Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

MAR Gomez, M Ibba - Rna, 2020 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are an essential and universally distributed family of
enzymes that plays a critical role in protein synthesis, pairing tRNAs with their cognate …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as therapeutic targets

NH Kwon, PL Fox, S Kim - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are essential enzymes for protein synthesis with
evolutionarily conserved enzymatic mechanisms. Despite their similarity across organisms …

Parallel selection on thermal physiology facilitates repeated adaptation of city lizards to urban heat islands

SC Campbell-Staton, KM Winchell… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Only recently have we begun to understand the ecological and evolutionary effects of
urbanization on species, with studies revealing drastic impacts on community composition …

RNA granule-clustered mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases form multiple complexes with the potential to fine-tune tRNA aminoacylation

GX Peng, XL Mao, Y Cao, SY Yao, QR Li… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial RNA metabolism is suggested to occur in identified compartmentalized foci, ie
mitochondrial RNA granules (MRGs). Mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (mito …

Discovery and function of transfer RNA‐derived fragments and their role in disease

AR Soares, M Santos - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Until recently, transfer RNAs (tRNAs) were thought to function in protein translation only.
However, recent findings demonstrate that both pre‐and mature tRNAs can undergo …

Evolution of the multi-tRNA synthetase complex and its role in cancer

JH Kim, TJ Ahn, Y Cho, D Hwang, S Kim - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are enzymes that ligate their cognate amino acids to
tRNAs for protein synthesis. However, recent studies have shown that their functions are …

Phosphocode-dependent glutamyl-prolyl-tRNA synthetase 1 signaling in immunity, metabolism, and disease

EY Lee, J Hwang, MH Kim - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Ubiquitously expressed aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases play essential roles in decoding
genetic information required for protein synthesis in every living species. Growing evidence …

Roles of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-interacting multi-functional proteins in physiology and cancer

Z Zhou, B Sun, S Huang, D Yu, X Zhang - Cell Death & Disease, 2020 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are an important class of enzymes with an
evolutionarily conserved mechanism for protein synthesis. In higher eukaryotic systems …

Unique roles of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in immune control and its therapeutic implications

M Jin - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase (WRS) is an essential enzyme as it catalyzes the ligation of
tryptophan to its cognate tRNA during translation. Interestingly, mammalian WRS has …

3-Dimensional architecture of the human multi-tRNA synthetase complex

K Khan, C Baleanu-Gogonea, B Willard… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In mammalian cells, eight cytoplasmic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARS), and three non-
synthetase proteins, reside in a large multi-tRNA synthetase complex (MSC). AARSs have …