Double mimicry evades tRNA synthetase editing by toxic vegetable-sourced non-proteinogenic amino acid
oleh: Youngzee Song, Huihao Zhou, My-Nuong Vo, Yi Shi, Mir Hussain Nawaz, Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez, Jolene K. Diedrich, John R. Yates, Shuji Kishi, Karin Musier-Forsyth, Paul Schimmel
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-12-01 |
Deskripsi
Non-proteinogenic (np) amino acids in the food chain present challenges for the human translation machinery. Here the authors show that, while AlaRS and ProRS activate toxic np azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (Aze) present in sugar beets and lilies, only the AlaRS editing system rejects Aze.