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SUBMITTER: Banerjee A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6333775 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Banerjee Ankan A Munir Annum A Abdullahu Leonora L Damha Masad J MJ Goldgur Yehuda Y Shuman Stewart S
Nature communications 20190115 1
Tpt1 is an essential agent of fungal tRNA splicing that removes the 2'-PO<sub>4</sub> at the splice junction generated by fungal tRNA ligase. Tpt1 catalyzes a unique two-step reaction whereby the 2'-PO<sub>4</sub> attacks NAD<sup>+</sup> to form an RNA-2'-phospho-ADP-ribosyl intermediate that undergoes transesterification to yield 2'-OH RNA and ADP-ribose-1″,2″-cyclic phosphate products. Because Tpt1 is inessential in exemplary bacterial and mammalian taxa, Tpt1 is seen as an attractive antifung ...[more]