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. 1976 Nov;73(11):3857–3861. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.11.3857

Subcellular localization of S-adenosyl-L-methionine:tRNA methyltransferases with aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in human and mouse: normal and leukemic leukocytes.

P F Agris, D K Woolverton, D Setzer
PMCID: PMC431241  PMID: 11466

Abstract

The subcellular distributions of S-adenosyl-L-methionine:tRNA methyltransferases and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases were investigated with the use of human and mouse normal and leukemic leukocyte cell lines. Differential centrifugation of homogenized cell suspensions produced three pelleted subcellular fractions (nuclear and membrane, microsomal, and postribosomal) and a supernatant fraction. Each fraction was assayed for both methyltransferase activity and synthetase activity. The largest amounts, 40-50%, of total methyltransferase and synthetase activities were localized in either the microsomal or the postribosomal fractions, depending on cell type. In addition, the highest specific activities of these two enzyme systems were found to be present in the microsomal and postribosomal fractions. The psotribosomal fraction from leukemic leukocytes had a methyltransferase specific activity higher than that of the microsomal fraction, while the same two fractions of normal leukocytes had approximately equal activities. Specific activities of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases were found to be approximately equal for these two fractions, whether they were from normal or leukemic leukocytes. The activity of tRNA methyltransferases and synthetases within the postribosomal fraction of the cytoplasm suggests the existence of high-molecular-weight enzyme complexes for the modification as well as the aminoacylation of tRNA.

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