Publication Date:
2011-11-15
Description:
The CCA-adding enzyme [ATP(CTP):tRNA nucleotidyltransferase] adds CCA to the 3' ends of transfer RNAs (tRNAs), a critical step in tRNA biogenesis that generates the amino acid attachment site. We found that the CCA-adding enzyme plays a key role in tRNA quality control by selectively marking structurally unstable tRNAs and tRNA-like small RNAs for degradation. Instead of adding CCA to the 3' ends of these transcripts, CCA-adding enzymes from all three kingdoms of life add CCACCA. In addition, hypomodified mature tRNAs are subjected to CCACCA addition as part of a rapid tRNA decay pathway in vivo. We conjecture that CCACCA addition is a universal mechanism for controlling tRNA levels and preventing errors in translation.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273417/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273417/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wilusz, Jeremy E -- Whipple, Joseph M -- Phizicky, Eric M -- Sharp, Phillip A -- 5T32-GM068411/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA014051/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA014051-38/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P30-CA14051/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA133404/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA133404-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM034277/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM034277-28/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM052347/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM052347-16/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01-CA133404/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01-GM34277/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01-GM52347/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM068411/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM068411-08/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Nov 11;334(6057):817-21. doi: 10.1126/science.1213671.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. wilusz@mit.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22076379" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Archaeal Proteins/metabolism
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Base Sequence
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Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism
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Fungal Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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Humans
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Mice
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Polyadenylation
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*RNA 3' End Processing
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RNA Nucleotidyltransferases/*metabolism
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*RNA Stability
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RNA, Fungal/chemistry/metabolism
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RNA, Transfer/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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RNA, Transfer, Ser/chemistry/metabolism
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RNA, Untranslated/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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Sulfolobus/enzymology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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