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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2024

Tuning tRNAs for improved translation.

Joshua L Weiss, J C Decker, Ariadna Bolano, Natalie Krahn

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Genes near tRNAs are enriched in translational machinery.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  3. Mitochondrial tRNA-Derived Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Joshua L WeissDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
J C DeckerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
Ariadna BolanoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
Natalie KrahnDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transfer RNAs have been extensively explored as the molecules that translate the genetic code into proteins. At this interface of genetics and biochemistry, tRNAs direct the efficiency of every major step of translation by interacting with a multitude of binding partners. However, due to the variability of tRNA sequences and the abundance of diverse post-transcriptional modifications, a guidebook linking tRNA sequences to specific translational outcomes has yet to be elucidated. Here, we review substantial efforts that have collectively uncovered tRNA engineering principles that can be used as a guide for the tuning of translation fidelity. These principles have allowed for the development of basic research, expansion of the genetic code with non-canonical amino acids, and tRNA therapeutics.

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directed evolutiongenetic code expansionnoncanonical amino acidrational designsynthetic biologytranslationtRNA engineeringtRNA therapeutics

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