title: A decade of surprises for tRNA nuclear-cytoplasmic dynamics.
abstract: The biosynthesis of tRNA was previously thought to occur solely in the nucleus, with tRNA functioning only in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. However, recent publications have reported that pre-tRNA splicing can occur in the cytoplasm, that aminoacylation can occur in the nucleus and that tRNA can travel in a retrograde direction from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. Moreover, the subcellular distribution of tRNA seems to serve unanticipated functions in diverse processes, including response to nutrient availability, DNA repair and HIV replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, 484 West 12th Avenue, Room Riffe 800, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. hopper.64@osu.edu
authors.forename: Anita K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hopper
authors.forename: Hussam H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Shaheen
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism*; D046249:Transfer RNA Aminoacylation; D015003:Yeasts / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012322:RNA Precursors; D012343:RNA, Transfer