tRNAs

Latest research

1. Structure of ergosteryl-aspartate synthase reveals how an entrapped tRNA is used like a prosthetic swinging arm in the synthesis of aminoacylated sterols

   • Hanako Murayama
   • Nathaniel Yakobov
   • Osamu Nureki

   in Nature Communications

   Article Open access 28 May 2026

   

2. tRNA m¹A modification ensures HSPC production via modulating Nrf1 translation in zebrafish

   • Zhenkun Dong
   • Panfeng Li
   • Lu Wang

   in EMBO Reports

   Article Open access 27 May 2026

   

3. Marking the ribosome

   • Grant Miura

   in Nature Chemical Biology

   Article 21 May 2026

4. Sorting the conformational noise

   • Yiyun Song

   in Nature Chemical Biology

   Article 21 May 2026

5. Transfer RNA-derived small RNAs: from biogenesis to regulatory roles in male reproductive system

   • Xiaodan Jiang
   • Xinliang Gu
   • Shaoqing Ju

   in Journal of Human Genetics

   Article 19 May 2026

   

6. m⁶A stops ER stress in its tracks

   • Andrew D. L. Nelson

   in Nature Plants

   Article 08 May 2026

   

7. When membrane insertion sets the pace of mitochondrial translation

   • Michele Brischigliaro
   • Antoni Barrientos

   in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

   Article 07 May 2026

   

8. Structural basis for recognition of diverse localizing mRNAs by Egl–BicD

   • Kashish Singh
   • Sabila Chilaeva
   • Simon L. Bullock

   in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

   Article Open access 05 May 2026

   

9. Delving into tRNA-derived small RNAs in multiple myeloma: elevated 3′U-tRF^SerTGA leads to poor disease prognosis

   • Konstantinos Soureas
   • Panagiotis Malandrakis
   • Margaritis Avgeris

   in British Journal of Cancer

   Article Open access 04 May 2026

   

10. STREMI: a dual-function upstream ORF-encoded regulator of mitochondrial cristae architecture

    • Ruiyang Guo
    • Yabo Guo
    • Shan Zhang

    in EMBO Reports

    Article Open access 02 May 2026

    

11. Retrovirus insertions in host transcripts trigger de novo piRNA immunity

    • Baptiste Rafanel
    • Liudmila Protsenko
    • Kirsten-André Senti

    in The EMBO Journal

    Article Open access 02 May 2026

    

12. Egyptian river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) mitogenome sequence: characterization and analysis of variations in protein- and transfer RNA-coding genes

    • Amal A. M. Hassan
    • Nouran A. Youssef
    • Soheir M. El Nahas

    in The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

    Article Open access 28 April 2026

    

13. The flexible cotransfer of plasmids drives the dissemination of tet(X4) in swine Escherichia coli

    • Zhenxin Hao
    • Chaojun Zhang
    • Li Yuan

    in Veterinary Research

    Article Open access 24 April 2026

    

14. Programmable RNA translation through deep learning-driven IRES discovery and de novo generation

    • Yanyi Chu
    • Di Yin
    • Le Cong

    in Nature Machine Intelligence

    Article 24 April 2026

    

15. Structural snapshots of self-splicing and circularization of the Anabaena precursor tRNA

    in Nature Chemical Biology

    Article 24 April 2026

    

16. Transfer RNA deacylases as beacons for non-canonical amino acid biosynthesis

    • Yu-Hsuan Lee
    • Hung-wen Liu

    in Nature Chemistry

    Article 23 April 2026

    

17. Giant viruses rewire control of cellular protein synthesis

    • Mohammad Moniruzzaman
    • Danae Stephens

    in Nature Microbiology

    Article 23 April 2026

    

18. PIWIL1 activates the R2TP-TELO2-mTORC1 axis independently of piRNA to promote TOP mRNA translation in gastric cancer

    • Tianqu Fan
    • Jiangsha Zhao
    • Shuo Shi

    in Oncogene

    Article 22 April 2026

    

19. The regulation, function and disease relevance of cytoplasmic tRNAs

    • Robin E. Stanley
    • Todd M. Lowe
    • Zoya Ignatova

    in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

    Article 21 April 2026

    

20. Predicting RNA 3D structure and conformers using a pre-trained secondary structure model and structure-aware attention

    • Wenkai Wang
    • Zhenling Peng
    • Jianyi Yang

    in Nature Machine Intelligence

    Article 21 April 2026

    

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