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ReviewActa biochimica et biophysica Sinica2008

Amino acid modifications on tRNA.

Jing Yuan, Kelly Sheppard, Dieter Söll

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In one paragraph

Review in Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa transamidosome reveals unique aspects of bacterial tRNA-dependent asparagine biosynthesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing YuanDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA.
Kelly Sheppard
Dieter Söll
Yale University · US

Funding

TRANSFER RNAR01GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 1985 to 2016
$21.3M
TRANSFER RNAR37GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER G · 1991 to 2000
$786k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM22854NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM022854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The accurate formation of cognate aminoacyl-transfer RNAs (aa-tRNAs) is essential for the fidelity of translation. Most amino acids are esterified onto their cognate tRNA isoacceptors directly by aa-tRNA synthetases. However, in the case of four amino acids (Gln, Asn, Cys and Sec), aminoacyl-tRNAs are made through indirect pathways in many organisms across all three domains of life. The process begins with the charging of noncognate amino acids to tRNAs by a specialized synthetase in the case of Cys-tRNA(Cys) formation or by synthetases with relaxed specificity, such as the non-discriminating glutamyl-tRNA, non-discriminating aspartyl-tRNA and seryl-tRNA synthetases. The resulting misacylated tRNAs are then converted to cognate pairs through transformation of the amino acids on the tRNA, which is catalyzed by a group of tRNA-dependent modifying enzymes, such as tRNA-dependent amidotransferases, Sep-tRNA:Cys-tRNA synthase, O-phosphoseryl-tRNA kinase and Sep-tRNA:Sec-tRNA synthase. The majority of these indirect pathways are widely spread in all domains of life and thought to be part of the evolutionary process.

Indexed as

Models, ChemicalModels, GeneticAmino AcidsProtein Modification, TranslationalRNA, TransferAmino AcidsRNA, Transfer

Identifiers

PMID18604446
PMCPMC2561244
OpenAlexW2168107361

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