2023
Recoding UAG to selenocysteine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hoffman K, Chung C, Mukai T, Krahn N, Jiang H, Balasuriya N, O'Donoghue P, Söll D. Recoding UAG to selenocysteine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA 2023, 29: 1400-1410. PMID: 37279998, PMCID: PMC10573291, DOI: 10.1261/rna.079658.123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelenoprotein productionYeast expression systemSeryl-tRNA synthetaseSite-specific incorporationEukaryotic relativesKingdom FungiSelenocysteine synthaseSelenophosphate synthetaseBiosynthesis pathwayEukaryotic selenoproteinsMetabolic engineeringBiosynthetic pathwayPathway componentsExpression systemReductase enzymeTRNASaccharomycesYeastTranslation componentsSpecific sitesFacile productionUnique chemicalSynthetasePathwayFirst demonstration
2022
Unconventional genetic code systems in archaea
Meng K, Chung CZ, Söll D, Krahn N. Unconventional genetic code systems in archaea. Frontiers In Microbiology 2022, 13: 1007832. PMID: 36160229, PMCID: PMC9499178, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1007832.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsGenetic code systemAmino acidsTRNA-dependent pathwayCanonical amino acidsRare amino acidArchaeal lineagesArchaeal speciesSingle lineageArchaeaMolecular mechanismsThird domainExtreme environmentsRecent discoveryLineagesBiochemical elementsHarsh conditionsEukaryotesPyrrolysineSelenocysteineOrganismsSpeciesBacteriaPathwayAcidDiscovery
2006
Aminoacyl‐tRNAs: Deciphering and Defining the Genetic Message
Ambrogelly A, Salazar J, Sheppard K, Polycarpo C, Oshikane H, Nakamura Y, Fukai S, Nureki O, Söll D. Aminoacyl‐tRNAs: Deciphering and Defining the Genetic Message. 2006, 207-215. DOI: 10.1002/9780470750865.ch18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRNA‐Dependent Cysteine Biosynthesis in Archaea
Yuan J, Sauerwald A, Zhu W, Major T, Roy H, Palioura S, Jahn D, Whitman W, Yates J, Ibba M, Söll D. RNA‐Dependent Cysteine Biosynthesis in Archaea. The FASEB Journal 2006, 20: a503-a504. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a503-d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCysteine biosynthesisSep-tRNACys-tRNA synthaseCys-tRNACysPhosphoseryl-tRNA synthetaseCysteinyl-tRNA synthetaseCys-tRNAGenetic experimentsSec tRNAMost organismsMethanocaldococcus jannaschiiGenetic codeGenomic analysisEssential enzymeMethanogenic archaeaArchaeaSimilar enzymesO-phosphoserineBiosynthesisOrganismsSynthetaseEnzymePathwaySulfur donorSole routeSaccharomyces cerevisiae imports the cytosolic pathway for Gln‐tRNA synthesis into the mitochondrion
Krett B, Rinehart J, Rubio M, Alfonzo J, Söll D. Saccharomyces cerevisiae imports the cytosolic pathway for Gln‐tRNA synthesis into the mitochondrion. The FASEB Journal 2006, 20: a500-a500. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a500-b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransamidation pathwayMitochondrial translationGln-tRNAOrganellar protein synthesisYeast mitochondrial DNAGlutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseAminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesAminoacyl-tRNA formationImport mechanismMitochondrial localizationMitochondrial DNAProtein biosynthesisMost bacteriaCytoplasmic componentsAlternate functionsCytosolic pathwayProtein synthesisAmino acidsEssential processMitochondriaTRNAPathwayEukaryotesGlnRArchaea
2001
The renaissance of aminoacyl‐tRNA synthesis
Ibba M, Söll D. The renaissance of aminoacyl‐tRNA synthesis. EMBO Reports 2001, 2: 382-387. PMID: 11375928, PMCID: PMC1083889, DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kve095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAminoacyl-tRNA synthesisProtein synthesisRole of tRNAEvolutionary diversityStructural biologyMolecular biologistsUnexpected arrayMolecular biologyNew enzymeDecades of studyAmino acidsEssential processTRNABiologyComplete pictureGenomicsAdaptorBiologistsDiversityEnzymePathwayHigh degreeSynthesisNumerous milestonesGenomics-based identification of targets in pathogenic bacteria for potential therapeutic and diagnostic use
Raczniak G, Ibba M, Söll D. Genomics-based identification of targets in pathogenic bacteria for potential therapeutic and diagnostic use. Toxicology 2001, 160: 181-189. PMID: 11246138, DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(00)00454-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplete microbial genome sequencesMicrobial genome sequencesFundamental biological processesPathogen-specific pathwaysAminoacyl-tRNA synthesisGenome sequenceBiochemical approachesMammalian hostsIdentification of targetsBiological processesNumber of pathogensProtein synthesisPharmaceutical exploitationSynthesis pathwayCertain pathwaysNovel targetPathogenic bacteriaEnzyme presentPathwayDiagnostic targetsCell viabilityKey processesGenomicsRecent advancesTarget
2000
The Adaptor hypothesis revisited
Ibba M, Becker H, Stathopoulos C, Tumbula D, Söll D, Ibba M, Becker H, Stathopoulos C, Tumbula D, Söll D. The Adaptor hypothesis revisited. Trends In Biochemical Sciences 2000, 25: 311-316. PMID: 10871880, DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(00)01600-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCysteine Biosynthesis Pathway in the ArchaeonMethanosarcina barkeri Encoded by Acquired Bacterial Genes?
Kitabatake M, So M, Tumbula D, Söll D. Cysteine Biosynthesis Pathway in the ArchaeonMethanosarcina barkeri Encoded by Acquired Bacterial Genes? Journal Of Bacteriology 2000, 182: 143-145. PMID: 10613873, PMCID: PMC94250, DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.1.143-145.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCysteine biosynthesis pathwayCysK geneCysteine biosynthesisBiosynthesis pathwayRecent genome dataOpen reading framePyrococcus sppCysE geneBacterial genesMethanococcus jannaschiiGenome dataArchaeoglobus fulgidusReading frameSulfolobus solfataricusThermoplasma acidophilumCysM geneMethanobacterium thermoautotrophicumGenesBiosynthesisPathwayGreat similaritySame functionCysKOrthologsArchaea
1999
Mutations in a new Arabidopsis cyclophilin disrupt its interaction with protein phosphatase 2A
Jackson K, Söll D. Mutations in a new Arabidopsis cyclophilin disrupt its interaction with protein phosphatase 2A. Molecular Genetics And Genomics 1999, 262: 830-838. PMID: 10628867, DOI: 10.1007/s004380051147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein phosphatase 2APhosphatase 2AHeterotrimeric protein phosphatase 2ARegulatory subunit AProtein phosphatase 2BMultiple signaling pathwaysAuxin transportPhosphatase 2BPP2A activityAntisense transcriptsResponse pathwaysArabidopsis extractsGene productsN-terminusRoot growthSubunit ASignaling pathwaysNovel cyclophilinCyclophilinArabidopsisAltered formsTranscriptsMutationsPathwayEukaryotesSelective inhibition of HEMA gene expression by photooxidation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Kumar M, Chaturvedi S, Söll D. Selective inhibition of HEMA gene expression by photooxidation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry 1999, 51: 847-851. PMID: 10423858, DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(99)00114-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArabidopsis thalianaChloroplasts of plantsGlutamyl-tRNA reductaseCarotenoid biosynthesisFirst enzymeALA formationPhotobleaching herbicidesPhotooxidative damageGene expressionSelective inhibitionCarotenoid pigmentsNorflurazonThalianaPlantsChloroplastsFirst precursorPathwayExpressionEnzymeInitial metaboliteAlaBiosynthesisInhibitionTetrapyrrolesGlutamateArchaeal Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis: Diversity Replaces Dogma
Tumbula D, Vothknecht U, Kim H, Ibba M, Min B, Li T, Pelaschier J, Stathopoulos C, Becker H, Söll D. Archaeal Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis: Diversity Replaces Dogma. Genetics 1999, 152: 1269-1276. PMID: 10430557, PMCID: PMC1460689, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/152.4.1269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAminoacyl-tRNA synthesisGene transfer eventsPhenylalanyl-tRNA synthetasesLysyl-tRNA synthetaseTransamidation pathwayExtant organismsMethanococcus jannaschiiAsparaginyl-tRNAProtein biosynthesisGenetic codeGene expressionGenome sequencingAminoacyl-tRNAArchaeaMethanobacterium thermoautotrophicumMolecular biologyUnexpected levelNovel pathwayTransfer eventsFaithful translationPathwayJannaschiiSynthetasesBiosynthesisOrganisms
1993
Incomplete citric acid cycle obliges aminolevulinic acid synthesis via the C5 pathway in a methylotroph
Lloyd A, Weitzman P, Söll D. Incomplete citric acid cycle obliges aminolevulinic acid synthesis via the C5 pathway in a methylotroph. Microbiology 1993, 139: 2931-2938. DOI: 10.1099/00221287-139-12-2931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchC5 pathwayM. methylotrophusAminolevulinic acid synthesisTRNA-dependent mannerConversion of pyruvateCitric acid cycleMalate dehydrogenase activityMammalian cellsGlyoxylate cycleALA formationCell-free extractsGlu-tRNAGluAcid cycleIsocitrate dehydrogenaseMethylophilus methylotrophusCatabolic roleAcid synthesisPathwayEnzymic activityDehydrogenase activityEnzymeConnected pathwaysAlaMethylotrophsYeast
1991
Transfer RNA Involvement in Chlorophyll Biosynthesis
O’Neill G, Jahn D, Söll D. Transfer RNA Involvement in Chlorophyll Biosynthesis. Subcellular Biochemistry 1991, 17: 235-264. PMID: 1796486, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9365-8_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfer RNARegulation of hemeBranched biosynthetic pathwayPorphyrin biosynthesisBiosynthesis of ALAPhotosynthetic metabolismChlorophyll biosynthesisRNA involvementArchaebacterial kingdomMammalian cellsBiosynthetic pathwayChlorophyll synthesisBacterial systemsBiosynthesisRecent rapid progressPlantsCentral roleAlaHemeTetrapyrrole ringEnzymePathwayFive-carbonProkaryotesExperimental system