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Mitochondrial translation requires folate-dependent tRNA methylation

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  • Raphael J. Morscher

    (Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
    Princeton University)

  • Gregory S. Ducker

    (Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
    Princeton University)

  • Sophia Hsin-Jung Li

    (Princeton University)

  • Johannes A. Mayer

    (Salzburger Landeskliniken and Paracelsus Medical University)

  • Zemer Gitai

    (Princeton University)

  • Wolfgang Sperl

    (Salzburger Landeskliniken and Paracelsus Medical University)

  • Joshua D. Rabinowitz

    (Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
    Princeton University)

Abstract

Mammalian mitochondria use folate-bound one-carbon units generated by the enzyme SHMT2 to methylate tRNA, and this modification is required for mitochondrial translation and thus oxidative phosphorylation.

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  • Raphael J. Morscher & Gregory S. Ducker & Sophia Hsin-Jung Li & Johannes A. Mayer & Zemer Gitai & Wolfgang Sperl & Joshua D. Rabinowitz, 2018. "Mitochondrial translation requires folate-dependent tRNA methylation," Nature, Nature, vol. 554(7690), pages 128-132, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:554:y:2018:i:7690:d:10.1038_nature25460
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25460
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