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CO2-sensitive tRNA modification associated with human mitochondrial disease.


ABSTRACT: It has been generally thought that tRNA modifications are stable and static, and their frequencies are rarely regulated. N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine (t6A) occurs at position 37 of five mitochondrial (mt-)tRNA species. We show that YRDC and OSGEPL1 are responsible for t6A37 formation, utilizing L-threonine, ATP, and CO2/bicarbonate as substrates. OSGEPL1-knockout cells exhibit respiratory defects and reduced mitochondrial translation. We find low level of t6A37 in mutant mt-tRNA isolated from the MERRF-like patient's cells, indicating that lack of t6A37 results in pathological consequences. Kinetic measurements of t6A37 formation reveal that the Km value of CO2/bicarbonate is extremely high (31?mM), suggesting that CO2/bicarbonate is a rate-limiting factor for t6A37 formation. Consistent with this, we observe a low frequency of t6A37 in mt-tRNAs isolated from human cells cultured without bicarbonate. These findings indicate that t6A37 is regulated by sensing intracellular CO2/bicarbonate concentration, implying that mitochondrial translation is modulated in a codon-specific manner under physiological conditions.

SUBMITTER: Lin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5951830 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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It has been generally thought that tRNA modifications are stable and static, and their frequencies are rarely regulated. N<sup>6</sup>-threonylcarbamoyladenosine (t<sup>6</sup>A) occurs at position 37 of five mitochondrial (mt-)tRNA species. We show that YRDC and OSGEPL1 are responsible for t<sup>6</sup>A37 formation, utilizing L-threonine, ATP, and CO<sub>2</sub>/bicarbonate as substrates. OSGEPL1-knockout cells exhibit respiratory defects and reduced mitochondrial translation. We find low leve  ...[more]

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