Purification and enzymatic characterization of recombinant LdTyrRS.
A, purification of recombinant LdTyrRS protein on nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid affinity resin. M, molecular weight marker; Lane 1, uninduced cell lysate; lane 2, induced cell lysate; lane 3, rLdTyrRS. B, Western blotting analysis of the recombinant LdTyrRS protein using anti-His tag mouse antibody (1:3000). rTyrRS, purified rLdTyrRS. C, immunoblotting analysis of the Leishmania promastigote (P) and amastigote (A) cell lysate (∼40 μg) with the anti-LdTyrRS antibody. D, time course of tRNATyr aminoacylation by recombinant LdTyrRS. Reactions were performed with l-tyrosine and tRNATyr as the substrates. The data shows an average of three experiments performed in duplicate ± S.D. E and F, aminoacylation kinetics of LdTyrRS as a function of l-tyrosine concentration (E) or tRNATyr concentration (F). The results represent mean ± S.D. with n = 3.