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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 689-698Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00346-0
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The AUA codon-specific isoleucine tRNA (tRNA(lle)) in eubacteria has the posttranscriptionally modified nucleoside lysidine (L) at the wobble position of the anti-codon (position 34). This modification is a lysine-containing cytidine derivative that converts both the codon specificity of tRNA(lle) from AUG to AUA and its amino acid specificity from methionine to isoleucine. We identified an essential gene (tilS; tRNA(lle)-lysidine synthetase) that is responsible for lysidine formation in both Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. The recombinant enzyme complexed specifically with tRNA(lle) and synthesized L by utilizing ATP and lysine as substrates. The lysidine synthesis of this enzyme was shown to directly convert the amino acid specificity of tRNA(lle) from methionine to isoleucine in vitro. Partial inactivation of tilS in vivo resulted in an AUA codon-dependent translational defect, which supports the notion that TilS is an RNA-modifying enzyme that plays a critical role in the accurate decoding of genetic information.
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