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Transfer ribonucleic acid guanine transglycosylase isolated from rat liver.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6986171     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) guanine transglycosylase (guanine insertion enzyme) was isolated from rat liver and extensively purified. The enzyme catalyzes an exchange of queuine (the base of queuosine, Q) as well as its precursors and guanine for guanine originally located in the first position of the anticodon of "undermodified" tRNATyr, tRNAHis, tRNAAsn, and tRNAAsp from an Escherichia coli mutant or rat ascites hepatoma cells. This is in contrast to the previous observation that E. coli tRNA-guanine transglycosylase catalyzes the exchange of queuine precursors, such as 7-(aminoethyl)-7-deazaguanine and 7-cyano-7-deazaguanine, but not of queuine itself [Okada, N., Noguchi, S. Kasai, H., Shindo-Okada, N., Ohgi, T., Goto, T., & Nishimura, S. (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 3067-3073]. The Km value for queuine of the rat liver enzyme is 9.2 X 10(-7) M, much lower than the values for the bases of queuosine precursors or guanine. Thus, the actual substrate for tRNA-guanine transglycosylase in queuosine biosynthesis in vivo in rat liver may not be 7-(aminomethyl)-7-deazaguanine, which is thought to be an actual substrate guanine, the E. coli system. Queuine or some queuine derivative may be the actual substrate for the tRNA-guanine transglycosylase reaction in the biosynthesis of Q in tRNA of mammalian cells. 6-Thioguanine and 8-azaguanine are also found to be good substrates.
Authors:
N Shindo-Okada; N Okada; T Ohgi; T Goto; S Nishimura
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochemistry     Volume:  19     ISSN:  0006-2960     ISO Abbreviation:  Biochemistry     Publication Date:  1980 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1980-04-17     Completed Date:  1980-04-17     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370623     Medline TA:  Biochemistry     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  395-400     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Escherichia coli
Guanine / analogs & derivatives,  metabolism*
Kinetics
Liver / enzymology*
Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / enzymology
Nucleoside Q
RNA, Transfer
Rats
Transferases / metabolism*
Tyrosine
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
55520-40-6/Tyrosine; 57072-36-3/Nucleoside Q; 73-40-5/Guanine; 9014-25-9/RNA, Transfer; EC 2.-/Transferases

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