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Unique domain appended to vertebrate tRNA synthetase is essential for vascular development.
Nature communications - 21 Feb 2012
Xu Xiaoling, Shi Yi, Zhang Hui-Min, Swindell Eric C, Marshall Alan G, Guo Min, Kishi Shuji, Yang Xiang-Lei
Abstract excerpt
New domains were progressively added to cytoplasmic aminoacyl transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetases during evolution. One example is the UNE-S domain, appended to seryl-tRNA synthetase (SerRS) in species that developed closed circulatory systems. Here we show using solution and crystal structure analyses and in vitro and in vivo functional studies that UNE-S harbours a robust nuclear localization signal (NLS) directing...
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