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The dimeric tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase from beef pancreas has been found to activate 2 tryptophans/mol enzyme [Eur. J. Biochem. (1982) 128, 389-398]. By using quenched-flow and stopped-flow methods under presteady-state conditions, we show that only one enzyme subunit operates at a time in the aminoacylation of tRNATrp and that the transfer reaction is not the rate-limiting step in the overall aminoacylation process.
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Trézéguet et al. (1983) studied this question.
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