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EMBO J
1986 May 01;55:1105-9. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1986.tb04329.x.
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Enzymatic 2'-O-methylation of the wobble nucleoside of eukaryotic tRNAPhe: specificity depends on structural elements outside the anticodon loop.
Droogmans L, Haumont E, de Henau S, Grosjean H.
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We have investigated the specificity of the enzyme tRNA (wobble guanosine 2'-O-)methyltransferase which catalyses the maturation of guanosine-34 of eukaryotic tRNAPhe to the 2'-O-methyl derivative Gm-34. This study was done by micro-injection into Xenopus laevis oocytes of restructured yeast tRNAPhe in which the anticodon GmAA and the 3' adjacent nucleotide 'Y' were substituted by various tetranucleotides. The results indicate that the enzyme is cytoplasmic; the chemical nature of the bases of the anticodon and its 3' adjacent nucleotide is not critical for the methylation of G-34; the size of the anticodon loop is however important; structural features beyond the anticodon loop are involved in the specific recognition of the tRNA by the enzyme since Escherichia coli tRNAPhe and four chimeric yeast tRNAs carrying the GAA anticodon are not substrates; unexpectedly, the 2'-O-methylation is not restricted to G-34 since C-34, U-34 and A-34 in restructured yeast tRNAPhe also became methylated. It seems probable that the tRNA (wobble guanosine 2'-O-)methyltransferase is not specific for the type of nucleotide-34 in eukaryotic tRNAPhe; however the existence in the oocyte of several methylation enzymes specific for each nucleotide-34 has not yet been ruled out.
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