Improved separation of modified nucleosides from tRNA hydrolysates: the patterns of tRNA methylation in rat tissues |
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Authors: | I Clark M A Trebilcock-Guzman |
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Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Medical School, P.O. Box 101, Piscataway, NJ 08854, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A sensitive and reproducible method for the isolation of minor nucleosides derived from tRNA is described. The nucleosides obtained from enzymatic digestion of tRNA are separated into several groups using a QAE Sephadex column and increasing concentrations of boric acid in a step-wise manner. The nucleosides in each group are separated by isocratic elution from a preparative Partisil 10-SCX column and high-performance liquid chromatography at ambient temperature. With this method we have determined the patterns of tRNA methylation in vitro with extracts from rat bone, liver, kidney and adrenal glands. Although different tissues appear to contain the same tRNA methyltransferases, the patterns of methylated nucleosides are different. |
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Keywords: | tRNA methyltransferases rat tissue high-performance liquid chromatography |
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