Reaction: Endonucleolytic cleavage of pre-tRNA, producing 5'-hydroxy and 2',3'-cyclic phosphate termini, and specifically removing the intron
Other name(s): transfer ribonucleate intron endoribonuclease; tRNA splicing endonuclease; splicing endonuclease; tRNATRPintron endonuclease; transfer splicing endonuclease
Comments: The enzyme catalyses the final stage in the maturation of tRNA molecules.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 117444-13-0
References:
1. Attardi, D.G., Margarit, I. and Tocchini-Valentini, G.P. Structural alterations in mutant precursors of the yeast tRNALeu3 gene which behave as defective substrates for a highly purified splicing endoribonuclease. EMBO J. 4 (1985) 3289-3297. [PMID: 3937725]
2. Peebles, C.L., Gegenheimer, P. and Abelson, J. Precise excision of intervening sequences from precursor tRNAs by a membrane-associated yeast endonuclease. Cell 32 (1983) 525-536. [PMID: 6186398]
3. Thompson, L.D., Brandon, L.D., Nieuwlandt, D.T. and Daniels, C.J. Transfer RNA intron processing in the halophilic archaebacteria. Can. J. Microbiol. 35 (1989) 36-42. [PMID: 2470486]
4. Thompson, L.D. and Daniels, C.J. A tRNA(Trp) intron endonuclease from Halobacterium volcanii. Unique substrate recognition properties. J. Biol. Chem. 263 (1988) 17951-17959. [PMID: 3192521]