The Candida albicans CUG-decoding ser-tRNA has an atypical anticodon stem-loop structure - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1999 Nov 12;293(5):1039-53.
doi: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3209.
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- DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3209
The Candida albicans CUG-decoding ser-tRNA has an atypical anticodon stem-loop structure
V M Perreau et al. J Mol Biol. 1999.
Abstract
In many Candida species, the leucine CUG codon is decoded by a tRNA with two unusual properties: it is a ser-tRNA and, uniquely, has guanosine at position 33 (G33). Using a combination of enzymatic (V1 RNase, RnI nuclease) and chemical (Pb(2+), imidazole) probing of the native Candida albicans ser-tRNACAG, we demonstrate that the overall tertiary structure of this tRNA resembles that of a ser-tRNA rather than a leu-tRNA, except within the anticodon arm where there is considerable disruption of the anticodon stem. Using non-modified in vitro transcripts of the C. albicans ser-tRNACAG carrying G, C, U or A at position 33, we demonstrate that it is specifically a G residue at this position that induces the atypical anticodon stem structure. Further quantitative evidence for an unusual structure in the anticodon arm of the G33-tRNA is provided by the observed change in kinetics of methylation of the G at position 37, by purified Escherichia coli m(1)G37 methyltransferase. We conclude that the anticodon arm distortion, induced by a guanosine base at position 33 in the anticodon loop of this novel tRNA, results in reduced decoding ability which has facilitated the evolution of this tRNA without extinction of the species encoding it.
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