A dual-specific Glu-tRNA(Gln) and Asp-tRNA(Asn) amidotransferase is involved in decoding glutamine and asparagine codons in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Salazar, JC; Zúñiga R.; Raczniak, G; Becker, H; Soll, D; Orellana O.

Abstract

The gatC, gatA and gatB genes encoding the three subunits of glutamyl-tRNAGln amidotransferase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, an acidophilic bacterium used in bioleaching of minerals, have been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. As in Bacillus subtilis the three gat genes are organized in an operon-like structure in A. ferrooxidans. The heterologously overexpressed enzyme converts Glu-tRNAGln to Gln-tRNAGln and Asp-tRNAAsn to Asn-tRNAAsn. Biochemical analysis revealed that neither glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase nor asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase is present in A. ferrooxidans, but that glutamyl-tRNA synthetase and aspartyl-tRNA synthetase enzymes are present in the organism. These data suggest that the transamidation pathway is responsible for the formation of Gln-tRNA and Asn-tRNA in A. ferrooxidans. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.

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Título según WOS: A dual-specific Glu-tRNA(Gln) and Asp-tRNA(Asn) amidotransferase is involved in decoding glutamine and asparagine codons in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Título según SCOPUS: A dual-specific Glu-tRNAGln and Asp-tRNAAsn amidotransferase is involved in decoding glutamine and asparagine codons in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Título de la Revista: FEBS LETTERS
Volumen: 500
Número: 3
Editorial: Wiley
Fecha de publicación: 2001
Página de inicio: 129
Página final: 131
Idioma: English
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S001457930102600X
DOI:

10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02600-X

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS