Structural biology: Molecular scissors caught in the act

ScienceDaily
Jul 13, 2023, 6:20 pm76 pts
In all living organisms, the biomolecule transfer RNA (tRNA) plays a fundamental role in protein production. tRNAs are generated from precursor molecules in several steps. The enzyme tRNA splicing endonuclease (TSEN), among other things, catalyzes one step in this process. Mutations in TSEN lead to a…

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