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ArticleNature communications2025

Genome-wide profiling of tRNA modifications by Induro-tRNAseq reveals coordinated changes.

Yuko Nakano, Howard Gamper, Henri McGuigan, Sunita Maharjan, Jiatong Li, Zhiyi Sun, Erbay Yigit, Sebastian Grünberg, Keerthana Krishnan, Nan-Sheng Li and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. The Landscape of tRNA Modifications in Archaea.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Yuko Nakano *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Howard Gamper *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9007-8546
Henri McGuiganDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sunita MaharjanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7099-1802
Jiatong LiDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3894-9843
Zhiyi SunNew England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6106-5356
Erbay YigitNew England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-4994
Sebastian GrünbergNew England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5694-0574
Keerthana KrishnanNew England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA.
Nan-Sheng LiDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Joseph A PiccirilliDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0541-6270
Ralph KleinerDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-9975
Nicole NicholsNew England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA.
Brian D GregoryDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-0138
Ya-Ming HouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. ya-ming.hou@jefferson.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-2597

Funding

tRNA in codon usageR35GM134931 · NIGMS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI HOU, YA-MING · 2020 to 2025
$5.4M
Structure and Function of Non-Coding RNAR35GM149336 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Joseph Anthony Piccirilli · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Chemical Approaches to Illuminate the Epitranscriptome (Administrative/Equipment Supplement)R01GM132189 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI KLEINER, RALPH ELLIOT · 2019 to 2023
$1.6M
The tRNA pool in C9-ALS/FTDR21AG082005 · NIA · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI HOU, YA-MING · 2023 to 2024
$445k
National Science Foundation (NSF) MCB-2427729NIA NIH HHS R21 AG082005NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132189NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM134931NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149336U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM132189U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM134931U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM149336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While all native tRNAs undergo extensive post-transcriptional modifications as a mechanism to regulate gene expression, mapping these modifications remains challenging. The critical barrier is the difficulty of readthrough of modifications by reverse transcriptases (RTs). Here we use Induro-a new group-II intron-encoded RT-to map and quantify genome-wide tRNA modifications in Induro-tRNAseq. We show that Induro progressively increases readthrough over time by selectively overcoming RT stops without altering the misincorporation frequency. In a parallel analysis of Induro vs. a related RT, we provide comparative datasets to facilitate the prediction of each modification. We assess tRNA modifications across five human cell lines and three mouse tissues and show that, while the landscape of modifications is highly variable throughout the tRNA sequence framework, it is stabilized for modifications that are required for reading of the genetic code. The coordinated changes have fundamental importance for development of tRNA modifications in protein homeostasis.

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RNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, TransferAnimalsCell LineHumansIntronsMiceRNA, Transfer

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PMID39865096
PMCPMC11770116

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