标题:Conformational activation of the yeast phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase catalytic site induced by tRNAPhe interaction: triggering of adenosine or CpCpA trinucleoside diphosphate aminoacylation upon binding of tRNAPhe lacking these residues
期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1981
卷号:78
期号:3
页码:1606-1608
DOI:10.1073/pnas.78.3.1606
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Adenosine or CpCpA trinucleoside diphosphate can be aminoacylated by phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase [L-phenylalanine:tRNAPhe ligase (AMP forming), EC 6.1.1.20 ] when the reaction takes place in the presence of tRNAPhe deprived of its 3' adenosine or pCpCpA terminus. This shows that, upon interaction with tRNA, a structural alteration of the enzyme's active site is achieved. This process may be a determining step in the specificity of the aminoacylation reaction.