Table 1

Small RNAs mapped on tRNAs

tRNA
Major location
Major library
# of small RNA sequences
Amino acid frequency (ratio)
tRNA copies

Lys
5'-end
Long
4183
2176460 (0.056)
34
His*
5'-/3'-ends
Long
4080
1003346 (0.026)
11
Ile*
3'-end
long
1285
1712123 (0.044)
24
Glu*
3'-end
short
1005
2648589 (0.068)
25
Ala
3'-end
long
974
2696299 (0.070)
43
Asp*
3'-end
short
697
1815881 (0.047)
18
Thr
5'-/3'-end
long
687
2053702 (0.053)
24
Arg
5'-/3'-ends
long
576
2193876(0.057)
29
Asn
3'-end
long
477
1392573 (0.036)
29
Gln
5'-/3'-ends
long
426
1797262 (0.046)
32
Pro
center, 3'-end
long
377
2366359 (0.061)
21
Gly
center, 3'-end
short/long
230
2552265 (0.066)
31
Met
5'-/3'-ends
long
167
853648 (0.022)
20
Cys
3'-end
long
161
894927 (0.023)
30
Tyr
3'-end
long
152
1062246 (0.027)
15
Leu
5'-end
short/long
102
3877199 (0.100)
38
Val
-
-
50
2353706 (0.061)
32
Trp
-
-
23
510256 (0.013)
9
Ser
-
-
17
3136765 (0.081)
28
Phe
-
-
8
1465755 (0.038)
12

*... Small RNA sequences subjected to Northern blot

Kawaji et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:157   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-157