Selenocysteine synthase from Escherichia coli. Nucleotide sequence of the gene (selA) and purification of the protein.
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The nucleotide sequence of the selA gene from Escherichia coli whose product is involved in the conversion of seryl-tRNA(Sec UCA) into selenocysteyl-tRNA(Sec UCA) was determined. selA codes for a polypeptide of a calculated Mr of 50,667; a protein of appropriate size was synthesized in vivo in a T7 promoter/polymerase system. An assay for SELA activity was devised which is based on the seryl-tRNA(Sec UCA)-dependent incorporation of [75Se] selenium into acid-insoluble material. It was used to follow SELA purification from cells that overproduced the protein from a phage T7 promoter plasmid. Purified native SELA protein migrates in gel filtration experiments with a native Mr of about 600,000. SELA contains 1 mol of bound pyridoxal 5-phosphate/mol of 50-kDa subunit. Evidence is presented that the overall conversion of seryl-tRNA(Sec UCA) to selenocysteyl-tRNA(Sec UCA) occurs at the SELA protein. SELA, therefore, has the function of a selenocysteine synthase.
DNA, Bacterial, Base Sequence, Circular Dichroism, Molecular Sequence Data, Restriction Mapping, Molecular Weight, RNA, Transfer, Transferases, Pyridoxal Phosphate, Escherichia coli, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, Amino Acid Sequence, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Chromatography, Liquid, Plasmids
DNA, Bacterial, Base Sequence, Circular Dichroism, Molecular Sequence Data, Restriction Mapping, Molecular Weight, RNA, Transfer, Transferases, Pyridoxal Phosphate, Escherichia coli, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, Amino Acid Sequence, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Chromatography, Liquid, Plasmids
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