Stress induces tRNA cleavage by angiogenin in mammalian cells
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- 27 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 583 (2) , 437-442
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2008.12.043
Abstract
TRNAs play a central role in protein translation, acting as the carrier of amino acids. By cloning microRNAs, we unexpectedly obtained some tRNA fragments generated by tRNA cleavage in the anticodon loop. These tRNA fragments are present in many cell lines and different mouse tissues. In addition, various stress conditions can induce this tRNA cleavage event in mammalian cells. More importantly, angiogenin (ANG), a member of RNase A superfamily, appears to be the nuclease which cleaves tRNAs into tRNA halves in vitro and in vivo. These results imply that angiogenin plays an important physiological role in cell stress response, except for the known function of inducing angiogenesis.Keywords
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