Transfer RNA modifications: nature's combinatorial chemistry playground

JE Jackman, JD Alfonzo - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Following synthesis, tRNAs are peppered by numerous chemical modifications which may
differentially affect a tRNA's structure and function. Although modifications affecting the …

Mechanism and biological role of Dnmt2 in nucleic acid methylation

A Jeltsch, A Ehrenhofer-Murray, TP Jurkowski… - RNA biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A group of homologous nucleic acid modification enzymes called Dnmt2,
Trdmt1, Pmt1, DnmA, and Ehmet in different model organisms catalyze the transfer of a …

Structure and function of noncanonical nucleobases

T Carell, C Brandmayr, A Hienzsch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
DNA and RNA contain, next to the four canonical nucleobases, a number of modified
nucleosides that extend their chemical information content. RNA is particularly rich in …

[图书][B] DNA and RNA modification enzymes: structure, mechanism, function and evolution

H Grosjean - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
This volume is a timely and comprehensive description of the many facets of DNA and RNA
modification-editing processes and to some extent repair mechanisms. Each chapter offers …

Modification and editing of RNA: historical overview and important facts to remember

H Grosjean - Fine-tuning of RNA Functions by Modification and …, 2005 - Springer
RNA plays a central role in many cellular processes and several peculiarities of RNAs are
probably relics of an ancient primordial RNA World. To fulfill their multiple present-day …

Dynamic modulation of Dnmt2-dependent tRNA methylation by the micronutrient queuine

M Müller, M Hartmann, I Schuster, S Bender… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Dnmt2 enzymes are cytosine-5 methyltransferases that methylate C38 of several tRNAs. We
report here that the activities of two Dnmt2 homologs, Pmt1 from Schizosaccharomyces …

Structural Insights into riboswitch control of the biosynthesis of queuosine, a modified nucleotide found in the anticodon of tRNA

M Kang, R Peterson, J Feigon - Molecular cell, 2009 - cell.com
The modified nucleotide queuosine (Q) is almost universally found in the anticodon wobble
position of specific tRNAs. In many bacteria, biosynthesis of Q is modulated by a class of …

Queuosine modification of tRNA: its divergent role in cellular machinery

M Vinayak, C Pathak - Bioscience reports, 2010 - portlandpress.com
tRNAs possess a high content of modified nucleosides, which display an incredible
structural variety. These modified nucleosides are conserved in their sequence and have …

Site-specific covalent labeling of RNA by enzymatic transglycosylation

SC Alexander, KN Busby, CM Cole… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the site-specific incorporation of nucleobase derivatives bearing
fluorophores or affinity labels into a short RNA stem loop recognition motif by exchange of a …

Evolving insights into RNA modifications and their functional diversity in the brain

S Nainar, PR Marshall, CR Tyler, RC Spitale… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
In this Perspective, we expand the notion of temporal regulation of RNA in the brain and
propose that the qualitative nature of RNA and its metabolism, together with RNA …