Suppression of Glutamic Acid Codons by Mutant Glycine Transfer Ribonucleic Acid
AUTOR(ES)
Murgola, E. J.
RESUMO
In previous mutational studies with mutant trpA46 (Gly [GGA] → Glu [GAA] at position 211 of the tryptophan synthetase alpha chain) of Escherichia coli, no missense suppressors were detected. Such suppressors have now been obtained by single mutations in gly Vins, the structural gene for a GGA/G-reading, mutationally altered form of gly V transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) (tRNAGly which reads GGU/C). A trpA46 strain containing the gly Vins alteration was mutagenized with hydroxylamine, and suppressor mutations were detected in the prototrophs obtained. Eighteen independent suppressors were examined and shown to have alterations which map in the gly V region. Chromatography of the glycyl-tRNAs of one suppressed mutant on a benzoylated diethylaminoethyl-cellulose column revealed an alteration in the tRNAinsGly peak. The trpA46 suppressor mutation thus appears to involve a change of tRNAinsGly from a GGA/G (Gly) reader to a GAA (Glu) reader. Since this suppressor presumably retains the “wobble” pairing of gly Vins tRNA, it was used to select the conversion of GAU (Asp211) to GAG (Glu211) in the alpha chain. supD (serine-inserting amber suppressor) was then used to obtain the conversion of GAG (Glu211) to UAG211. Missense revertants of trpA (UAG211) are being isolated as a means of introducing new codons which can be used in the selection of additional missense suppressors.
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