Knocking out a specific tRNA species within unfractionated Escherichia coli tRNA by using antisense (complementary) oligodeoxyribonucleotides
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- 4 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 440 (3), 273-276
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01471-9
Abstract
Methods for the preparation of an Escherichia coli tRNA mixture lacking one or a few specific tRNA species can be the basis for future applications of cell‐free protein synthesis. We demonstrate here that virtually a single tRNA species in a crude E. coli tRNA mixture can be knocked out by an antisense (complementary) oligodeoxyribonucleotide. One out of five oligomers complementary to tRNAAsp blocked the aspartylation almost completely, while minimally affecting the aminoacylation with other 13 amino acids tested. This ‘knockout' tRNA behaved similarly to the untreated tRNA in a cell‐free translation of an mRNA lacking Asp codons.Keywords
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