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SUBMITTER: Yuan Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754566 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yuan Yifeng Y Zallot Rémi R Grove Tyler L TL Payan Daniel J DJ Martin-Verstraete Isabelle I Šepić Sara S Balamkundu Seetharamsingh S Neelakandan Ramesh R Gadi Vinod K VK Liu Chuan-Fa CF Swairjo Manal A MA Dedon Peter C PC Almo Steven C SC Gerlt John A JA de Crécy-Lagard Valérie V
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190903 38
Queuosine (Q) is a complex tRNA modification widespread in eukaryotes and bacteria that contributes to the efficiency and accuracy of protein synthesis. Eukaryotes are not capable of Q synthesis and rely on salvage of the queuine base (q) as a Q precursor. While many bacteria are capable of Q de novo synthesis, salvage of the prokaryotic Q precursors preQ<sub>0</sub> and preQ<sub>1</sub> also occurs. With the exception of <i>Escherichia coli</i> YhhQ, shown to transport preQ<sub>0</sub> and preQ ...[more]