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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Blastocrithidia nonstop mitochondrial genome and its expression are remarkably insulated from nuclear codon reassignment.

Dmitry A Afonin, Evgeny S Gerasimov, Ingrid Škodová-Sveráková, Kristína Záhonová, Ondřej Gahura, Amanda T S Albanaz, Eva Myšková, Anastassia Bykova, Zdeněk Paris, Julius Lukeš and 4 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Assembly and Annotation of Kinetoplastid and Diplonemid Mitochondrial Genomes.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

Dmitry A AfoninFaculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-0376-5653
Evgeny S GerasimovFaculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-0497-1221
Ingrid Škodová-SverákováLife Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0002-4004-3377
Kristína ZáhonováLife Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0002-5766-0267
Ondřej GahuraInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0002-2925-4763
Amanda T S AlbanazLife Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia.ORCID 0009-0005-6348-2179
Eva MyškováInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia.
Anastassia BykovaLife Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia.
Zdeněk ParisInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0003-1019-7719
Julius LukešInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0002-0578-6618
Fred R OpperdoesDe Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1984-3764
Anton HorváthDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0003-0785-4204
Sara L ZimmerUniversity of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus, Duluth, MN 55812, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1707-1839
Vyacheslav YurchenkoLife Science Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0003-4765-3263
University of Ostrava · CZInstitute of Parasitology · CZLomonosov Moscow State University · RUUniversity of South Bohemia in České Budějovice · CZComenius University Bratislava · SKde Duve Institute · BEUniversity of Alberta · CAUniversity of Minnesota, Duluth · US

Funding

Academy of Sciences VEGA 1/0553/21Czech Republic 22-01026SERDF 313021X329Just Transition CZ.10 .03.01/00/22_003/0000003Ministry of Education INTER-EXCELLENCE-LUASK22033Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic 90254Russian Science Foundation 19-74-10008Slovak Ministry of EducationSlovak Research and Development Agency SK-CZ-RD-21-0038University of Ostrava
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The canonical stop codons of the nuclear genome of the trypanosomatid Blastocrithidia nonstop are recoded. Here, we investigated the effect of this recoding on the mitochondrial genome and gene expression. Trypanosomatids possess a single mitochondrion and protein-coding transcripts of this genome require RNA editing in order to generate open reading frames of many transcripts encoded as 'cryptogenes'. Small RNAs that can number in the hundreds direct editing and produce a mitochondrial transcriptome of unusual complexity. We find B. nonstop to have a typical trypanosomatid mitochondrial genetic code, which presumably requires the mitochondrion to disable utilization of the two nucleus-encoded suppressor tRNAs, which appear to be imported into the organelle. Alterations of the protein factors responsible for mRNA editing were also documented, but they have likely originated from sources other than B. nonstop nuclear genome recoding. The population of guide RNAs directing editing is minimal, yet virtually all genes for the plethora of known editing factors are still present. Most intriguingly, despite lacking complex I cryptogene guide RNAs, these cryptogene transcripts are stochastically edited to high levels.

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Cell NucleusGenome, MitochondrialRNA EditingRNA, TransferCodonCodon, TerminatorGenetic CodeMitochondriaOpen Reading FramesProtozoan ProteinsRNA, Guide, KinetoplastidaRNA, MessengerTrypanosomatinaCodonCodon, TerminatorProtozoan ProteinsRNA, Guide, KinetoplastidaRNA, MessengerRNA, Transfer

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PMID38452217
PMCPMC11040004
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