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Evolutionary repair reveals an unexpected role of the tRNA modification m1G37 in aminoacylation.
Nucleic acids research - 2 Dec 2021
Clifton Ben E, Fariz Muhammad A, Uechi Gen-Ichiro, Laurino Paola
Abstract excerpt
The tRNA modification m1G37, introduced by the tRNA methyltransferase TrmD, is thought to be essential for growth in bacteria because it suppresses translational frameshift errors at proline codons. However, because bacteria can tolerate high levels of mistranslation, it is unclear why loss of m1G37 is not tolerated. Here, we addressed this question through experimental evolution of trmD mutant strains of...
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