Switching a conflicted bacterial DTD-tRNA code is essential for the emergence of mitochondria

J Gogoi, A Bhatnagar, KJ Ann, S Pottabathini… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Mitochondria emerged through an endosymbiotic event involving a proteobacterium and an
archaeal host. However, the process of optimization of cellular processes required for the …

Structural basis of a two-step tRNA recognition mechanism for plastid glycyl-tRNA synthetase

Z Yu, Z Wu, Y Li, Q Hao, X Cao, GM Blaha… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Two types of glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GlyRS) are known, the α2 and the α2β2 GlyRSs. Both
types of synthetase employ a class II catalytic domain to aminoacylate tRNAGly. In plastids …

G:U-Independent RNA Minihelix Aminoacylation by Nanoarchaeum equitans Alanyl-tRNA Synthetase: An Insight into the Evolution of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases

M Arutaki, R Kurihara, T Matsuoka, A Inami… - Journal of molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Nanoarchaeum equitans is a species of hyperthermophilic archaea with the smallest
genome size. Its alanyl-tRNA synthetase genes are split into AlaRS-α and AlaRS-β …

Mechanism of tRNA recognition by heterotetrameric glycyl-tRNA synthetase from lactic acid bacteria

Y Nagato, S Yamashita, A Ohashi… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Glycyl-tRNA synthetases (GlyRSs) have different oligomeric structures depending on the
organisms. While a dimeric α2 GlyRS species is present in archaea, eukaryotes and some …

Crystal structure of Nanoarchaeum equitans tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase and its aminoacylation activity toward tRNATyr with an extra guanosine residue at the 5ʹ …

T Horikoshi, H Noguchi, T Umehara… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract tRNA Tyr of Nanoarchaeum equitans has a remarkable feature with an extra
guanosine residue at the 5ʹ-terminus. However, the N. equitans tRNA Tyr mutant without …

ナノアーキア研究の現状と展望

加藤真悟 - 日本微生物生態学会誌, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
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