tRNAs: cellular barcodes for amino acids

Rajat Banerjee; Shawn Chen; Kiley Dare; Marla Gilreath; Mette Praetorius-Ibba; Medha Raina; Noah M Reynolds; Theresa Rogers; Hervé Roy; Srujana S Yadavalli; Michael Ibba

doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.013

tRNAs: cellular barcodes for amino acids

Rajat Banerjee, Shawn Chen, Kiley Dare, Marla Gilreath, Mette Praetorius-Ibba, Medha Raina, Noah M Reynolds, Theresa Rogers, Hervé Roy, Srujana S Yadavalli, Michael Ibba

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Abstract

The role of tRNA in translating the genetic code has received considerable attention over the last 50 years, and we now know in great detail how particular amino acids are specifically selected and brought to the ribosome in response to the corresponding mRNA codon. Over the same period, it has also become increasingly clear that the ribosome is not the only destination to which tRNAs deliver amino acids, with processes ranging from lipid modification to antibiotic biosynthesis all using aminoacyl-tRNAs as substrates. Here we review examples of alternative functions for tRNA beyond translation, which together suggest that the role of tRNA is to deliver amino acids for a variety of processes that includes, but is not limited to, protein synthesis.

Original language	English
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	584
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	387-95
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0014-5793
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.013
Publication status	Published - 21 Jan 2010

Keywords

Amino Acids
Genetic Code
Peptide Elongation Factor Tu
Protein Biosynthesis
RNA Editing
RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific
Transfer RNA Aminoacylation

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