Abstract
La proteins have well-established roles in the maturation of RNA polymerase III transcripts, including pre-tRNAs. In addition to protecting the 3′ end of pre-tRNAs from exonuclease digestion, La proteins also promote the native fold of the pre-tRNA using RNA chaperone activity. tRNA-mediated suppression in the fission yeast S. pombe has been an invaluable tool in determining the mechanistic basis by which La proteins promote the maturation of defective pre-tRNAs that benefit from RNA chaperone activity. More recently, tRNA-mediated suppression has been adapted to test for RNA chaperone function in the La-related proteins and in the promoting of tRNA function by tRNA modification enzymes. Thus tRNA-mediated suppression can be a useful assay for the investigation of various proteins hypothesized to promote tRNA folding through RNA chaperone related activities.
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We thank R. Maraia, R. Intine, Y. Huang, A. Sakulich, S. Koduru, S. Hasson, A. Mozlin, J. Mazeika, R. Hussain, A. Vakiloroayaei, and A. Naeeni for their assistance in the development of tRNA-mediated suppression and its use in assessment of RNA chaperone function. We also thank R. Maraia for critical reading of the manuscript. This work is supported by a Discovery Grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada to MA Bayfield and an NSERC CGS-M scholarship to J Porat.
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Porat, J., Bayfield, M.A. (2020). Use of tRNA-Mediated Suppression to Assess RNA Chaperone Function. In: Heise, T. (eds) RNA Chaperones. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2106. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0231-7_6
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