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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue 7, Pages 1811-1820Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.7.1811
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maturation; modification; RNA binding protein; RNA methyltransferase; three-dimensional structure
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The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes three close homologues of the Escherichia coli 2'-O-rRNA methyltransferase FtsJ/RrmJ, designated Trm7p, Spb1p and Mrm2p. We present evidence that Trm7p methylates the 2'-O-ribose of nucleotides at positions 32 and 34 of the tRNA anticodon loop, both in vivo and in vitro. In a trm7Delta strain, which is viable but grows slowly, translation is impaired, thus indicating that these tRNA modifications could be important for translation efficiency. We discuss the emergence of a family of three 2'-O-RNA methyltransferases in Eukaryota and one in Prokaryota from a common ancestor. We propose that each eukaryotic enzyme is located in a different cell compartment, in which it would methylate a different RNA that can adopt a very similar secondary structure.
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