BiochemistrybioRxiv
NSUN2 introduces 5-methylcytosines in mammalian mitochondrial tRNAs
L. Van Haute, S.-Y. Lee, B. J. McCann…·M. Minczuk
This study identifies NSUN2 as a methyltransferase introducing 5-methylcytosine in mitochondrial tRNAs and shows its necessity for m5C modification but not for tRNA stability or oxidative phosphorylation in differentiated cells.
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkz559