tRNA,

Danny D Nedialkova1, Sebastian A Leidel2

  • 1Max Planck Research Group for RNA Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 54, 48149 Muenster, Germany; Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence, University of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.

Cell
|June 9, 2015
PubMed
まとめ

改変されたtRNAによって引き起こされる特定のコードンの翻訳が遅くなると,広範なタンパク質の集積が起こります. tRNAの改変を復元すると,タンパク質のホメオスタシスが改善され,タンパク質毒性ストレスを予防する役割が強調されます.

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