The Bacillus subtilis tyrZ gene encodes a highly selective tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase and is regulated by a MarR regulator and T box riboswitch

RN Williams-Wagner, FJ Grundy, M Raina… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Misincorporation of d-tyrosine (d-Tyr) into cellular proteins due to mischarging of tRNATyr
with d-Tyr by tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase inhibits growth and biofilm formation of Bacillus …

Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis tyrS gene: conservation of a regulatory sequence in multiple tRNA synthetase genes

TM Henkin, BL Glass, FJ Grundy - Journal of bacteriology, 1992 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Bacillus subtilis tyrS gene, which encodes tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (TyrTS), was
isolated, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The cloned gene was shown to …

Identification and Characterization of Mutations Conferring Resistance to d-Amino Acids in Bacillus subtilis

SA Leiman, C Richardson, L Foulston… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria produce d-amino acids for incorporation into the peptidoglycan and certain
nonribosomally produced peptides. However, d-amino acids are toxic if mischarged on …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase gene regulation in Bacillus subtilis

C Condon, M Grunberg-Manago, H Putzer - Biochimie, 1996 - Elsevier
In this review, we summarize progress on the regulation of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
genes in Bacillus subtilis. Most of the genes encoding this set enzymes in B subtilis are …

Overproduction of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase is toxic to Escherichia coli: a genetic analysis

H Bedouelle, V Guez, A Vidal-Cros… - Journal of …, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
The tyrS genes from Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus were toxic to E. coli
when they were carried by plasmids with very high copy numbers (pEMBL8 and pEMBL9) …

Thiobacillus ferrooxidans tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase functions in vivo in Escherichia coli

O Salazar, B Sagredo, E Jedlicki, D Söll… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
The tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase gene (tyrZ) from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, an acidophilic,
autotrophic, gram-negative bacterium that participates in bioleaching of minerals, was …

Correlating amino acid conservation with function in tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase

Y Xin, W Li, DS Dwyer, EA First - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2000 - Elsevier
Sequence comparisons have been combined with mutational and kinetic analyses to
elucidate how the catalytic mechanism of Bacillus stearothermophilus tyrosyl-tRNA …

Analysis of cis‐acting sequence and structural elements required for antitermination of the Bacillus subtilis tyrS gene

SM Rollins, FJ Grundy, TM Henkin - Molecular microbiology, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The Bacillus subtilis tyrS gene belongs to the T box family of aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetase
and amino acid biosynthesis genes, which are regulated by a common mechanism of …

Conserved amino acids near the carboxy terminus of bacterial tyrosyl‐tRNA synthetase are involved in tRNA and Tyr‐AMP binding

JC Salazar, R Zuniga, C Lefimil, D Söll… - FEBS letters, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial tyrosyl‐tRNA synthetases occur in two large subfamilies, TyrRS and TyrRZ, that
possess about 25% amino acid identity. Their amino‐terminal region, the active site domain …

Co-expression of yeast amber suppressor tRNATyr and tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase in Escherichia coli: possibility to expand the genetic code

S Ohno, T Yokogawa, I Fujii, H Asahara… - The journal of …, 1998 - jstage.jst.go.jp
An efficient system was developed for the co-expression of a yeast tRNATyr/tyrosyl-tRNA
synthetase(TyrRS) pair in Escherichia coli. Analysis of suppression patterns using several …