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Growth Inhibition of Escherichia coli during Heterologous Expression of Bacillus subtilis Glutamyl-tRNA Synthetase that Catalyzes the Formation of Mischarged Glutamyl-$tRNA_{l}$$^{Gln}$

  • Baick, Ji-Won (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University) ;
  • Yoon, Jang-Ho (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University) ;
  • Suk Namgoong (Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University) ;
  • Dieter Soll (Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Il (Hyonam Kidney Laboratory, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Eom, Soo-Hyun (Department of Life Science, Kwangju Institute of Technolog) ;
  • Hong, Kwang-Won (Department of Food Science and Technology, Dongguk University)
  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

It is known that Bacillus subtilis glutamyl-tRNA synthetase (GluRS) mischarges E. coli $tRNA_{1}$$^{Gln}$ with glutamate in vitro. It has also been established that the expression of B. subtilis GluRS in Escherichia coli results in the death of the host cell. To ascertain whether E. coli growth inhibition caused by B. subtilis GluRS synthesis is a consequence of Glu-$tRNA_{1}$$^{Gln}$ formation, we constructed an in vivo test system, in which B. subtilis GluRS gene expression is controlled by IPTG. Such a system permits the investigation of factors affecting E. coli growth. Expression of E. coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (GlnRS) also amelio-rated growth inhibition, presumably by competitively preventing $tRNA_{1}$$^{Gln}$ misacylation. However, when amounts of up to 10 mM L-glutamine, the cognate amino acid for acylation of $tRNA_{1}$$^{Gln}$, were added to the growth medium, cell growth was unaffected. Overexpression of the B. subtilis gatCAB gene encoding Glu-$tRNA^{Gln}$ amidotransferase (Glu-AdT) rescued cells from toxic effects caused by the formation of the mis-charging GluRS. This result indicates that B. subtilis Glu-AdT recognizes the mischarged E. coli Glu-$tRNA_{1}$$^{Gln}$, and converts it to the cognate Gln-$tRNA_{1}$$^{Gln}$ species. B. subtilis GluRS-dependent Glu-$tRNA_{1}$$^{Gln}$ formation may cause growth inhibition in the transformed E. coli strain, possibly due to abnormal protein synthesis.

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