An antifungal agent inhibits an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase by trapping tRNA in the editing site

FL Rock, W Mao, A Yaremchuk, M Tukalo, T Crépin… - science, 2007 - science.org
Aminoacyl–transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetases, which catalyze the attachment of the correct
amino acid to its corresponding tRNA during translation of the genetic code, are proven …

In vitro assays for the determination of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase editing activity

KE Splan, K Musier-Forsyth, MT Boniecki, SA Martinis - Methods, 2008 - Elsevier
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are essential enzymes that help to ensure the fidelity of protein
translation by accurately aminoacylating (or “charging”) specific tRNA substrates with …

Transfer RNA: a dancer between charging and mis-charging for protein biosynthesis

Z XiaoLong, W EnDuo - Science China Life Sciences, 2013 - Springer
Transfer RNA plays a fundamental role in the protein biosynthesis as an adaptor molecule
by functioning as a biological link between the genetic nucleotide sequence in the mRNA …

Kinetic partitioning between synthetic and editing pathways in class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases occurs at both pre-transfer and post-transfer hydrolytic steps

N Cvetesic, JJ Perona, I Gruic-Sovulj - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012 - ASBMB
Background: Error-prone aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases clear noncognate aminoacyl-
adenylates and misacylated tRNAs within synthetic and editing sites, respectively. Results …

An aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase with a defunct editing site

SW Lue, SO Kelley - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
Many aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) contain two active sites, a synthetic site
catalyzing aminoacyl-adenylate formation and tRNA aminoacylation and a second editing or …

Fidelity mechanisms of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

AP Mascarenhas, S An, AE Rosen, SA Martinis… - Protein …, 2009 - Springer
The central dogma and its accurate interpretation by a large array of biomolecules remains a
fascinating process. Understanding its mechanisms of decoding holds tremendous potential …

Modular pathways for editing non-cognate amino acids by human cytoplasmic leucyl-tRNA synthetase

X Chen, JJ Ma, M Tan, P Yao, QH Hu… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
To prevent potential errors in protein synthesis, some aminoacyl-transfer RNA (tRNA)
synthetases have evolved editing mechanisms to hydrolyze misactivated amino acids (pre …

Innovative discovery of therapeutic, diagnostic, and antibody compositions related to protein fragments of isoleucyl tRNA synthetases

KP Chiang, JD Watkins, AP Vasserot, CL Quinn… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
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A threonyl-tRNA synthetase-like protein has tRNA aminoacylation and editing activities

Y Chen, ZR Ruan, Y Wang, Q Huang… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
TARS and TARS2 encode cytoplasmic and mitochondrial threonyl-tRNA synthetases
(ThrRSs) in mammals, respectively. Interestingly, in higher eukaryotes, a third gene …

tRNA-dependent pre-transfer editing by prokaryotic leucyl-tRNA synthetase

M Tan, B Zhu, XL Zhou, R He, X Chen, G Eriani… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
To prevent genetic code ambiguity due to misincorporation of amino acids into proteins,
aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases have evolved editing activities to eliminate intermediate or final …