Senapathy, P and Jacob, MT (1981) Identification and purification of tRNAs containing N6-(delta 2-isopentenyl) adenosine using antibodies specific for N6-(delta-isopentenyl) adenosine. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 256 (22). pp. 11580-11584.
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Abstract
Antibodies specific for the modified nucleoside N6-(delta 2-isopentenyl) adenosine (i6A) were employed to identify the tRNAs containing i6A from an unfractionated tRNA mixture by a nitrocellulose filter binding assay. When radioactive aminoacyl-tRNAs were incubated with i6A-specific antibodies and filtered through nitrocellulose membrane filters, the tRNAs possessing i6A (tRNAtyr and tRNAser) remained on the filters. tRNAarg and tRNAlys which do not contain i6A showed no binding. This finding will be useful as a very simple and rapid assay of such RNAs under a variety of conditions. Purification of i6A containing tRNAs from an unfractionated tRNA mixture was achieved by affinity chromatography of the tRNAs on an i6A antibody-Sepharose column. Nonspecific binding of tRNAs to the column was avoided by the use of purified antibodies.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Publisher: | The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2011 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2011 09:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/41157 |
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