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Ap3A and Ap4A are primers for oligoadenylate synthesis catalyzed by interferon-inducible 2-5A synthetase
K Turpaev1, R Hartmann, L Kisselev
1Department of Molecular and Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Abstract:
The biological role of Ap3A synthesized in cells by tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WRS) is unknown. Previously we have demonstrated that the cellular level of Ap3A significantly increases after interferon treatment. Here we show that the human 46 kDa 2-5A synthetase efficiently utilizes Ap3A as a primer for oligoadenylate synthesis. The Km for Ap3A is several-fold lower than for Ap4A and 100-fold lower than for ATP. This implies that Ap3A might be a natural primer for the 2'-adenylation reaction catalysed by 2-5A synthetase. Since WRS and 2-5A synthetase are both interferon-inducible proteins, a new link between two interferon-dependent enzymes is established.