same RNA polymerase primes DNA replication and gene transcription.
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PMID:Identification of multiple transcriptional initiation sites on the yeast mitochondrial genome by in vitro capping with guanylyltransferase. 631 17
Affinity labeling of proteins in the peptidyl transferase center of eukaryotic ribosomes can be carried out using as a probe p-nitrophenylcarbamyl-amino acyl-
tRNA
. However, when the reactive p-nitrophenylcarbamyl group is in the amino terminal of the 3' end pentanucleotide derived from amino acyl-
tRNA
by
ribonuclease T1
, covalent binding does not take place. An interpretation of the results suggests that the 3' terminal fragment binds to an RNA rich part of the ribosome, which probably forms the P-site in the peptidyl transferase center.
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PMID:Affinity labeling of peptidyl transferase center using the 3' terminal pentanucleotide from amino acyl-tRNA. 634 99
The nucleotide residues involved in the cross-link between P site bound acetylvalyl-
tRNA
(AcVal-tRNA) and 16-18S rRNA have been identified. This cross-link was formed by irradiation of Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis AcVal-
tRNA
bound to the P site of E. coli ribosomes or by irradiation of E. coli AcVal-
tRNA
bound to the P site of yeast ribosomes. The three cross-linked RNA heterodimers were obtained in 10-35% purity by disruption of the irradiated ribosome-
tRNA
complex with sodium dodecyl sulfate followed by sucrose gradient centrifugation. After total digestion with
RNase T1
, and labeling at either the 5'- or the 3'-end, the cross-linked oligomers could be identified and isolated before and after photolytic splitting of the cross-link. One of the oligomers was shown to be UACACACCG, a unique rRNA nonamer present in an evolutionarily conserved region. This oligomer was found in all three heterodimers. The other oligomer of the dimer had the sequence expected for the
RNase T1
product encompassing the anticodon of the
tRNA
used. The precise site of cross-linking was determined by two novel methods. Bisulfite modification of the oligonucleotide dimer converted all C residues to U, except for any cross-linked C which would be resistant by being part of a cyclobutane dimer. Sequencing gel analysis of the UACACACCG oligomer showed that the C residue protected was the 3'-penultimate C residue, C1400 in E. coli rRNA or C1626 in yeast rRNA.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Cross-linking of the anticodon of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis acetylvalyl-tRNA to the ribosomal P site. Characterization of a unique site in both E. coli 16S and yeast 18S ribosomal RNA. 642 82
A new rapid microassay for RNase is based on the extraction of the products of the degradation of aminoacyl-
tRNA
into ethyl acetate. The substrate, for example, f[3H]Met-
tRNA
, is not soluble in ethyl acetate but the product f[3H]Met-nucleotide is extracted with high efficiency over a wide range of pH in phosphate buffer of high ionic strength. The limit digest of f[3H]Met-
tRNA
by
RNase T1
in which the minimum-sized product should be f[3H]Met-hexanucleotide is also soluble in ethyl acetate. The assay is sensitive to 0.05 pg of RNase A, has a very low background, and is linear with enzyme concentration. The most economic substrate is unfractionated
tRNA
containing a small concentration of the radiolabeled aminoacyl-
tRNA
.
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PMID:A ribonuclease assay: separation of product from undegraded aminoacyl-transfer RNA substrate. 656 Sep 99
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