Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Crystal structures and insights into precursor tRNA 5’-end processing by prokaryotic minimal protein-only RNase P

  • Yangyang Li,
  • Shichen Su,
  • Yanqing Gao,
  • Guoliang Lu,
  • Hehua Liu,
  • Xi Chen,
  • Zhiwei Shao,
  • Yixi Zhang,
  • Qiyuan Shao,
  • Xin Zhao,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Chulei Cao,
  • Jinzhong Lin,
  • Jinbiao Ma,
  • Jianhua Gan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30072-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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HARP are member of protein-only RNase P, which catalyzes pre-tRNA 5’-end processing and maturation. Here, the authors present crystal structure and provide mechanistic insights into pre-tRNA binding and cleavage by HARP proteins.