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ArticleNucleic acids research2026

Guanosine 10 methylation by TRMT11-TRMT112 optimizes human mitochondrial tRNAs for efficient translation.

Jonny Petrosyan, Mehmet Yilmaz, Carolin P M Scheitl, Nicolas Lemus-Diaz, Angela Boshnakovska, Laurianne L E Tay, Wanwan Hu, Olga Beine-Golovchuk, David Touboul, Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein and 4 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jonny PetrosyanDepartment of Molecular Biology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7662-7289
Mehmet YilmazDepartment of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Carolin P M ScheitlInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0000-7822-2066
Nicolas Lemus-DiazDepartment of Molecular Biology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7545-1656
Angela BoshnakovskaDepartment of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Laurianne L E TayLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule (BIOC), CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France.ORCID 0009-0006-7666-0031
Wanwan HuLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule (BIOC), CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France.
Olga Beine-GolovchukDepartment of Molecular Biology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
David TouboulLaboratoire de Chimie Moleculaire (LCM), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France.
Ricarda Richter-DennerleinDepartment of Molecular Biology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Claudia HöbartnerInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4548-2299
Marc GrailleLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule (BIOC), CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7853-5852
Peter RehlingDepartment of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5661-5272
Katherine E BohnsackDepartment of Molecular Biology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6035-4255

Funding

Advanced Grants MiXpressAgence Nationale pour la Recherche ANR-22-CE12-0010-01Centre National pour la Recherche ScientifiqueChina Scholarship CouncilDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftEuropean Research CouncilGerman Research Foundation 469281184German Research Foundation SFB1565Institut Polytechnique de ParisMax Planck SocietyRC pour la Recherche sur le CancerVolkswagen Foundation
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Abstract

Modified nucleotides are essential determinants of RNA function, and identifying the enzymes that install them is fundamental to understanding their cellular roles. Here, we show that the human RNA methyltransferase TRMT11 and its cofactor TRMT112 are imported into mitochondria via N-terminal targeting signals. Using a recently developed N2-methylguanosine (m2G)-sensitive DNAzyme, we demonstrate that TRMT11 catalytic activity and interaction with TRMT112 are required for installation of m2G at position 10 in 13 mitochondrial (mt-)tRNAs. The crosslinking profile of TRMT11 on mt-tRNAs experimentally supports a model of the TRMT11-TRMT112-mt-tRNATrp complex in which the THUMP domain contacts the 3' end of the acceptor stem, and G10 is flipped into the S-adenosylmethionine binding pocket for methylation. Transcriptome-wide mapping reveals that TRMT11 interacts with most nuclear-encoded and mt-tRNAs, but only methylates a subset. In vitro reconstitution of TRMT11-TRM112-mediated methylation defines key structural requirements for m2G10 installation across different mt-tRNAs, and reveals how pathogenic mutations influence this modification. TRMT11-TRMT112 recognizes folded mt-tRNAs, and in the degenerate mt-tRNALys, m1A9 strongly enhances m2G10 methylation efficiency. Loss of m2G10 modifications alters the conformation of numerous mt-tRNAs, perturbs mitochondrial protein synthesis, and impairs oxidative phosphorylation, highlighting an essential role of this modification in maintaining mitochondrial function.

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GuanosineMethyltransferasesMitochondriaProtein BiosynthesisRNARNA, TransfertRNA MethyltransferasesHumansMethylationNucleic Acid ConformationRNA MethylationRNA, MitochondrialGuanosineMethyltransferasesRNARNA, MitochondrialRNA, TransferTRMT112 protein, humantRNA Methyltransferases

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PMID42689413
PMCPMC13539109

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