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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Structural insights into human ELAC2 as a tRNA 3' processing enzyme.

Chenyang Xue, Junshan Tian, Yanhong Chen, Zhongmin Liu

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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 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. [Advances in the molecular genetics of nuclear gene mutations causing pediatric mitochondrial cardiomyopathy].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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  4. The regulation, function and disease relevance of cytoplasmic tRNAs.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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Chenyang XueShenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Assembling and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong, China.
Junshan TianShenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Assembling and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong, China.
Yanhong ChenDepartment Of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong, China.
Zhongmin LiuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomolecular Assembling and Regulation, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055 Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3280-3890

Funding

Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2024A1515011538Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program 2021ZT09Y104National Science Foundation of China 32 000 850Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program 2021QN02Y449Shenzhen Municipal Basic Research projects JCYJ20210324105007020Shenzhen Science and Technology Program ZDSYS20220402111000001Southern University of Science and Technology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human elaC ribonuclease Z 2 (ELAC2) removes the 3' trailer of precursor transfer ribonucleic acid (pre-tRNA). Mutations in ELAC2 are highly associated with the development of prostate cancer and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. However, the catalytic mechanism of ELAC2 remains unclear. We determined the cryogenic electron microscopy structures of human ELAC2 in various states, including the apo, pre-tRNA-bound and tRNA-bound states, which enabled us to identify the structural basis for its binding to pre-tRNA and cleavage of the 3' trailer. Notably, conformational rearrangement of the C-terminal helix was related to feeding of the 3' trailer into the cleavage site, possibly explaining why its mutations are associated with disease. We further used biochemical assays to analyse the structural effects of disease-related mutations of human ELAC2. Collectively, our data provide a comprehensive structural basis for how ELAC2 recruits pre-tRNA via its flexible arm domain and guides the 3' trailer of pre-tRNA into the active centre for cleavage by its C-terminal helix.

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RNA, TransferCatalytic DomainCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansModels, MolecularMutationNeoplasm ProteinsProstatic NeoplasmsProtein BindingRNA PrecursorsELAC2 protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsRNA PrecursorsRNA, Transfer

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PMID39494506
PMCPMC11602120

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