Diversification of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activities via genomic duplication

N Krahn, D Söll, O Vargas-Rodriguez - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Intricate evolutionary events enabled the emergence of the full set of aminoacyl-tRNA
synthetase (aaRS) families that define the genetic code. The diversification of aaRSs has …

An Aedes aegypti seryl-tRNA synthetase paralog controls bacteroidetes growth in the midgut

GO Silveira, OAC Talyuli, AB Walter-Nuno, A Crnković… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Insect gut microbiota plays important roles in host physiology, such as nutrition, digestion,
development, fertility, and immunity. We have found that in the intestine of Aedes aegypti …

Exploring the Evolution and Function of the first Enzyme in Histidine Biosynthesis

P Khajeaian - 2022 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
Adenosine triphosphate phosphoribosyl transferase (ATP-PRT) catalyses the first committed
step of the histidine biosynthetic pathway in archaea, bacteria, fungi, and plants. The …