Abstract
Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetases (TrpRSs) catalyze the aminoacylation of tRNA Trp. Previously, I demonstrated that Zn 2+-depleted human TrpRS is enzymatically inactive and that binding of Zn 2+ or heme to human TrpRS stimulates its aminoacylation activity. In the present study, bovine and mouse TrpRSs were found to be constitutively active regardless of the presence of Zn 2+ or ferriprotoporphyrin IX chloride. Mutagenesis experiments demonstrated that the human H130R mutant is constitutively active and that the bovine R135H, E438A double mutant binds with Zn 2+ or heme to enhance its aminoacylation activity as does human wild-type TrpRS. These results provide the first evidence of species-specific regulation of TrpRS activity.
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