Transfer RNA modifications: nature's combinatorial chemistry playground

Pyruvate Is the Source of the Two Carbons That Are Required for Formation of the Imidazoline Ring of 4-Demethylwyosine

(2011) Anthony P. Young et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Biosynthesis and function of tRNA modifications in Archaea

(2011) Gabriela Phillips et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

A role for the universal Kae1/Qri7/YgjD (COG0533) family in tRNA modification

(2011) Basma El Yacoubi et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The 2-thiouridylase function of the human MTU1 (TRMU) enzyme is dispensable for mitochondrial translation

(2011) F. Sasarman et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Human tRNALys3UUU Is Pre-Structured by Natural Modifications for Cognate and Wobble Codon Binding through Keto–Enol Tautomerism

(2011) Franck A.P. Vendeix et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Plasticity and diversity of tRNA anticodon determinants of substrate recognition by eukaryotic A37 isopentenyltransferases

(2011) T. N. Lamichhane et al.   RNA

Structure of transfer RNAs: similarity and variability

(2011) Richard Giegé et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA

RNA nucleotide methylation

(2011) Yuri Motorin et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA

The Fe/S Cluster Assembly Protein Isd11 Is Essential for tRNA Thiolation inTrypanosoma brucei

(2010) Zdeněk Paris et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Biosynthesis of Wyosine Derivatives in tRNA: An Ancient and Highly Diverse Pathway in Archaea

(2010) Valérie de Crécy-Lagard et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The crystal structure of unmodified tRNA Phe from Escherichia coli

(2010) Robert T. Byrne et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Pseudouridine at position 55 in tRNA controls the contents of other modified nucleotides for low-temperature adaptation in the extreme-thermophilic eubacterium Thermus thermophilus

(2010) Kazuo Ishida et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Agmatidine, a modified cytidine in the anticodon of archaeal tRNAIle, base pairs with adenosine but not with guanosine

(2010) D. Mandal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Queuosine modification of tRNA: its divergent role in cellular machinery

(2009) Manjula Vinayak et al.   BIOSCIENCE REPORTS

Deciphering synonymous codons in the three domains of life: Co-evolution with specific tRNA modification enzymes

(2009) Henri Grosjean et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Do all modifications benefit all tRNAs?

(2009) Eric M. Phizicky et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Thiolation Controls Cytoplasmic tRNA Stability and Acts as a Negative Determinant for tRNA Editing in Mitochondria

(2009) Jessica M. Wohlgamuth-Benedum et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Thiolated tRNAs ofTrypanosoma bruceiAre Imported into Mitochondria and Dethiolated after Import

(2009) Ellen Inga Bruske et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Queuosine Formation in Eukaryotic tRNA Occurs via a Mitochondria-localized Heteromeric Transglycosylase

(2009) Coilin Boland et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Gripping Tale of Ribosomal Frameshifting: Extragenic Suppressors of Frameshift Mutations Spotlight P-Site Realignment

(2009) J. F. Atkins et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Ubiquitin-related modifier Urm1 acts as a sulphur carrier in thiolation of eukaryotic transfer RNA

(2009) Sebastian Leidel et al.   NATURE

The structure of the human tRNALys3 anticodon bound to the HIV genome is stabilized by modified nucleosides and adjacent mismatch base pairs

(2009) Yann Bilbille et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural basis of tRNA modification with CO2 fixation and methylation by wybutosine synthesizing enzyme TYW4†

(2009) Yoko Suzuki et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Unconventional decoding of the AUA codon as methionine by mitochondrial tRNA Met with the anticodon f 5 CAU as revealed with a mitochondrial in vitro translation system

(2009) Chie Takemoto et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Mechanistic characterization of the sulfur-relay system for eukaryotic 2-thiouridine biogenesis at tRNA wobble positions

(2009) Akiko Noma et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural basis of AdoMet-dependent aminocarboxypropyl transfer reaction catalyzed by tRNA-wybutosine synthesizing enzyme, TYW2

(2009) M. Umitsu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Cytidine Deaminase Edits C to U in Transfer RNAs in Archaea

(2009) L. Randau et al.   SCIENCE

A Gateway platform for functional genomics inHaloferax volcanii: deletion of three tRNA modification genes

(2009) Basma El Yacoubi et al.   ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL

An embarrassment of riches: the enzymology of RNA modification

(2008) Dirk Iwata-Reuyl   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Common thiolation mechanism in the biosynthesis of tRNA thiouridine and sulphur-containing cofactors

(2008) Naoki Shigi et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Urm1 at the crossroad of modifications. ‘Protein Modifications: Beyond the Usual Suspects’ Review Series

(2008) Patrick G A Pedrioli et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Biosynthesis of 7-Deazaguanosine-Modified tRNA Nucleosides: a New Role for GTP Cyclohydrolase I

(2008) G. Phillips et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Eukaryotic Wobble Uridine Modifications Promote a Functionally Redundant Decoding System

(2008) M. J. O. Johansson et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

tRNAdb 2009: compilation of tRNA sequences and tRNA genes

(2008) F. Juhling et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The conserved Wobble uridine tRNA thiolase Ctu1-Ctu2 is required to maintain genome integrity

(2008) M. Dewez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA