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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2023

Triplet-Encoded Prebiotic RNA Aminoacylation.

Meng Su, Christian Schmitt, Ziwei Liu, Samuel J Roberts, Kim C Liu, Konstantin Röder, Andres Jäschke, David J Wales, John D Sutherland

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Meng SuMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6558-8712
Christian SchmittInstitut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.
Ziwei LiuMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1812-2538
Samuel J RobertsMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7324-7325
Kim C LiuMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
Konstantin RöderYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2021-9504
Andres JäschkeInstitut für Pharmazie und Molekulare Biotechnologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4625-2655
David J WalesYusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3555-6645
John D SutherlandMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7099-4731

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_A024_1009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The encoding step of translation involves attachment of amino acids to cognate tRNAs by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, themselves the product of coded peptide synthesis. So, the question arises─before these enzymes evolved, how were primordial tRNAs selectively aminoacylated? Here, we demonstrate enzyme-free, sequence-dependent, chemoselective aminoacylation of RNA. We investigated two potentially prebiotic routes to aminoacyl-tRNA acceptor stem-overhang mimics and analyzed those oligonucleotides undergoing the most efficient aminoacylation. Overhang sequences do not significantly influence the chemoselectivity of aminoacylation by either route. For aminoacyl-transfer from a mixed anhydride donor strand, the chemoselectivity and stereoselectivity of aminoacylation depend on the terminal three base pairs of the stem. The results support early suggestions of a second genetic code in the acceptor stem.

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Amino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesRNAAminoacylationBase SequenceGenetic CodeNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, TransferAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesRNARNA, Transfer

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PMID37435826
PMCPMC10375532

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