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  • Title: Photo-affinity labeling of tRNA binding sites in macromolecules. I. Linking of the phenacyl-p-azide of 4-thiouridine in (Escherichia coli) valyl-tRNA to 16S RNA at the ribosomal P site.
    Author: Schwartz I, Ofengand J.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1974 Oct; 71(10):3951-5. PubMed ID: 4610566.
    Abstract:
    The phenacyl-p-azide of 4-thiouridine in (E. coli) tRNA(1) (Val) was prepared for use as a photo-affinity probe of tRNA binding sites on ribosomes. The derivatized tRNA was 90-100% as active as control tRNA for aminoacylation, nonenzymatic binding to the ribosomal P site, elongation factor Tu(EFTu)-dependent binding to the A site, EFTu-GTP-aa-tRNA ternary complex formation, and transfer of valine into polypeptide. Irradiation of p-azidophenacyl-[(3)H]valyl-tRNA bound noncovalently to the ribosomal P site resulted in covalent attachment of 15-20% of the noncovalently bound tRNA to the ribosomes. The linking occurred exclusively to the 16S RNA of the 30S ribosomal subunit, thus suggesting that the region of the ribosome within 9 A of the 4-thiouridine of tRNA, when it is bound in the P site, is solely 16S RNA.
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