Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18094118›Full record

ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2008

Mammalian 2',3' cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (CNP) can function as a tRNA splicing enzyme in vivo.

Beate Schwer, Anna Aronova, Alejandro Ramirez, Peter Braun, Stewart Shuman

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Many paths to destruction: Family-specific turnover and stress responses for tRNA introns.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  2. Enzymology of the metazoan tRNA ligase complex: a lifetime in cycles.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  10. Fungi of the order Mucorales express a "sealing-only" tRNA ligase.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  11. The life and times of a tRNA.RNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Beate Schwer
Anna Aronova
Alejandro Ramirez
Peter Braun
Stewart Shuman
Cornell University · USKettering University · USMcGill University · CA

Funding

Viral RNA Modifying EnzymesR01GM042498 · NIGMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SHUMAN, STEWART H · 1989 to 2017
$6.8M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGYT32GM008539 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI BROWN, ANTHONY M.C. · 1995 to 2020
$5.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM42498NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM042498NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008539NIGMS NIH HHS T32-GM008539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yeast and plant tRNA splicing entails discrete healing and sealing steps catalyzed by a tRNA ligase that converts the 2',3' cyclic phosphate and 5'-OH termini of the broken tRNA exons to 3'-OH/2'-PO4 and 5'-PO4 ends, respectively, then joins the ends to yield a 2'-PO4, 3'-5' phosphodiester splice junction. The junction 2'-PO4 is removed by a tRNA phosphotransferase, Tpt1. Animal cells have two potential tRNA repair pathways: a yeast-like system plus a distinctive mechanism, also present in archaea, in which the 2',3' cyclic phosphate and 5'-OH termini are ligated directly. Here we report that a mammalian 2',3' cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (CNP) can perform the essential 3' end-healing steps of tRNA splicing in yeast and thereby complement growth of strains bearing lethal or temperature-sensitive mutations in the tRNA ligase 3' end-healing domain. Although this is the first evidence of an RNA processing function in vivo for the mammalian CNP protein, it seems unlikely that the yeast-like pathway is responsible for animal tRNA splicing, insofar as neither CNP nor Tpt1 is essential in mice.

Indexed as

RNA Splicing2',3'-Cyclic Nucleotide 3'-PhosphodiesteraseAnimalsGenetic Complementation TestMutationPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesProtein Structure, TertiaryRatsRNA Ligase (ATP)RNA, TransferSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 12',3'-Cyclic Nucleotide 3'-PhosphodiesteraseCnp protein, mouseCnp protein, ratPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesRNA Ligase (ATP)RNA, TransferSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTpt1 protein, mouseTpt1 protein, ratTrl1 protein, S cerevisiaeTumor Protein, Translationally-Controlled 1

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PMID18094118
PMCPMC2212240
OpenAlexW2151921954

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