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ArticleThe EMBO journal1998

Tad1p, a yeast tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase, is related to the mammalian pre-mRNA editing enzymes ADAR1 and ADAR2.

A Gerber, H Grosjean, T Melcher, W Keller

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Article in The EMBO journal, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Microorganisms · 2025
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  4. Phylogenetic and structural analysis of Hydra ADAR.Archives of biochemistry and biophysics · 2025
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  5. ADATs: roles in tRNA editing and relevance to disease.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024
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  13. Naturally occurring modified ribonucleosides.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA · 2020
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  17. A-to-I mRNA editing in fungi: occurrence, function, and evolution.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2019
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  18. Diversification of AID/APOBEC-like deaminases in metazoa: multiplicity of clades and widespread roles in immunity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A GerberDepartment of Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
H Grosjean
T Melcher
W Keller
University of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have identified an RNA-specific adenosine deaminase (termed Tad1p/scADAT1) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that selectively converts adenosine at position 37 of eukaryotic tRNAAla to inosine. The activity of purified recombinant Tad1p depends on the conformation of its tRNA substrate and the enzyme was found to be inactive on all other types of RNA tested. Mutant strains in which the TAD1 gene is disrupted are viable but lack Tad1p enzyme activity and their tRNAAla is not modified at position A37. Transformation of the mutant cells with the TAD1 gene restored enzyme activity. Tad1p has significant sequence similarity with the mammalian editing enzymes which act on specific precursor-mRNAs and on long double-stranded RNA. These findings suggest an evolutionary link between pre-mRNA editing and tRNA modification.

Indexed as

Adenosine DeaminaseAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceDNA PrimersMolecular Sequence DataRNA EditingRNA, MessengerRNA PrecursorsRNA, TransferSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence Homology, Amino AcidSubstrate SpecificityAdenosine DeaminaseDNA PrimersRNA, MessengerRNA PrecursorsRNA, Transfer

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PMID9707437
PMCPMC1170807
OpenAlexW2012463423

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