Mg2+ binding and structural stability of mature and in vitro synthesized unmodified Escherichia coli tRNAPhe
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Mg2+ binding and structural stability of mature and in vitro synthesized unmodified Escherichia coli tRNAPhe
Abstract
Mature tRNAPhe from Escherichia coli and the transcript of its gene lacking modified nucleotides were compared by a variety of physical techniques. Melting experiments revealed that at a low Mg2+level the transcript was partially denatured, while the mature tRNA possessed intact tertiary interactions. Mg2+binding to both tRNAs was studied by CD and UV techniques as well as by using the Mg2+-sensitive fluorescence indicator, 8-hydroxyquinoline 5-sulfonic acid. Both tRNA forms exhibited a single strong Mg2+-binding site, its dissociation constant was 10-fold higher for the transcript. Conformational changes in response to Mg2+ addition measured by CD and UV spectrometry revealed no difference for the estimated binding cooperativity and strong differences for affinities of Mg2+-binding sites for the two tRNA forms. Conformational transitions in mature and in in vitro synthesized tRNA required the binding of two Mg2+ ions per molecule and therefore should be associated not only with a single strong binding site. The Mg2+ dependence of Stokes radii measured by gel-filtration revealed insignificant differences between the overall sizes of the two tRNA forms at physiological Mg2+ levels (>1 mM). Taken together, these results suggest that modified nucleotides stabilize tertiary interactions and increase the structure stability without affecting the mechanism of Mg2+binding and overall folding of the tRNA molecule. This conclusion is supported by the known biological activity of the E. coli tRNAPhe gene transcript.
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