Separation of 35S-Labeled thionucleosides of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa transfer RNAs on a phosphocellulose column

Rao, YS Prasada and Cherayil, joseph D (1973) Separation of 35S-Labeled thionucleosides of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa transfer RNAs on a phosphocellulose column. In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis, 299 (1). pp. 1-7.

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Abstract

35S-Labeled thionucleosides prepared from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa tRNAs were chromatographed separately on a phosphocellulose column with a linear salt gradient of 0.005–0.1 M ammonium formate (pH 3.9). The thionucleosides of E. coli tRNA were quantitatively separated into four peaks which were identified using authentic samples as 4-thiouridine (78 %), 2-methylthio-N6-isopentenyladenosine (8 %), 2-thiocytidine (2.5 %) and 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine (11.5 %). In the case of P. aeruginosa tRNA four radioactive thionucleoside peaks were also observed. One major difference was the almost complete absence of 2-methylthio-N6-isopentenyladenosine and the presence of a new peak of radioactivity in the nucleosides of P. aeruginosa. The relative proportions of the various thionucleosides were found to be different in E. coli and P. aeruginosa tRNAs.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copy right of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2010 05:23
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:46
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/23542

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