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ReviewMolecular cell2022

tRNA modification dynamics from individual organisms to metaepitranscriptomics of microbiomes.

Wen Zhang, Marcus Foo, A Murat Eren, Tao Pan

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Review in Molecular cell, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
10.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The impact of psuedouridine modification on human tRNA.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  8. tRNA modifications in viral replication.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  15. A genomic view of Earth's biomes.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wen ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Marcus FooCommittee on Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
A Murat ErenCommittee on Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
Tao PanDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Committee on Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: taopan@uchicago.edu.
University of Chicago · USMarine Biological Laboratory · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Transcriptome-wide base-resolution sequencing of pseudouridine in human normal and AD brain tissues-CEGS Admin supplement 2020-2021RM1HG008935 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HE, CHUAN · 2016 to 2025
$24.4M
Host and microbial basis of human ulcerative colitis and pouchitis: Identification, role, mechanisms, and resource development of host susceptibility and pathobiont factorsRC2DK122394 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHANG, EUGENE B · 2019 to 2023
$10.2M
Recognition and mechanism of N6-methyl adenosine modificationsR01GM113194 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI PAN, TAO · 2015 to 2022
$2.5M
Probing short and long term consequences of Small and Large Bowel Microbiota Transplants on Host Physiology: Implications for the development of future live biotherapeuticsR01DK138072 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI EUGENE B CHANG, Kristina Brooke Martinez-Guryn · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG008935NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK138072NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK122394NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

tRNA is the most extensively modified RNA in cells. On average, a bacterial tRNA contains 8 modifications per molecule and a eukaryotic tRNA contains 13 modifications per molecule. Recent studies reveal that tRNA modifications are highly dynamic and respond extensively to environmental conditions. Functions of tRNA modification dynamics include enhanced, on-demand decoding of specific codons in response genes and regulation of tRNA fragment biogenesis. This review summarizes recent advances in the studies of tRNA modification dynamics in biological processes, tRNA modification erasers, and human-associated bacteria. Furthermore, we use the term "metaepitranscriptomics" to describe the potential and approach of tRNA modification studies in natural biological communities such as microbiomes. tRNA is highly modified in cells, and tRNA modifications respond extensively to environmental conditions to enhance translation of specific genes and produce tRNA fragments on demand. We review recent advances in tRNA sequencing methods, tRNA modification dynamics in biological processes, and tRNA modification studies in natural communities such as the microbiomes.

Indexed as

MicrobiotaRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalBacteriaCodonHumansRNARNA, TransferCodonRNARNA, Transfermicrobiomemodificationstress responsetRNA

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PMID35032425
PMCPMC8897278
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