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Folding and Characterization of a Bio-responsive Robot from DNA Origami
Published on: December 3, 2015
メタノゲンメチルトランスフェラーゼの構造に新しいUAGでコードされた残留物
Bing Hao1, Weimin Gong, Tsuneo K Ferguson
1Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 484 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
まとめ
メタノゲンメチラミンメチルトランスファーゼは,翻訳のためにユニークな珀色コドン (UAG) を使用します. 研究者らは,このUAGコドンが,メタノサルキナバケリ (Methanosarcina barkeri) MtmB酵素の中で,新しいアミノ酸であるl-ピロリシンをコードすることを発見した.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 構造生物学 構造生物学とは
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
背景:
- メタノゲンメチラミンメチルトランスフェラーゼの遺伝子には,インフレームアンバー (UAG) コドンが含まれています.
- このコードンは通常,ストップ信号ですが,これらの遺伝子の翻訳中に読まれます.
研究 の 目的:
- メタノゲン性メチラミンメチルトランスフェラーゼでUAGコドンによってコードされたアミノ酸のアイデンティティを決定する.
- Methanosarcina barkeri.からのMtmB酵素の構造を解明する.
主な方法:
- X線結晶学を用いて,MtmBの1.55アングストームの解像度構造を決定した.
- UAGでコードされた残留物を特定するために電子密度マップの分析.
主要な成果:
- MtmBはホモヘクサマーで,そのサブユニットは TIM バレルの折りたたみを持っています.
- UAGでコードされた残留物の電子密度は,21の標準アミノ酸と異なる.
- 残留物は,ライシン・イン・アミドが (4R,5R) -4-置換ピロリン-5-カルボキシラートとの結合と一致しています.
結論:
- 新種のアミノ酸は,暫定的にl-ピロリシンと命名され,メタノゲンメチラミンメチルトランスフェラーゼのアンバー (UAG) コドンによってコード化されています.
- この発見は,既知の遺伝子コードと,タンパク質合成に使用されるアミノ酸のレパートリーを拡張します.
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