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Novel Cell Receptor System of Eukaryotes Formed by Previously Unknown Nucleic Acid-Based Receptors

Version 1 : Received: 28 April 2022 / Approved: 29 April 2022 / Online: 29 April 2022 (15:04:38 CEST)

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Tetz, V.; Tetz, G. Novel Cell Receptor System of Eukaryotes Formed by Previously Unknown Nucleic Acid-Based Receptors. Receptors, 2022, 1, 13–53. https://doi.org/10.3390/receptors1010003. Tetz, V.; Tetz, G. Novel Cell Receptor System of Eukaryotes Formed by Previously Unknown Nucleic Acid-Based Receptors. Receptors, 2022, 1, 13–53. https://doi.org/10.3390/receptors1010003.

Abstract

Here, our data provide the first evidence for the existence of a previously unknown receptive system formed by novel DNA- and RNA-based receptors in eukaryotes. This system, named the TR-system, is capable of recognizing and generating a response to different environmental factors and has been shown to orchestrate major vital functions of fungi, mammalian cells, and plants.Recently, we discovered the existence of a similar regulatory system in prokaryotes. These DNA- and RNA-based receptors are localized outside of the membrane forming a type of a network around cells that respond to a variety of chemical, biological, and physical factors and enabled the TR-system to regulate major aspects of eukaryotic cell life as follows: growth, including reproduction and development of multicellular structures; sensitivity to temperature, geomagnetic field, UV, light, and hormones; interaction with viruses; gene expression, recognition and utilization of nutrients. The TR-system was also implicated in cell memory formation and was determined to be responsible for its maintenance and the forgetting of preceding events. This system is the most distant receptive and regulatory system of the cell that regulates interactions with the outer environment and governs the functions of other receptor-mediated signaling pathways.

Keywords

receptors; extracellular DNA; cell-surface bound DNA; cell-surface bound RNA

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology

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