{"title":"Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase: A ‘semiotic enzyme’","authors":"Praveen Prathapan","doi":"10.1016/j.ejmg.2025.105041","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The genetic code is the set of rules by which nucleotide sequences correspond to amino acids. These rules are enforced by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs): enzymes that ligate amino acids to tRNA molecules. Here it is argued this reaction suggests the genetic code may be understood as a ‘code process’. Contrary to the prevailing adaptor model of the genetic code based on tRNAs, the semiotic model recognises a ‘genetic code process’ catalysed by aaRSs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11916,"journal":{"name":"European journal of medical genetics","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 105041"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European journal of medical genetics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1769721225000485","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GENETICS & HEREDITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
The genetic code is the set of rules by which nucleotide sequences correspond to amino acids. These rules are enforced by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs): enzymes that ligate amino acids to tRNA molecules. Here it is argued this reaction suggests the genetic code may be understood as a ‘code process’. Contrary to the prevailing adaptor model of the genetic code based on tRNAs, the semiotic model recognises a ‘genetic code process’ catalysed by aaRSs.
期刊介绍:
The European Journal of Medical Genetics (EJMG) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles in English on various aspects of human and medical genetics and of the genetics of experimental models.
Original clinical and experimental research articles, short clinical reports, review articles and letters to the editor are welcome on topics such as :
• Dysmorphology and syndrome delineation
• Molecular genetics and molecular cytogenetics of inherited disorders
• Clinical applications of genomics and nextgen sequencing technologies
• Syndromal cancer genetics
• Behavioral genetics
• Community genetics
• Fetal pathology and prenatal diagnosis
• Genetic counseling.