氨酰-tRNA合成酶专一性识别的进化

氨酰-tRNA合成酶(AARS)是一类在蛋白质合成过程中起着重要作用的酶,它通过与tRNA及其相应氨基酸的专一性识别作用,使得基因序列能够被精确地翻译成蛋白质序列.然而,氨酰-tRNA合成酶的这种识别作用既有专一性,也具有“兼容性”.氨酰-tRNA合成酶的这种双重性质不仅与其结构的进化有关,而且还与其所处的各类生物的不同进化阶段有关.AARS似乎经历了一个由“模糊专一性”（多重专一性）到“精确专一性”（单一专一性）的演变历程.

Evolution of Structures and Specific Recognitions in Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases

The aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (AARS) are very important during the protein biosynthesis, which can make the gene sequence be accurately translated into the protein sequence by the specific recognition between AARS and tRNA/amino acids. However, the recognition between AARS and tRNA/amino acids can be either specific or compatible, which is not only related with evolution of AARS structures, but also with the different evolutionary stage of life organisms containing AARS. AARS could undergo a evolutionary process from "ambiguous specificity" (multiple specificities )to "accurate specificity" (single specificity).