{"day":"01","title":"Saturation of recognition elements blocks evolution of new tRNA identities","quality_controlled":0,"author":[{"first_name":"Adélaïde","last_name":"Saint Léger","full_name":"Saint-Léger, Adélaïde"},{"first_name":"Carla","last_name":"Bello","full_name":"Bello, Carla"},{"first_name":"Pablo","full_name":"Dans, Pablo D","last_name":"Dans"},{"full_name":"Torres, Adrian G","last_name":"Torres","first_name":"Adrian"},{"full_name":"Novoa, Eva M","last_name":"Novoa","first_name":"Eva"},{"first_name":"Noelia","full_name":"Camacho, Noelia","last_name":"Camacho"},{"first_name":"Modesto","full_name":"Orozco, Modesto","last_name":"Orozco"},{"first_name":"Fyodor","last_name":"Kondrashov","orcid":"0000-0001-8243-4694","full_name":"Fyodor Kondrashov","id":"44FDEF62-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"first_name":"Lluís","last_name":"Ribas De Pouplana","full_name":"Ribas De Pouplana, Lluís"}],"date_created":"2018-12-11T11:48:50Z","intvolume":"         2","date_published":"2016-04-01T00:00:00Z","publist_id":"6798","citation":{"mla":"Saint Léger, Adélaïde, et al. “Saturation of Recognition Elements Blocks Evolution of New TRNA Identities.” <i>Science Advances</i>, vol. 2, no. 4, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016, pp. e1501860–e1501860, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501860\">10.1126/sciadv.1501860</a>.","ieee":"A. Saint Léger <i>et al.</i>, “Saturation of recognition elements blocks evolution of new tRNA identities,” <i>Science advances</i>, vol. 2, no. 4. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. e1501860–e1501860, 2016.","apa":"Saint Léger, A., Bello, C., Dans, P., Torres, A., Novoa, E., Camacho, N., … Ribas De Pouplana, L. (2016). Saturation of recognition elements blocks evolution of new tRNA identities. <i>Science Advances</i>. American Association for the Advancement of Science. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501860\">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501860</a>","ama":"Saint Léger A, Bello C, Dans P, et al. Saturation of recognition elements blocks evolution of new tRNA identities. <i>Science advances</i>. 2016;2(4):e1501860-e1501860. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501860\">10.1126/sciadv.1501860</a>","ista":"Saint Léger A, Bello C, Dans P, Torres A, Novoa E, Camacho N, Orozco M, Kondrashov F, Ribas De Pouplana L. 2016. Saturation of recognition elements blocks evolution of new tRNA identities. Science advances. 2(4), e1501860–e1501860.","short":"A. Saint Léger, C. Bello, P. Dans, A. Torres, E. Novoa, N. Camacho, M. Orozco, F. Kondrashov, L. Ribas De Pouplana, Science Advances 2 (2016) e1501860–e1501860.","chicago":"Saint Léger, Adélaïde, Carla Bello, Pablo Dans, Adrian Torres, Eva Novoa, Noelia Camacho, Modesto Orozco, Fyodor Kondrashov, and Lluís Ribas De Pouplana. “Saturation of Recognition Elements Blocks Evolution of New TRNA Identities.” <i>Science Advances</i>. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501860\">https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501860</a>."},"issue":"4","status":"public","_id":"849","year":"2016","publication":"Science advances","volume":2,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by_nc.png","short":"CC BY-NC (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode","name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)"},"page":"e1501860 - e1501860","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Understanding the principles that led to the current complexity of the genetic code is a central question in evolution. Expansion of the genetic code required the selection of new transfer RNAs (tRNAs) with specific recognition signals that allowed them to be matured, modified, aminoacylated, and processed by the ribosome without compromising the fidelity or efficiency of protein synthesis. We show that saturation of recognition signals blocks the emergence of new tRNA identities and that the rate of nucleotide substitutions in tRNAs is higher in species with fewer tRNA genes. We propose that the growth of the genetic code stalled because a limit was reached in the number of identity elements that can be effectively used in the tRNA structure."}],"type":"journal_article","doi":"10.1126/sciadv.1501860","month":"04","date_updated":"2021-01-12T08:19:38Z","acknowledgement":"We thank D. Söll, H. Grosjean, and L. Filonava for comments and suggestions.\nM.O. and P.D.D. thank the Barcelona Supercomputing Center for CPU/GPU time on MareNostrum/\nMinoTauro. P.D.D. is a PEDECIBA (Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas) and an SNI\n(Sistema Nacional de Investigadores) (ANII, Uruguay) researcher. Funding: This work was\nsupported in part by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grants\nBIO2012-32200, Sev-2012-0208, and BIO2012-32868 to L.R.d.P., F.A.K., and M.O., respectively)\nand by the Catalan Government (grants 2014-SGR-0771, 2014-SGR-0974, and 2014-SGR-0134 to\nL.R.d.P., F.A.K., and M.O., respectively). This work was also supported by the Howard Hughes\nMedical Institute International Early Career Scientist Program (55007424), by a European Research\nCouncil (ERC) Starting Grant (335980_EinME to F.K.), and by a grant from the ERC (ERC_SimDNA to\nM.O). A.G.T. and C.B. are funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness\n(FPDI-2013-17742 and BES-2013-064004, respectively).","publication_status":"published","extern":1,"publisher":"American Association for the Advancement of Science"}