ArticleEMBO reports2025
tRNA lysidinylation is essential for the minimal translation system in the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast.
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- Complete Mitochondrial Genome ofEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Decoding the Minimal Translation System of the Plasmodium falciparum Apicoplast: Essential tRNA-modifying Enzymes and Their Roles in Organelle Maintenance.Journal of molecular biology · 2025Article
- tRNA modifying enzymes MnmE and MnmG are essential forbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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For decades, researchers have sought to define minimal translation systems to uncover fundamental principles of life and advance biotechnology. tRNAs, essential components of this machinery, decode mRNA codons into amino acids. The apicoplast of malaria parasites contains 25 tRNA isotypes in its organellar genome-the lowest number found in known translation systems. Efficient translation in such minimal systems depends heavily on post-transcriptional tRNA modifications. One such modification, lysidine at the wobble position (C34) of tRNA
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