Structural and functional properties of thesaurin a (42Sp50), the major protein of the 42 S particles present in Xenopus laevis previtellogenic oocytes - PubMed (original) (raw)
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Structural and functional properties of thesaurin a (42Sp50), the major protein of the 42 S particles present in Xenopus laevis previtellogenic oocytes
A Viel et al. J Biol Chem. 1991.
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Thesaurin a is one of two protein components of a 42 S ribonucleoprotein particle that is very abundant in previtellogenic oocytes of Xenopus laevis. The primary function of the 42 S particle is the long-term storage of 5 S RNA and aminoacyl-tRNA. Thesaurin a is homologous to eukaryotic elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) and to prokaryotic elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu). Sequence comparison with EF-1 alpha and EF-Tu of different species indicates that thesaurin a is rather distantly related to all eukaryotic elongation factors. In spite of this, the secondary structure of thesaurin a, deduced from hydrophobic cluster analysis, is remarkably similar to that of EF-1 alpha and EF-Tu. The binding and catalytic properties of thesaurin a are also similar but not identical to those of EF-1 alpha. Like EF-1 alpha, purified thesaurin a binds tRNA, GDP, and GTP. Unlike EF-1 alpha, thesaurin a binds discharged tRNA more tightly than charged tRNA, and GTP more tightly than GDP. Thesaurin a also hydrolyzes GTP and catalyzes the mRNA-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to 80 S ribosomes. The functional properties of the 42 S particle are in general agreement with those of purified thesaurin a. In particular, the 42 S particle contains GTP and efficiently transfers aminoacyl-tRNA to 80 S ribosomes without addition of exogenous elongation factor.
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