The minimal tRNA: Unique structure of Ascaris suum mitochondrial tRNAUCUSer having a short T arm and lacking the entire D arm

Takashi Ohtsuki; Gota Kawai; Kimitsuna Watanabe

doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02328-1

The minimal tRNA: Unique structure of Ascaris suum mitochondrial tRNA_UCU^Ser having a short T arm and lacking the entire D arm

Takashi Ohtsuki, Gota Kawai, Kimitsuna Watanabe

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Abstract

The tertiary structure of Ascaris suum mitochondrial tRNA_UCU^Ser was examined by nuclear magnetic resonance analysis using its transcript, since tRNA_UCU^Ser, lacking the D arm and possessing a truncated T arm, is the shortest of all the known tRNAs. Most basepairs in the proposed secondary structure of tRNA_UCU^Ser were shown to exist, but the connector region comprising the truncated D loop and the extra loop was flexible. This flexibility, would enable adjustment of the mutual distance between the 3′-terminus and the anticodon consistent with that of usual tRNAs. Thus, tRNA^SerUCU appears to function in a similar way to that of usual tRNAs in the ribosome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	37-43
Number of pages	7
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	514
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02328-1
Publication status	Published - Mar 6 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ascaris suum
Mitochondrion
Nematode
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Stable isotope
Unusual tRNA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biophysics
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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