2.8.1.4 L-cysteine + 'activated' tRNA - 2.8.1.4 L-cysteine + 'activated' tRNA sulfur deficient tRNA is the natural substrate 2.8.1.4 L-cysteine + 'activated' tRNA enzyme is part of the sulfur-transferase system which forms 4-thiouridylate in tRNA 2.8.1.4 additional information Ctu1 (cytosolic tRNA thiouridilase) associates with the conserved Ctu2 protein and this complex is the wobble uridine-34 thiolase of cytosolic tRNAs in eukaryotes, 2-thiouridylation of tRNAs 2.8.1.4 additional information tRNA (LYS), but not the tRNA (MET), which has a C at position 34, is thiolated in vivo 2.8.1.4 sulfide + tRNA-uridine the enzyme is invoved in biosynthesis of 4-thiouridine in tRNA. 4-Thiouridine, is a modified nucleotide of tRNA that is conserved from bacteria to archaea, where it functions as a sensor for near-UV irradiation