Purification and characterization of a tRNA methylase from Salmonella typhimurium.

AUTOR(ES)

Pope, W T

RESUMO

A tRNA methylase, in which supK strains of Salmonella typhimurium are deficient, was purified from strain LT2 and characterized. Column chromatography of protein extracts from wild-type cells on phosphocellulose, diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex A-50, and hydroxlapatite resulted in an enzyme that was estimated to be about 50% pure. tRNA from S. typhimurium which had been incubated at pH 9.0 served as a substrate for this methylase. The enzyme has a molecular weight of about 50,000 as estimated by gel chromatography and by electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. The optimal assay conditions, as well as the kinetics and stability of the enzyme, were studied. As with other tRNA-methylating enzymes, S-adenosylhomocysteine is a potent inhibitor.

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