Naturally occurring mutations in human mitochondrial pre-tRNASer(UCN) can affect the transfer ribonuclease Z cleavage site, processing kinetics, and substrate secondary structure.

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tRNAs are transcribed as precursors with a 5' end leader and a 3' end trailer. The 5' end leader is processed by RNase P, and in most organisms in all three kingdoms, transfer ribonuclease (tRNase) Z can endonucleolytically remove the 3' end trailer. Long ((L)) and short ((S)) forms of the tRNase Z gene are present in the human genome. tRNase Z(L) processes a nuclear-encoded pre-tRNA approximately 1600-fold more...

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