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  • Title: Structure of the yeast valyl-tRNA synthetase gene (VASI) and the homology of its translated amino acid sequence with Escherichia coli isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase.
    Author: Jordana X, Chatton B, Paz-Weisshaar M, Buhler JM, Cramer F, Ebel JP, Fasiolo F.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1987 May 25; 262(15):7189-94. PubMed ID: 3294828.
    Abstract:
    The VASI gene encoding the valyl-tRNA synthetase from yeast was isolated and sequenced. The gene-derived amino acid sequence of yeast valyl-tRNA synthetase was found to be 23% homologous to the Escherichia coli isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase. This is the highest level of homology reported so far between two distinct aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and is indicative of an evolutionary relationship between these two molecules. Within these homologous sequences, two functional regions could be recognized: the HIGH region which forms part of the binding site of ATP and the KMSKS region which is recognized as the consensus sequence for the binding of the 3'-end of tRNA (Hountondji, C., Dessen, Ph., and Blanquet, S. (1986) Biochemie (Paris) 68, 1071-1078). Secondary structure predictions as well as the presence of both HIGH and KMSKS regions, delineating the nucleotide-binding domain and the COOH-terminal helical domain in aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases of known three-dimensional structure, suggest that the yeast valyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptide chain can be folded into three domains: an NH2-terminal alpha-helical region followed by a nucleotide-binding topology and a COOH-terminal domain composed of alpha-helices which probably carries major sites in tRNA binding.
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