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Published on: September 15, 2021
Archaeal tRNA-Splicing Endonuclease as an Effector for RNA Recombination and Novel Trans-Splicing Pathways in
Giuseppe D Tocchini-Valentini1,2, Glauco P Tocchini-Valentini1,2
1Istituto di Biochimica e Biologia Cellulare, Campus Internazionale "A. Buzzati-Traverso", Dipartimento Scienze Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Ramarini 32, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
We have characterized a homodimeric tRNA endonuclease from the euryarchaeota Ferroplasma acidarmanus (FERAC), a facultative anaerobe which can grow at temperatures ranging from 35 to 42 °C. This enzyme, contrary to the eukaryal tRNA endonucleases and the homotetrameric Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (METJA) homologs, is able to cleave minimal BHB (bulge-helix-bulge) substrates at 30 °C. The expression of this enzyme in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (SCHPO) enables the use of its properties as effectors by inserting BHB motif introns into hairpin loops normally seen in mRNA transcripts. In addition, the FERAC endonuclease can create proteins with new functionalities through the recombination of protein domains.
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