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Cell Reports, volume 33, issue 12, pages 108527

An RNA Repair Operon Regulated by Damaged tRNAs

Hughes Kevin 1, 2
Chen Xinguo 2
Burroughs A Maxwell 3
Aravind L 3
Wolin Sandra L 2
1
 
Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
2
 
RNA Biology Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
3
 
Computational Biology Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2020-12-22
Journal: Cell Reports
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Impact factor8.8
ISSN22111247
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Abstract
Many bacteria contain an RNA repair operon, encoding the RtcB RNA ligase and the RtcA RNA cyclase, that is regulated by the RtcR transcriptional activator. Although RtcR contains a divergent version of the CARF (CRISPR-associated Rossman fold) oligonucleotide-binding regulatory domain, both the specific signal that regulates operon expression and the substrates of the encoded enzymes are unknown. We report that tRNA fragments activate operon expression. Using a genetic screen in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, we find that the operon is expressed in the presence of mutations that cause tRNA fragments to accumulate. RtcA, which converts RNA phosphate ends to 2', 3'-cyclic phosphate, is also required. Operon expression and tRNA fragment accumulation also occur upon DNA damage. The CARF domain binds 5' tRNA fragments ending in cyclic phosphate, and RtcR oligomerizes upon binding these ligands, a prerequisite for operon activation. Our studies reveal a signaling pathway involving broken tRNAs and implicate the operon in tRNA repair.

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Hughes K. et al. An RNA Repair Operon Regulated by Damaged tRNAs // Cell Reports. 2020. Vol. 33. No. 12. p. 108527.
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Hughes K., Chen X., Burroughs A. M., Aravind L., Wolin S. L. An RNA Repair Operon Regulated by Damaged tRNAs // Cell Reports. 2020. Vol. 33. No. 12. p. 108527.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108527
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.celrep.2020.108527
TI - An RNA Repair Operon Regulated by Damaged tRNAs
T2 - Cell Reports
AU - Hughes, Kevin
AU - Chen, Xinguo
AU - Burroughs, A Maxwell
AU - Aravind, L
AU - Wolin, Sandra L
PY - 2020
DA - 2020/12/22 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 108527
IS - 12
VL - 33
PMID - 33357439
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@article{2020_Hughes,
author = {Kevin Hughes and Xinguo Chen and A Maxwell Burroughs and L Aravind and Sandra L Wolin},
title = {An RNA Repair Operon Regulated by Damaged tRNAs},
journal = {Cell Reports},
year = {2020},
volume = {33},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {dec},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.celrep.2020.108527},
number = {12},
pages = {108527},
doi = {10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108527}
}
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Hughes, Kevin, et al. “An RNA Repair Operon Regulated by Damaged tRNAs.” Cell Reports, vol. 33, no. 12, Dec. 2020, p. 108527. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.celrep.2020.108527.
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