scholarly journals Myocardial aminoacyl-transfer-ribonucleic acid synthetase and aminoacyl-transferring enzyme activity

1972 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Gibson ◽  
P. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Ribonucleic Acid ◽  
Trna Synthetase ◽  
Transferase Activity ◽  
Synthetase Activity ◽  
Aminoacyl Trna Synthetase ◽  
Standard Preparation ◽  
Enzyme Systems ◽  
Aminoacyl Transfer

The properties of cytoplasmic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and aminoacyl-transferring enzymes in the myocardium were examined and methods for the assay of the activity of these enzyme systems were developed. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity was measured from the rate of incorporation of 14C-labelled amino acid into aminoacyl-tRNA. Transferase activity was measured from the rate of incorporation of amino[14C]acyl-tRNA into protein in the presence of a standard preparation of hepatic ribosomes. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity is labile once the heart has been homogenized, whereas transferase activity is stable. The source of energy for synthetase activity is ATP; that for transferase is GTP. Transferase activity was inhibited by puromycin and stimulated by dithiothreitol, whereas synthetase activity was unaffected.

Structural Basis of Furan-Amino Acid Recognition by a Polyspecific Aminoacyl-tRNA-Synthetase and its Genetic Encoding in Human Cells

ChemBioChem ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 1755-1760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moritz J. Schmidt ◽  
Annemarie Weber ◽  
Moritz Pott ◽  
Wolfram Welte ◽  
Daniel Summerer
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Trna Synthetase ◽  
Human Cells ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Aminoacyl Trna Synthetase ◽  
Genetic Encoding ◽  
Amino Acid Recognition

scholarly journals Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibition activates a pathway that branches from the canonical amino acid response in mammalian cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (16) ◽  
pp. 8900-8911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeonjin Kim ◽  
Mark S. Sundrud ◽  
Changqian Zhou ◽  
Maja Edenius ◽  
Davide Zocco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Inflammatory Responses ◽  
Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Trna Synthetase ◽  
Aminoacyl Trna Synthetase ◽  
Therapeutic Benefits ◽  
Fibroblast Like Synoviocytes ◽  
Amino Acid Response

Signaling pathways that sense amino acid abundance are integral to tissue homeostasis and cellular defense. Our laboratory has previously shown that halofuginone (HF) inhibits the prolyl-tRNA synthetase catalytic activity of glutamyl-prolyl-tRNA synthetase (EPRS), thereby activating the amino acid response (AAR). We now show that HF treatment selectively inhibits inflammatory responses in diverse cell types and that these therapeutic benefits occur in cells that lack GCN2, the signature effector of the AAR. Depletion of arginine, histidine, or lysine from cultured fibroblast-like synoviocytes recapitulates key aspects of HF treatment, without utilizing GCN2 or mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 pathway signaling. Like HF, the threonyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitor borrelidin suppresses the induction of tissue remodeling and inflammatory mediators in cytokine-stimulated fibroblast-like synoviocytes without GCN2, but both aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) inhibitors are sensitive to the removal of GCN1. GCN1, an upstream component of the AAR pathway, binds to ribosomes and is required for GCN2 activation. These observations indicate that aaRS inhibitors, like HF, can modulate inflammatory response without the AAR/GCN2 signaling cassette, and that GCN1 has a role that is distinct from its activation of GCN2. We propose that GCN1 participates in a previously unrecognized amino acid sensor pathway that branches from the canonical AAR.

scholarly journals Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1995 ◽  
Vol 309 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
C L Harris ◽  
C J Kolanko
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Density Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Trna Synthetase ◽  
Synthetase Activity ◽  
Aminoacyl Trna Synthetase ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Cell Extracts ◽  
Molecular Masses

The size distribution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity was investigated in cell extracts prepared from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bio-Gel A-5M chromatography of 105,000 g supernatants separated isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase activity into three peaks, with apparent molecular masses (Da) of about 100,000, 350,000 and 10(6) or greater. Similar results were obtained with synthetases specific for glutamic acid, serine and tyrosine. Sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation of yeast supernatants also provided evidence for the existence of synthetase complexes. These data provide the first evidence for the existence of a high-molecular-mass aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex in yeast, perhaps similar to those reported in higher eukaryotes.

Amino acid sensing using aminoacyl–tRNA synthetase

2008 ◽  
Vol 378 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akimitsu Kugimiya ◽  
Miki Morii ◽  
Takashi Ohtsuki
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Trna Synthetase ◽  
Aminoacyl Trna Synthetase ◽  
Amino Acid Sensing

scholarly journals Amino Acid-dependent Transfer RNA Affinity in a Class I Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase

2005 ◽  
Vol 280 (25) ◽  
pp. 23966-23977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan T. Uter ◽  
Ita Gruic-Sovulj ◽  
John J. Perona
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Trna Synthetase ◽  
Transfer Rna ◽  
Class I ◽  
Aminoacyl Trna Synthetase

A Genetic Study of Erythrocyte Arginine-tRNA Synthetase Activity in Man

1977 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia A. McCune ◽  
P. L. Yu ◽  
Walter E. Nance
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Trna Synthetase ◽  
Synthetase Activity ◽  
Trna Synthetases ◽  
Automated Assay ◽  
Aminoacyl Trna Synthetases ◽  
Assay Procedure ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Genetically Determined ◽  
Mz Twins

To search for evidence of genetic variation among the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, a semi-automated assay procedure employing a Technicon Auto Analyzer was used to measure erythrocyte arginine-tRNA synthetase activity in samples obtained from normal human twins of various ages. Variation in enzyme activity within the older DZ twins was five times that of the MZ twins suggesting the existence of genetically determined variation in enzyme activity. Higher enzyme activity was observed in newborn DZ unlike-sexed twins than in like-sexed twins of either zygosity. Possible explanations for this observation are discussed.

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