Transfer RNAs as dynamic and critical regulators of cancer progression

AM Pinzaru, SF Tavazoie - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) have been historically viewed as non-dynamic adaptors that decode
the genetic code into proteins. Recent work has uncovered dynamic regulatory roles for …

[HTML][HTML] tRNA renovatio: rebirth through fragmentation

B Kuhle, Q Chen, P Schimmel - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary tRNA function is based on unique structures that enable mRNA decoding using
anticodon trinucleotides. These structures interact with specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases …

[HTML][HTML] Transfer RNAs-derived small RNAs and their application potential in multiple diseases

X Chu, C He, B Sang, C Yang, C Yin, M Ji… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The role of tRNAs is best known as adapter components of translational machinery.
According to the central dogma of molecular biology, DNA is transcribed to RNA and in turn …

tModBase: deciphering the landscape of tRNA modifications and their dynamic changes from epitranscriptome data

HT Lei, ZH Wang, B Li, Y Sun, SQ Mei… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract tRNA molecules contain dense, abundant modifications that affect tRNA structure,
stability, mRNA decoding and tsRNA formation. tRNA modifications and related enzymes …

Detection of queuosine and queuosine precursors in tRNAs by direct RNA sequencing

Y Sun, M Piechotta, I Naarmann-de Vries… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Queuosine (Q) is a complex tRNA modification found in bacteria and eukaryotes at position
34 of four tRNAs with a GUN anticodon, and it regulates the translational efficiency and …

[HTML][HTML] Sperm RNA payload: implications for intergenerational epigenetic inheritance

S Liu, U Sharma - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is mounting evidence that ancestral life experiences and environment can influence
phenotypes in descendants. The parental environment regulates offspring phenotypes …

Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic translation fidelity and their associations with diseases

D Zhang, L Zhu, F Wang, P Li, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Converting genetic information into functional proteins is a complex, multi-step process, with
each step being tightly regulated to ensure the accuracy of translation, which is critical to …

The tRNA methyltransferase TrmB is critical for Acinetobacter baumannii stress responses and pulmonary infection

JC McGuffey, CD Jackson-Litteken, G Di Venanzio… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Successful pathogens must be able to adapt to a multitude of stressors imposed by their
host. Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a major global health threat due to its …

[HTML][HTML] The specificity landscape of bacterial ribonuclease P

AR Chamberlain, L Huynh, W Huang, DJ Taylor… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
Developing quantitative models of substrate specificity for RNA processing enzymes is a key
step toward understanding their biology and guiding applications in biotechnology and …

Anticodon stem-loop tRNA modifications influence codon decoding and frame maintenance during translation

TJ Smith, RN Giles, KS Koutmou - Seminars in Cell & Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
RNAs are central to protein synthesis, with ribosomal RNA, transfer RNAs and messenger
RNAs comprising the core components of the translation machinery. In addition to the four …