Publications
2001
Carnicelli D., Brigotti M., Rizzi S., Keith G., Montanaro L., Sperti S.
Nucleotides U28-A42 and A37 in unmodified yeast tRNA(Trp) as negative identity elements for bovine tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase Journal Article
In: FEBS Lett, vol. 492, no. 3, pp. 238-41, 2001, (0014-5793 Journal Article).
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Acid, Adenine/chemistry, Animals, Base, Cattle, cerevisiae/genetics, Conformation, Data, Fungal/genetics/metabolism, Gov't, Kinetics, Ligase/*metabolism, Molecular, Non-U.S., Nucleic, RNA, Saccharomyces, Sequence, Species, Specificity, Substrate, Support, Transfer, Trp/chemistry/*metabolism, Tryptophan-tRNA, Uridine/chemistry
@article{,
title = {Nucleotides U28-A42 and A37 in unmodified yeast tRNA(Trp) as negative identity elements for bovine tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase},
author = { D. Carnicelli and M. Brigotti and S. Rizzi and G. Keith and L. Montanaro and S. Sperti},
year = {2001},
date = {2001-01-01},
journal = {FEBS Lett},
volume = {492},
number = {3},
pages = {238-41},
abstract = {Wild-type bovine and yeast tRNA(Trp) are efficiently aminoacylated by tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase both from beef and from yeast. Upon loss of modified bases in the synthetic transcripts, mammalian tRNA(Trp) retains the double recognition by the two synthetases, while yeast tRNA(Trp) loses its substrate properties for the bovine enzyme and is recognised only by the cognate synthetase. By testing chimeric bovine-yeast transcripts with tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase purified from beef pancreas, the nucleotides responsible for the loss of charging of the synthetic yeast transcript have been localised in the anticodon arm. A complete loss of charging akin to that observed with the yeast transcript requires substitution in the bovine backbone of G37 in the anticodon loop with yeast A37 and of C28-G42 in the anticodon stem with yeast U28-A42. Since A37 does not prevent aminoacylation of the wild-type yeast tRNA(Trp) by the beef enzyme, a negative combination apparently emerges in the synthetic transcript after unmasking of U28 by loss of pseudourydilation.},
note = {0014-5793
Journal Article},
keywords = {Acid, Adenine/chemistry, Animals, Base, Cattle, cerevisiae/genetics, Conformation, Data, Fungal/genetics/metabolism, Gov't, Kinetics, Ligase/*metabolism, Molecular, Non-U.S., Nucleic, RNA, Saccharomyces, Sequence, Species, Specificity, Substrate, Support, Transfer, Trp/chemistry/*metabolism, Tryptophan-tRNA, Uridine/chemistry},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1997
Bergdoll M., Remy M. H., Cagnon C., Masson J. M., Dumas P.
Proline-dependent oligomerization with arm exchange Journal Article
In: Structure, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 391-401, 1997, (0969-2126 Journal Article).
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: *Acetyltransferases, *Dimerization, *Protein, Acid, Alignment, Amino, Aminotransferases/chemistry, Animals, Aspartate, ATPase/chemistry, Bacterial, Binding, Cattle, Chickens, Comparative, Conformation, Data, Folding, Heart/enzymology, Human, mitochondria, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Na(+)-K(+)-Exchanging, Pancreatic/chemistry, Plant, Proline/*physiology, Protein, Proteins/chemistry, Pyrophosphatases/chemistry, Ribonuclease, Sequence, Site-Directed, Structural, Study, Viral, Viruses/chemistry
@article{,
title = {Proline-dependent oligomerization with arm exchange},
author = { M. Bergdoll and M. H. Remy and C. Cagnon and J. M. Masson and P. Dumas},
year = {1997},
date = {1997-01-01},
journal = {Structure},
volume = {5},
number = {3},
pages = {391-401},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Oligomerization is often necessary for protein activity or regulation and its efficiency is fundamental for the cell. The quaternary structure of a large number of oligomers consists of protomers tightly anchored to each other by exchanged arms or swapped domains. However, nothing is known about how the arms can be kept in a favourable conformation before such an oligomerization. RESULTS: Upon examination of such quaternary structures, we observe an extremely frequent occurrence of proline residues at the point where the arm leaves the protomer. Sequence alignment and site-directed mutagenesis confirm the importance of these prolines. The conservation of these residues at the hinge regions can be explained by the constraints that they impose on polypeptide conformation and dynamics: by rigidifying the mainchain, prolines favour extended conformations of arms thus favouring oligomerization, and may prevent interaction of the arms with the core of the protomer. CONCLUSIONS: Hinge prolines can be considered as 'quaternary structure helpers'. The presence of a proline should be considered when searching for a determinant of oligomerization with arm exchange and could be used to engineer synthetic oligomers or to displace a monomers to oligomers equilibrium by mutation of this proline residue.},
note = {0969-2126
Journal Article},
keywords = {*Acetyltransferases, *Dimerization, *Protein, Acid, Alignment, Amino, Aminotransferases/chemistry, Animals, Aspartate, ATPase/chemistry, Bacterial, Binding, Cattle, Chickens, Comparative, Conformation, Data, Folding, Heart/enzymology, Human, mitochondria, Models, Molecular, Mutagenesis, Na(+)-K(+)-Exchanging, Pancreatic/chemistry, Plant, Proline/*physiology, Protein, Proteins/chemistry, Pyrophosphatases/chemistry, Ribonuclease, Sequence, Site-Directed, Structural, Study, Viral, Viruses/chemistry},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1996
de Barros J. P. Pais, Keith G., Adlouni C. El, Glasser A. L., Mack G., Dirheimer G., Desgres J.
2'-O-methyl-5-formylcytidine (f5Cm), a new modified nucleotide at the 'wobble' of two cytoplasmic tRNAs Leu (NAA) from bovine liver Journal Article
In: Nucleic Acids Res, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1489-96, 1996, (0305-1048 Journal Article).
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: &, Acid, Acyl/*chemistry/isolation, Amino, Animals, Base, Borohydrides/chemistry, Cattle, Cells, Conformation, Cytidine/*analogs, Cytoplasm, Data, derivatives/chemistry/isolation, Fragmentography, Gov't, Hela, Human, Liver/*chemistry, Mass, Molecular, Non-U.S., Nucleic, purification, RNA, Sequence, structure, Support, Transfer
@article{,
title = {2'-O-methyl-5-formylcytidine (f5Cm), a new modified nucleotide at the 'wobble' of two cytoplasmic tRNAs Leu (NAA) from bovine liver},
author = { J. P. Pais de Barros and G. Keith and C. El Adlouni and A. L. Glasser and G. Mack and G. Dirheimer and J. Desgres},
year = {1996},
date = {1996-01-01},
journal = {Nucleic Acids Res},
volume = {24},
number = {8},
pages = {1489-96},
abstract = {The nucleotide analysis of a cytoplasmic tRNA(Leu) isolated from bovine liver revealed the presence of an unknown modified nucleotide N. The corresponding N nucleoside was isolated by different enzymatic and chromatographic protocols from a partially purified preparation of this tRNA(Leu). Its chemical characterization was determined from its chromatographic properties, UV-absorption spectroscopy and mass spectrometric measurements, as well as from those of the borohydride reduced N nucleoside and its etheno-trimethylsilyl derivative. The structure of N was established as 2'-O-methyl-5-formylcytidine (f5CM), and its reduced derivative as 2'-O-methyl-5-hydroxy-methylcytidine (om5Cm). By sequencing the bovine liver tRNA(Leu), the structure of the anticodon was determined as f5CmAA. In addition, the nucleotide sequence showed two primary structures differing only by the nucleotide 47c which is either uridine or adenosine. The two slightly differing bovine liver tRNAs-Leu(f5CmAA) are the only tRNAs so far sequenced which contain f5Cm. The role of such a modified cytidine at the first position of the anticodon is discussed in terms of decoding properties for the UUG and UUA leucine codons. Recently, precise evidence was obtained for the presence of f5Cm at the same position in tRNAs(Leu)(NAA) isolated from rabbit and lamb liver. Therefore, the 2'-O-methyl-5-formyl modification of cytidine at position 34 could be a general feature of cytoplasmic tRNAs(Leu)(NAA) in mammals.},
note = {0305-1048
Journal Article},
keywords = {&, Acid, Acyl/*chemistry/isolation, Amino, Animals, Base, Borohydrides/chemistry, Cattle, Cells, Conformation, Cytidine/*analogs, Cytoplasm, Data, derivatives/chemistry/isolation, Fragmentography, Gov't, Hela, Human, Liver/*chemistry, Mass, Molecular, Non-U.S., Nucleic, purification, RNA, Sequence, structure, Support, Transfer},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1993
el Adlouni C., Keith G., Dirheimer G., Szarkowski J. W., Przykorska A.
Rye nuclease I as a tool for structural studies of tRNAs with large variable arms Journal Article
In: Nucleic Acids Res, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 941-7, 1993, (0305-1048 Journal Article).
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: *Nucleotidases, Acid, Animals, Anticodon, Base, Cattle, cereale/*enzymology, cerevisiae, Conformation, Data, Gov't, Leu/chemistry, Molecular, Non-U.S., Nucleic, RNA, Saccharomyces, Secale, Sequence, Ser/chemistry, Support, Transfer, Transfer/*chemistry
@article{,
title = {Rye nuclease I as a tool for structural studies of tRNAs with large variable arms},
author = { C. el Adlouni and G. Keith and G. Dirheimer and J. W. Szarkowski and A. Przykorska},
year = {1993},
date = {1993-01-01},
journal = {Nucleic Acids Res},
volume = {21},
number = {4},
pages = {941-7},
abstract = {A single-strand-specific nuclease from rye germ (Rn nuclease I) was used for secondary and tertiary structure investigations of tRNAs with large variable arms (class II tRNAs). We have studied the structure in solution of two recently sequenced tRNA(Leu): yeast tRNA(Leu)(ncm5UmAA) and bovine tRNA(Leu)(XmAA) as well as yeast tRNA(Leu)(UAG), tRNA(Leu)(m5CAA) and tRNA(Ser)(IGA). The latter is the only tRNA with a long variable arm for which the secondary and tertiary structure has already been studied by use of chemical probes and computer modelling. The data obtained in this work showed that the general model of class II tRNAs proposed by others for tRNA(Ser) can be extended to tRNAs(Leu) as well. However interesting differences in the structure of tRNAs(Leu) versus tRNA(Ser)(IGA) were also noticed. The main difference was observed in the accessibility of the variable loops to nucleolytic attack of Rn nuclease I: variable loops of all studied tRNA(Leu) species were cut by Rn nuclease I, while that of yeast tRNA(Ser)(IGA) was not. This could be due to differences in stability of the variable arms and the lengths of their loops which are 3 and 4 nucleotides in tRNA(Ser)(IGA) and tRNAs(Leu) respectively.},
note = {0305-1048
Journal Article},
keywords = {*Nucleotidases, Acid, Animals, Anticodon, Base, Cattle, cereale/*enzymology, cerevisiae, Conformation, Data, Gov't, Leu/chemistry, Molecular, Non-U.S., Nucleic, RNA, Saccharomyces, Secale, Sequence, Ser/chemistry, Support, Transfer, Transfer/*chemistry},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1973
Koolman J, Hoffmann Jules A, Karlson P
Sulphage esters as inactivation products of ecdysone in Locusta migratoria Journal Article
In: Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem., vol. 354, no. 9, pp. 1043–1048, 1973, ISSN: 0018-4888.
BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Biological, Cattle, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Electrophoresis, Esterases, Glucosidases, Glucuronidase, Grasshoppers, hoffmann, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Hydrolysis, Ion Exchange, Isotope Labeling, Kinetics, Larva, Liver, M3i, Metamorphosis, Paper, Plants, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Snails, Sulfatases, Sulfur Radioisotopes, Sulfuric Acids, Swine, Thin Layer, Time Factors, Tritium
@article{koolman_sulphage_1973,
title = {Sulphage esters as inactivation products of ecdysone in Locusta migratoria},
author = {J Koolman and Jules A Hoffmann and P Karlson},
issn = {0018-4888},
year = {1973},
date = {1973-09-01},
journal = {Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem.},
volume = {354},
number = {9},
pages = {1043--1048},
keywords = {Animals, Biological, Cattle, Chromatography, Ecdysone, Electrophoresis, Esterases, Glucosidases, Glucuronidase, Grasshoppers, hoffmann, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Hydrolysis, Ion Exchange, Isotope Labeling, Kinetics, Larva, Liver, M3i, Metamorphosis, Paper, Plants, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Snails, Sulfatases, Sulfur Radioisotopes, Sulfuric Acids, Swine, Thin Layer, Time Factors, Tritium},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}