Effects of Trypanosoma brucei tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetases silencing by RNA interference

AUTOR(ES)

García, Liliana Torcoroma, Leite, Ney Ribeiro, Alfonzo, Juan D, Thiemann, Otavio Henrique

FONTE

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

31/07/2007

RESUMO

The kinetoplast genetic code deviates from the universal code in that 90% of mitochondrial tryptophans are specified by UGA instead of UGG codons. A single nucleus-encoded tRNA Trp(CCA) is used by both nuclear and mitochondria genes, since all kinetoplast tRNAs are imported into the mitochondria from the cytoplasm. To allow decoding of the mitochondrial UGA codons as tryptophan, the tRNA Trp(CCA) anticodon is changed to UCA by an editing event. Two tryptophanyl tRNA synthetases (TrpRSs) have been identified in Trypanosoma brucei: TbTrpRS1 and TbTrpRS2 which localize to the cytoplasm and mitochondria respectively. We used inducible RNA interference (RNAi) to assess the role of TbTrpRSs. Our data validates previous observations of TrpRS as potential drug design targets and investigates the RNAi effect on the mitochondria of the parasite.

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