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Many genes encoding aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and other amino acid–related products in Gram-positive bacteria, including important pathogens, are regulated through interaction of unacylated tRNA with the 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) of the mRNA. Each gene regulated by this mechanism responds specifically to the cognate tRNA, and specificity is determined by pairing of the anticodon of the tRNA with a codon sequence in the “Specifier Loop” of the 5′-UTR. For the 5′-UTR to function in gene regulation, the mRNA folding interactions must be sufficiently stable to present the codon sequence for productive binding to the anticodon of the matching tRNA. A model bimolecular system was developed in which the interaction between two half molecules (“Common” and “Specifier”) would reconstitute the Specifier Loop region of the 5′-UTR of the  Bacillus subtilis glyQS  gene, encoding GlyRS mRNA. Gel mobility shift analysis and fluorescence spectroscopy yielded experimental  K  d s of 27.6 ± 1.0 μM and 10.5 ± 0.7 μM, respectively, for complex formation between Common and Specifier half molecules. The reconstituted 5′-UTR of the  glyQS  mRNA bound the anticodon stem and loop of tRNA Gly  (ASL Gly  GCC ) specifically and with a significant affinity ( K  d  = 20.2 ± 1.4 μM). Thus, the bimolecular 5′-UTR and ASL Gly  GCC  models mimic the RNA–RNA interaction required for T box gene regulation in vivo.

tRNA regulation of gene expression: Interactions of an mRNA 5′-UTR with a regulatory tRNA