Aminoacylation of Proteins: New Targets for the Old ARSenal.

Jafarnejad, Seyed Mehdi; Kim, Sung-Hoon; Sonenberg, Nahum · Cell Metab · 2018

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Abstract

Besides charging tRNAs with their cognate amino acids, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are involved in a plethora of non-canonical functions, including development, immune response, and angiogenesis. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, He et al. (2018) report a novel biochemical function of ARSs: posttranslational addition of amino acids to lysine residues in proteins.

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