PMID: 8595557Dec 1, 1995Paper

The ribosomal environment of tRNA: crosslinks to rRNA from positions 8 and 20:1 in the central fold of tRNA located at the A, P, or E site

RNA
J Rinke-AppelR Brimacombe

Abstract

The naturally occurring nucleotide 3-(3-amino-3-carboxy-propyl) uridine ("acp3U") at position 20:1 of lupin tRNAMet was coupled to a photoreactive diazirine derivative. Similarly, the 4-thiouridine at position 8 of Escherichia coli tRNAPhe was modified with an aromatic azide. Each of the derivatized tRNAs was bound to E. coli ribosomes in the presence of suitable mRNA analogues, under conditions specific for the A, P, or E sites. After photoactivation of the diazirine or azide groups, the sites of crosslinking from the tRNAs to 16S or 23S rRNA were analyzed by our standard procedures, involving a combination of ribonuclease H digestion and primer extension analysis. The crosslinked ribosomal proteins were also identified. The results for the rRNA showed a well-defined series of crosslinks to both the 16S and 23S molecules, the most pronounced being (1) an entirely A-site-specific crosslink from tRNA position 20:1 to the loop-end region (nt 877-913) of helix 38 of the 23S RNA (a region that has not so far been associated at all with tRNA binding), and (2) a largely P-site-specific crosslink from tRNA position 8 to nt 2111-2112 of the 23S RNA (nt 2112 being a position that has previously been identified in footprinting studies as...Continue Reading

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