1994
Connecting Anticodon Recognition with the Active Site of Escherichia coli Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase
Weygand-Duraševic I, Rogers M, Söll D. Connecting Anticodon Recognition with the Active Site of Escherichia coli Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase. Journal Of Molecular Biology 1994, 240: 111-118. PMID: 8027995, DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseAnticodon recognitionMutant enzymesEscherichia coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseOpal suppressor tRNASpecificity constantMutant gene productsWild-type enzymeAmino acid loopExtensive conformational changesActive siteNumber of mutationsSuppressor tRNAGene productsGlnRPathways of communicationSaturation mutagenesisTRNAAcceptor stemAcid loopGenetic selectionConformational changesAnticodonPoor substrateAminoacylation
1993
Selectivity and specificity in the recognition of tRNA by E coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase
Rogers M, Weygand-Durašević I, Schwob E, Sherman J, Rogers K, Adachi T, Inokuchi H, Söll D. Selectivity and specificity in the recognition of tRNA by E coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochimie 1993, 75: 1083-1090. PMID: 8199243, DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(93)90007-f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpal suppressor tRNAGlutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseAcceptor stem recognitionSuppressor tRNAEscherichia coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseGenetic selectionAmber suppressor tRNAExtensive mutational analysisRecognition of tRNARNA contactsTRNA transcriptsRelaxed specificityMutational analysisTRNAGlnRAcceptor stemExtensive proteinIndividual functional groupsMutantsSpecific recognitionAnticodonAminoacylationSynthetaseIdentity elementSynthetases
1979
Characterization of a UGA-suppressing serine tRNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe with the help of a new in vitro assay system for eukaryotic suppressor tRNAs.
Kohli J, Kwong T, Altruda F, Söll D, Wahl G. Characterization of a UGA-suppressing serine tRNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe with the help of a new in vitro assay system for eukaryotic suppressor tRNAs. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1979, 254: 1546-1551. PMID: 762155, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37806-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpal suppressor tRNASuppressor tRNAReadthrough productSchizosaccharomyces pombeFission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombeYeast Schizosaccharomyces pombeOchre suppressor tRNAUGA termination codonBeta-globin mRNARabbit beta-globin mRNARabbit globin mRNAWheat germ extractSuppressor mutantsS. pombeNonsense suppressionPure tRNAsAlpha-globinSerine tRNATermination codonGlobin mRNATRNAPombeGerm extractSerineAssay system