Marcus Foo, Luke R. Frietze, Behnam Enghiad, Yujie Yuan, Christopher D. Katanski, Huimin Zhao and Tao Pan*,
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Abstract
tRNA modifications help maintain tRNA structure and facilitate translation and stress response. Found in all three kingdoms of life, m1A tRNA modification occurs in the T loop of many tRNAs, stabilizes tertiary tRNA structure, and impacts translation. M1A in the T loop is reversible by three mammalian demethylase enzymes, which bypasses the need of turning over the tRNA molecule to adjust its m1A levels in cells. However, no prokaryotic tRNA demethylase enzyme has been identified that acts on endogenous RNA modifications. Using Streptomyces venezuelae as a model organism, we confirmed the presence and quantitative m1A tRNA signatures using mass spectrometry and high-throughput tRNA sequencing. We identified two RNA demethylases that can remove m1A in tRNA and validated the activity of a previously annotated tRNA m1A writer. Using single-gene knockouts of these erasers and the m1A writer, we found dynamic changes of m1A levels in many tRNAs under stress conditions. Phenotypic characterization highlighted changes in their growth and altered antibiotic production. Our identification of the first prokaryotic tRNA demethylase enzyme paves the way for investigating new mechanisms of translational regulation in bacteria.
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