Characterization of a B. subtilis Minor Isoleucine tRNA Deduced from tDNA Having a Methionine Anticodon CAT

• Published in: Journal of biochemistry (Tokyo) 1996-04, Vol.119 (4), p.811-816
• Main Authors: Matsugi, Jitsuhiro, Murao, Katsutoshi, Ishikura, Hisayuki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acylation; Anticodon - chemistry; Anticodon - genetics; Bacillus subtilis; Bacillus subtilis - genetics; Base Sequence; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; FAB mass spectroscopy; Genes, Bacterial - genetics; Isoleucine - metabolism; lysidine; Lysine - analogs & derivatives; Lysine - analysis; Methionine - genetics; Methionine - metabolism; modified nucleotide; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Pyrimidine Nucleosides - analysis; RNA, Transfer, Ile - genetics; RNA, Transfer, Ile - isolation & purification; RNA, Transfer, Ile - metabolism; Sequence Analysis, RNA; Transcription, Genetic; tRNA
• ISSN: 0021-924X
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021312

Bacillus subtilis, which belongs to Gram-positive eubacteria, has been predicted to have a minor isoleucine tRNA transcribed from the gene possessing the CAT anticodon, which corresponds to methionine.We isolated this tRNA and determined its sequence including modified nucleotides. Modified nucleotide analyses using TLC,UV,and FAB mass spectros-copy revealed that the first letter of the anticodon is modified to lysidine [4-amino-2-(N6-lysino)-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl pyrimidine]. As a result, this tRNA agrees with the minor one predicted from the DNA sequence and is thought to decode the isoleucine codon AUA.