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ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2024

The making and breaking of tRNAs by ribonucleases.

Jessica J H Elder, Ry Papadopoulos, Cassandra K Hayne, Robin E Stanley

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Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The regulation, function and disease relevance of cytoplasmic tRNAs.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  5. HSV-1 as a Potential Driver of Alzheimer's Disease.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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.

Jessica J H ElderSignal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Ry PapadopoulosDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Cassandra K HayneDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: chayne@uchicago.edu.
Robin E StanleySignal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. Electronic address: robin.stanley@nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Chicago · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Structure and Function of RNA Processing MachinesZIAES103247 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI STANLEY, ROBIN · 2015 to 2025
$22.9M
Structural and Functional Characterization of Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Associated NucleasesR00GM143534 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HAYNE, CASSANDRA K · 2023 to 2025
$800k
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES103247NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM143534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribonucleases (RNases) play important roles in supporting canonical and non-canonical roles of tRNAs by catalyzing the cleavage of the tRNA phosphodiester backbone. Here, we highlight how recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), protein structure prediction, reconstitution experiments, tRNA sequencing, and other studies have revealed new insight into the nucleases that process tRNA. This represents a very diverse group of nucleases that utilize distinct mechanisms to recognize and cleave tRNA during different stages of a tRNA's life cycle including biogenesis, fragmentation, surveillance, and decay. In this review, we provide a synthesis of the structure, mechanism, regulation, and modes of tRNA recognition by tRNA nucleases, along with open questions for future investigation.

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyRibonucleasesRNA, TransferHumansNucleic Acid ConformationRibonucleasesRNA, TransferribonucleasetRNAtRNA decaytRNA fragmentstRNA processing

Identifiers

PMID38641471
PMCPMC11152995
OpenAlexW4394935470

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