Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...

Collaborative research by the University of Tokyo and RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research has led to the development of a new method for simultaneously synthesizing all transfer RNA (tRNA) ...

The ribosome, that protein-making machine, relies on other, smaller machines. For example, it works in concert with a mechanism that supplies amino-acid-carrying tRNAs, including tRNAs that require ...

CCA-adding enzymes are specialised RNA polymerases responsible for the post-transcriptional addition of the invariant CCA trinucleotide to the 3′ end of transfer RNAs (tRNAs), a critical step ensuring ...

To build proteins, cells rely on a molecule called transfer RNA, or tRNA. tRNAs act like protein-building couriers, where they read the genetic instructions from messenger RNA, mRNA, and deliver the ...

The fruit fly lacks the tRNA nuclear export receptor Exportin-t, which only exports end-processed tRNAs to the cytoplasm to ensure the completion of the processing steps in the nucleus. The related ...

tRNAs have a distinct cloverleaf secondary structure and an L-shaped tertiary structure. The cloverleaf structure is formed by the folding of the single-stranded tRNA molecule, which is typically ...

A team of researchers from Mass General Brigham led by Raghu Chivukla, MD, PhD released a new study linking protein aggregation to altered RNA processing in genetic forms of neurodegeneration.

Raghu R. Chivukula, MD, Ph.D., a physician-investigator in the Departments of Medicine & Surgery and the Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, is ...

Alltrna, the preclinical Flagship Pioneering-backed biotech trying to turn transfer RNA (tRNA) into drugs, is slimming down as it works toward the clinic. The Massachusetts-based outfit has laid off ...