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ArticleNucleic acids research2018

Editing activity for eliminating mischarged tRNAs is essential in mammalian mitochondria.

Taru Hilander, Xiao-Long Zhou, Svetlana Konovalova, Fu-Ping Zhang, Liliya Euro, Dmitri Chilov, Matti Poutanen, Joseph Chihade, En-Duo Wang, Henna Tyynismaa

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Taru HilanderResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.
Xiao-Long ZhouState Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Svetlana KonovalovaResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.
Fu-Ping ZhangInstitute of Biomedicine, Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
Liliya EuroResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.
Dmitri ChilovResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.
Matti PoutanenInstitute of Biomedicine, Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
Joseph ChihadeDepartment of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA.
En-Duo WangState Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Henna TyynismaaResearch Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Turku · FICarleton College · USCenter for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accuracy of protein synthesis is enabled by the selection of amino acids for tRNA charging by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs), and further enhanced by the proofreading functions of some of these enzymes for eliminating tRNAs mischarged with noncognate amino acids. Mouse models of editing-defective cytoplasmic alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) have previously demonstrated the importance of proofreading for cytoplasmic protein synthesis, with embryonic lethal and progressive neurodegeneration phenotypes. Mammalian mitochondria import their own set of nuclear-encoded ARSs for translating critical polypeptides of the oxidative phosphorylation system, but the importance of editing by the mitochondrial ARSs for mitochondrial proteostasis has not been known. We demonstrate here that the human mitochondrial AlaRS is capable of editing mischarged tRNAs in vitro, and that loss of the proofreading activity causes embryonic lethality in mice. These results indicate that tRNA proofreading is essential in mammalian mitochondria, and cannot be overcome by other quality control mechanisms.

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RNA EditingAlanine-tRNA LigaseAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCells, CulturedEmbryo, MammalianFibroblastsHumansMammalsMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMitochondriaMutationProtein BiosynthesisRNA, TransferSequence Homology, Amino AcidAlanine-tRNA LigaseRNA, Transfer

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PMID29228266
PMCPMC5778596
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