In vivo synthesis of adenylylated bis(5'-nucleosidyl) tetraphosphates (Ap4N) by Escherichia coli aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.
AUTOR(ES)
Brevet, A
RESUMO
The role of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in the in vivo synthesis of adenylylated bis(5'-nucleosidyl) tetraphosphates (Ap4N) was studied by measuring the concentration of these nucleotides in Escherichia coli cells overproducing lysyl-, methionyl- phenylalanyl-, or valyl-tRNA synthetase. Overproduction of each aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (20- to 80-fold) was accompanied by a significant increase in intracellular Ap4N concentration (3- to 14-fold). As expected, non-adenylylated bis(5'-nucleosidyl) tetraphosphate concentration was not changed by synthetase overproduction. It was also verified that overproduction of an inactive methionyl-tRNA synthetase mutant did not modify Ap4N concentration. Ap4N accumulation during heat shock occurred in all strains studied. The increase factor (approximately 50-fold after 1 hr at 48 degrees C) was not changed by overproduction of any of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases studied, including that of the heat-inducible form of lysyl-tRNA synthetase from the lysU gene. Together, these results establish that aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are involved in Ap4N biosynthesis during exponential growth as well as during heat shock.
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