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  • Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration  (2)
  • *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide  (1)
  • *Protein Biosynthesis  (1)
  • 2005-2009  (4)
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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
    Description: Maturation of precursor transfer RNA (pre-tRNA) includes excision of the 5' leader and 3' trailer sequences, removal of introns and addition of the CCA terminus. Nucleotide modifications are incorporated at different stages of tRNA processing, after the RNA molecule adopts the proper conformation. In bacteria, tRNA(Ile2) lysidine synthetase (TilS) modifies cytidine into lysidine (L; 2-lysyl-cytidine) at the first anticodon of tRNA(Ile2) (refs 4-9). This modification switches tRNA(Ile2) from a methionine-specific to an isoleucine-specific tRNA. However, the aminoacylation of tRNA(Ile2) by methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS), before the modification by TilS, might lead to the misincorporation of methionine in response to isoleucine codons. The mechanism used by bacteria to avoid this pitfall is unknown. Here we show that the TilS enzyme specifically recognizes and modifies tRNA(Ile2) in its precursor form, thereby avoiding translation errors. We identified the lysidine modification in pre-tRNA(Ile2) isolated from RNase-E-deficient Escherichia coli and did not detect mature tRNA(Ile2) lacking this modification. Our kinetic analyses revealed that TilS can modify both types of RNA molecule with comparable efficiencies. X-ray crystallography and mutational analyses revealed that TilS specifically recognizes the entire L-shape structure in pre-tRNA(Ile2) through extensive interactions coupled with sequential domain movements. Our results demonstrate how TilS prevents the recognition of tRNA(Ile2) by MetRS and achieves high specificity for its substrate. These two key points form the basis for maintaining the fidelity of isoleucine codon translation in bacteria. Our findings also provide a rationale for the necessity of incorporating specific modifications at the precursor level during tRNA biogenesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nakanishi, Kotaro -- Bonnefond, Luc -- Kimura, Satoshi -- Suzuki, Tsutomu -- Ishitani, Ryuichiro -- Nureki, Osamu -- England -- Nature. 2009 Oct 22;461(7267):1144-8. doi: 10.1038/nature08474.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 225-8501, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19847269" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Apoproteins/genetics/metabolism ; Bacillus subtilis ; Bacterial Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Base Sequence ; Catalytic Domain ; Crystallography, X-Ray ; Escherichia coli ; Geobacillus ; Kinetics ; Lysine/analogs & derivatives/metabolism ; Mass Spectrometry ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Protein Biosynthesis ; Pyrimidine Nucleosides/metabolism ; RNA, Transfer, Ile/genetics/metabolism ; Substrate Specificity
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2009-12-17
    Description: Asia harbors substantial cultural and linguistic diversity, but the geographic structure of genetic variation across the continent remains enigmatic. Here we report a large-scale survey of autosomal variation from a broad geographic sample of Asian human populations. Our results show that genetic ancestry is strongly correlated with linguistic affiliations as well as geography. Most populations show relatedness within ethnic/linguistic groups, despite prevalent gene flow among populations. More than 90% of East Asian (EA) haplotypes could be found in either Southeast Asian (SEA) or Central-South Asian (CSA) populations and show clinal structure with haplotype diversity decreasing from south to north. Furthermore, 50% of EA haplotypes were found in SEA only and 5% were found in CSA only, indicating that SEA was a major geographic source of EA populations.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium -- Abdulla, Mahmood Ameen -- Ahmed, Ikhlak -- Assawamakin, Anunchai -- Bhak, Jong -- Brahmachari, Samir K -- Calacal, Gayvelline C -- Chaurasia, Amit -- Chen, Chien-Hsiun -- Chen, Jieming -- Chen, Yuan-Tsong -- Chu, Jiayou -- Cutiongco-de la Paz, Eva Maria C -- De Ungria, Maria Corazon A -- Delfin, Frederick C -- Edo, Juli -- Fuchareon, Suthat -- Ghang, Ho -- Gojobori, Takashi -- Han, Junsong -- Ho, Sheng-Feng -- Hoh, Boon Peng -- Huang, Wei -- Inoko, Hidetoshi -- Jha, Pankaj -- Jinam, Timothy A -- Jin, Li -- Jung, Jongsun -- Kangwanpong, Daoroong -- Kampuansai, Jatupol -- Kennedy, Giulia C -- Khurana, Preeti -- Kim, Hyung-Lae -- Kim, Kwangjoong -- Kim, Sangsoo -- Kim, Woo-Yeon -- Kimm, Kuchan -- Kimura, Ryosuke -- Koike, Tomohiro -- Kulawonganunchai, Supasak -- Kumar, Vikrant -- Lai, Poh San -- Lee, Jong-Young -- Lee, Sunghoon -- Liu, Edison T -- Majumder, Partha P -- Mandapati, Kiran Kumar -- Marzuki, Sangkot -- Mitchell, Wayne -- Mukerji, Mitali -- Naritomi, Kenji -- Ngamphiw, Chumpol -- Niikawa, Norio -- Nishida, Nao -- Oh, Bermseok -- Oh, Sangho -- Ohashi, Jun -- Oka, Akira -- Ong, Rick -- Padilla, Carmencita D -- Palittapongarnpim, Prasit -- Perdigon, Henry B -- Phipps, Maude Elvira -- Png, Eileen -- Sakaki, Yoshiyuki -- Salvador, Jazelyn M -- Sandraling, Yuliana -- Scaria, Vinod -- Seielstad, Mark -- Sidek, Mohd Ros -- Sinha, Amit -- Srikummool, Metawee -- Sudoyo, Herawati -- Sugano, Sumio -- Suryadi, Helena -- Suzuki, Yoshiyuki -- Tabbada, Kristina A -- Tan, Adrian -- Tokunaga, Katsushi -- Tongsima, Sissades -- Villamor, Lilian P -- Wang, Eric -- Wang, Ying -- Wang, Haifeng -- Wu, Jer-Yuarn -- Xiao, Huasheng -- Xu, Shuhua -- Yang, Jin Ok -- Shugart, Yin Yao -- Yoo, Hyang-Sook -- Yuan, Wentao -- Zhao, Guoping -- Zilfalil, Bin Alwi -- Indian Genome Variation Consortium -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Dec 11;326(5959):1541-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1177074.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20007900" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Algorithms ; Asia ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group/*genetics/history ; Bayes Theorem ; Cluster Analysis ; *Emigration and Immigration/history ; Ethnic Groups/*genetics/history ; Gene Flow ; Genotype ; Geography ; *Haplotypes ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Language ; Linguistics ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; Phylogeny ; *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Principal Component Analysis
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2018-06-06
    Description: We will demonstrate that CaO and Ca(OH)2 are excellent candidates to explain the 6.8 microns feature, which is one of the most obscure features in young stellar objects. We discuss the condensation of CaO grains and the potential formation of a Ca(OH)2 surface layer. The infrared spectra of these grains are compared with the spectra of fifteen young stellar objects. We note that CaO-rich grains are seen in all meteoritic CAIs (calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions) and the 6.8 micron feature has only been observed in young stellar objects. Therefore, we consider CaO grains to be a plausible candidate to explain the 6.8 microns feature and hypothesize that they are produced in the hot interiors of young stellar environments.
    Keywords: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2018-06-06
    Description: Recent measurements of fullerenes and Ti atoms recorded in our laboratory have demonstrated the presence of an infrared feature near 21 pm. The feature observed has nearly the same shape and position as is observed for one of the most enigmatic features in post-asymptotic giant blanch (AGB) stars. In our experimental system large cage carbon particles, such as large fullerenes, were produced from CO gas by the Boudouard reaction. Large-cage carbon particles intermixed with Ti atoms were produced by the evaporation of a Ti metal wrapped carbon electrode in CO gas. The infrared spectra of large fullerenes interacting with Ti atoms show a characteristic feature at 20.3 micron that closely corresponds to the 20.1 micron feature observed in post-AGB stars. Both the lab- oratory and stellar spectra also show a small but significant peak at 19.0 micron, which is attributed to fullerenes. Here, we propose that the interaction between fullerenes and Ti atoms may be a plausible explanation for the 21-micron feature seen in some post-AGB stars.
    Keywords: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
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