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RNase P Branches Out from RNP to Protein: Organelle-Triggered Diversification? Public Deposited

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  • RNase P is the enzyme that removes 5′ leader sequences from precursor tRNAs. Remarkably, in most organisms, RNase P is a ribonucleoprotein particle where the RNA component is responsible for catalysis. In this issue of Genes & Development, Gutmann and colleagues (pp. 1022–1027) report the first organism,Arabidopsis thaliana, to employ protein-only RNase P in both its nucleus and organelles. An intriguing possibility is that replacement of RNase P ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs) by proteins may have been triggered by the acquisition of organelles.
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  • 2012-05-15
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  • 26
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  • 1005-1009
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  • 2019-12-05
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  • 10.1101/gad.193581.112
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