【摘要】 得到了缺失Asn2 的大肠杆菌 (E .coli)精氨酰 tRNA合成酶 (ArgRS)的变种和在其N端添加酵母ArgRS的N端 2 3个氨基酸残基的嵌合变种。它们的基因在大肠杆菌中表达时 ,可能由于蛋白质误折叠 ,大部分产生了包涵体。与天然酶相比 ,缺失变种保留了全部的氨基酸活化活力 ,但氨基酰化活力下降了 2 6 % ;嵌合变种的以上两种活力下降了 90 %以上 ,不能氨基酰化酵母tRNAArg。缺失Asn2 和Ile3 的变种在E .coli中虽被表达 ,但不稳定。与天然酶相比 ,嵌合变种的荧光光谱的最大发射波长向长波移动 ,强度减小。表明变种酶的构象和天然酶不同 ,色氨酸更暴露。用远紫外CD光谱预测变种酶的二级结构表明 ,嵌合酶的α螺旋更少 ,β折叠更多 ,无规卷曲稍多。E .coliArgRS的N端结构域对活力和正确折叠是重要的更多还原

【Abstract】 An Asn 2 deleted mutant of Escherichia coli arginyl-tRNA synthetase deleted Asn 2 and a chimera mutant, in which the N-terminal 23 amino acid residues of yeast arginyl-tRNA synthetase were appended to the N-terminus of Escherichia coli synthetase, were synthesized and studied. The expression of the deletion and chimera mutants in Escherichia coli formed inclusion bodies, presumably due to improper folding of the proteins. Relative to the native enzyme, the deletion mutant showed full amino acid activation activity and a 26% reduction in aminoacylation activity, while the chimera mutant lost 93% and 96% activities in amino acid activation and aminoacylation, respectively, and did not aminoacylate yeast tRNA Arg at all. The mutant deleted Asn 2 and Ile 3 was able to be expressed in Escherichia coli but not stable to be purified. The emission maximum wavelength in the fluorescence spectra of the chimera mutants shifted to longer one and the corresponding intensities decreased, when compared with those of the native enzyme. The data show that the conformation of the mutants are different and the tryptophan residues in the mutants are more exposed than those in the native enzyme. An estimate of the secondary structure of the mutant enzymes from their far ultraviolet CD spectra showed that the chimera mutant contained less α-helix, more β-sheet and slightly higher fraction of random coil, as compared with the native enzyme. The results indicate that an intact N-terminal domain of E.coli arginyl-tRNA synthetase is important to its activity and correct folding.更多还原