NSUN3 and ABH1 modify the wobble position of mt-tRNAMet to expand codon recognition in mitochondrial translation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2104-2119

  Haag, Sara ^a   Sloan, Katherine E ^a   Ranjan, Namit ^b   Warda, Ahmed S ^a   Kretschmer, Jens ^a   Blessing, Charlotte ^a   Hübner, Benedikt ^a   Seikowski, Jan ^b,c   Dennerlein, Sven ^a   Rehling, Peter ^a,b,c   Rodnina, Marina V ^b   Höbartner, Claudia ^c   Bohnsack, Markus T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABH1; mitochondria; NSUN3; RNA modification; translation

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DIOXYGENASE; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; PROTEIN ABH1; PROTEIN NSUN3; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 84989937881     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201694885     Document Type: Article

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