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    Eur J Biochem. 1989 Apr 15;181(1):41-6.

    Purification of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum by pseudomonic acid affinity chromatography.

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    Mikrobiologisches Institut, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland.

    Abstract

    The isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase of the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum was purified 1500-fold to electrophoretic homogeneity by a procedure based on affinity chromatography on Sepharose-bound pseudomonic acid, a strong competitive inhibitor of this enzyme. The purified enzyme is a monomer with a molecular mass of 120 kDa. In this respect and in its Km values for the PPi-ATP exchange, and aminoacylation reactions, it resembles the isoleucyl-tRNA synthetases from eubacterial and eukaryotic sources. Its aminoacylation activity is optimal at pH 8.0 and at 55 degrees C. Pseudomonic acid is a strong competitive inhibitor of the aminoacylation reaction with respect to both L-isoleucine (KiIle 10 nM) and ATP (KiATP 20 nM).

    PMID:
    2496983
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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