Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Neuronal Nsun2 deficiency produces tRNA epitranscriptomic alterations and proteomic shifts impacting synaptic signaling and behavior

  • J. Blaze,
  • A. Navickas,
  • H. L. Phillips,
  • S. Heissel,
  • A. Plaza-Jennings,
  • S. Miglani,
  • H. Asgharian,
  • M. Foo,
  • C. D. Katanski,
  • C. P. Watkins,
  • Z. T. Pennington,
  • B. Javidfar,
  • S. Espeso-Gil,
  • B. Rostandy,
  • H. Alwaseem,
  • C. G. Hahn,
  • H. Molina,
  • D. J. Cai,
  • T. Pan,
  • W. D. Yao,
  • H. Goodarzi,
  • F. Haghighi,
  • S. Akbarian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24969-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The link between tRNA modifications, protein translation, and behavior is unclear. Here, the authors show that neuronal Nsun2 deficiency results in codon-specific epitranscriptomic changes of Gly-tRNAs and proteomic changes affecting synaptic signaling and behavior in mice.