Primordial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases preferred minihelices to full-length tRNA

GQ Tang, H Hu, J Douglas… - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARS) and tRNAs translate the genetic code in all living cells.
Little is known about how their molecular ancestors began to enforce the coding rules for the …

Photosynthetic demands on translational machinery drive retention of redundant tRNA metabolism in plant organelles

RA DeTar, JM Chustecki, A Martinez-Hottovy… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Eukaryotic nuclear genomes often encode distinct sets of translation machinery for function
in the cytosol vs. organelles (mitochondria and plastids). This raises questions about why …

Photosynthesis drives retention of bacterial-like tRNA metabolism in plant organelles

RA DeTar, J Chustecki, A Martinez-Hottovy, LF Cerrioti… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Eukaryotic nuclear genomes often encode distinct sets of protein translation machinery for
function in the cytosol vs. organelles (mitochondria and plastids). This phenomenon raises …