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A conserved modified wobble nucleoside (mcm5s2U) in lysyl-tRNA is required for viability in yeast.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Aug 2007
Björk Glenn R, Huang Bo, Persson Olof P, Byström Anders S
Abstract excerpt
Transfer RNAs specific for Gln, Lys, and Glu from all organisms (except Mycoplasma) and organelles have a 2-thiouridine derivative (xm(5)s(2)U) as wobble nucleoside. These tRNAs read the A- and G-ending codons in the split codon boxes His/Gln, Asn/Lys, and Asp/Glu. In eukaryotic cytoplasmic tRNAs the conserved constituent (xm(5)-) in position 5 of uridine is 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl (mcm(5)). A protein (Tuc1p)...
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