Formylatable methionine transfer RNA from Mycoplasma: purification and comparison of partial nucleotide sequences with those of other prokaryotic initiator tRNAs.

AUTOR(ES)

Walker, R T

RESUMO

The major species of the formylatable methionine tRNA from Mycoplasma mycoides var capri has been purified. The 5'- and 3'-terminal sequences of the purified tRNA are pC-G- and C-A-A-C-C-AOH, respectively. Thus, this tRNA also contains the unique structural feature found in two other prokaryotic initiator tRNAs in that the first nucleotide at the 5'-end cannot form a Watson-Crick type of base-pair to the fifth nucleotide from the 3'-end. The Mycoplasma tRNA does not contain ribothymidine; however, a specific uridine residue in the sequence G-U-psi-C-G- can be enzymatically methylated by E. coli extracts to yield G-T-psi-C-G. Since ribothymidine is absent in crude tRNA from this strain of Mycoplasma, the absence of T is probably due to the lack of a U yields T modifying enzyme.

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