2011
An unusual tRNAThr derived from tRNAHis reassigns in yeast mitochondria the CUN codons to threonine
Su D, Lieberman A, Lang BF, Simonović M, Söll D, Ling J. An unusual tRNAThr derived from tRNAHis reassigns in yeast mitochondria the CUN codons to threonine. Nucleic Acids Research 2011, 39: 4866-4874. PMID: 21321019, PMCID: PMC3113583, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCUN codonsYeast mitochondriaGenetic codeAlloacceptor tRNA gene recruitmentComprehensive phylogenetic analysisStandard genetic codeThreonyl-tRNA synthetaseHistidyl-tRNA synthetaseGene recruitmentEvolutionary originPhylogenetic analysisRecoding eventBiochemical experimentsFirst nucleotideAnticodon loopMST1CodonFirst clear exampleYeastMitochondriaThreonineSynthetaseCandida albicansGenomeClear example
1998
Glutamyl-tRNAGln amidotransferase in Deinococcus radiodurans may be confined to asparagine biosynthesis
Curnow A, Tumbula D, Pelaschier J, Min B, Söll D. Glutamyl-tRNAGln amidotransferase in Deinococcus radiodurans may be confined to asparagine biosynthesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 12838-12843. PMID: 9789001, PMCID: PMC23620, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.22.12838.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeinococcus radioduransD. radiodurans genomeRadiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radioduransBiosynthesis of asparagineGlutaminyl-tRNA synthetaseGlutamyl-tRNA synthetaseBacterium Deinococcus radioduransPresence of AsnRSAsparaginyl-tRNA synthetaseAspartyl-tRNA synthetaseAsn-tRNAAsparagine biosynthesisAsparaginyl-tRNAGenomic sequencesGln-tRNAAsparagine synthetaseBiochemical experimentsTransamidation activityGlutaminyl-tRNAProtein synthesisSingle enzymeSynthetaseRadioduransBiosynthesisGenes