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. 2012 Jun 28;7(6):e39297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039297

Figure 3. Mutagenesis of hTYW2 and evaluation of its effect on its enzymatic function in yW biosynthesis.

Figure 3

Mutants, K225A, Y242A, F248A, E265A, and D293A were introduced into the hTYW2 gene by oligo-directed mutagenesis. These mutant protein expression constructs in the pYES2 vector were used to transform the yeast TYW2 deletion strain (ΔTYW2). All the mutant constructs expressed the TYW2 protein (not shown). LC/MS analysis of nuclease P1 digested tRNA-Phe obtained from the deletion strain ΔTYW2 transformed with wild type (top left) and the five mutant hTYW2 constructs in pYES2. For each transformant, the panels show UV at 254 nm (top), and mass chromatograms detecting MH+ (m/z838) of yWpA (middle), and MH+ (m/z 651) of [yW-187]pA (bottom) respectively.