作者:Maria Duca、Shengxi Chen、Sidney M. Hecht
DOI:10.1039/b806790b
日期:——
Tandemly activated tRNAs, bearing amino acid moieties at both the 2′- and 3′-positions of the 3′-terminal adenosine moiety (A76), have been shown to participate efficiently in protein synthesis [B. Wang, J. Zhou, M. Lodder, R. D. Anderson, III and S. M. Hecht, J. Biol. Chem., 2006, 281, 13865]. The mechanism by which such activated tRNAs are able to donate both amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain is not well understood. Here we report the chemical behavior and participation in protein synthesis of new bisaminoacyl derivatives of pdCpA and tRNA. Both amino moieties of the aminoacyl groups are shown to be important to enable participation in protein synthesis; paradoxically, they also confer an unanticipated chemical stability toward different nucleophiles. The results obtained suggest a model for participation of bisaminoacylated tRNAs in protein synthesis.
Wang, J. Zhou, M. Lodder, R. D. Anderson, III and S. M. Hecht, J. Biol.Chem.,2006,281,13865]。这种活化的 tRNA 能够向生长中的多肽链提供两种氨基酸的机制尚不十分清楚。在这里,我们报告了 pdCpA 和 tRNA 的新双氨基酰衍生物的化学行为和参与蛋白质合成的情况。结果表明,氨基酰基的两个氨基对参与蛋白质合成非常重要;矛盾的是,它们还赋予了对不同亲核物的化学稳定性,这一点出乎意料。研究结果表明了双氨基酰化 tRNA 参与蛋白质合成的模式。