Genetic definition of the translational operator of the threonine-tRNA ligase gene in Escherichia coli.
AUTOR(ES)
Springer, M
RESUMO
The Escherichia coli gene thrS that codes for threonine-tRNA ligase (tRNAThr ligase, formerly threonine-tRNA synthetase, EC 6.1.1.3) has previously been shown to be negatively autoregulated at the level of translation. Here we describe the use of several thrS-lac gene fusions to isolate cis-acting regulatory mutations that increase the translation but not the transcription of the thrS gene. These mutations lead to a total loss of control of repression and derepression of thrS. DNA sequence analysis locates the mutations between 10 and 40 base pairs upstream of the translation initiation codon of thrS and more than 100 base pairs downstream of the transcription initiation site. The mRNA region where these mutations are located shares primary and secondary structure homologies with specific parts of several isoacceptor tRNAThr species. These findings suggest that the ligase regulates its translation by binding to its mRNA at a place that shares some homology with its natural substrate.
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