tRNA synthesis during the cell cycle. (A) Rpc25 occupancy at tDNAs. ChIP-qPCR of Rpc25-TAP was performed with strain MC195 arrested in M phase or G1. Rpc25 binding at tDNAs was enriched significantly during M-phase arrest (P-values are in Supplemental Table S4). (B) Pre-tRNASer(CGA) of S. cerevisiae and S. bayanus. Red circles represent the conserved intronic nucleotides, and green circles represent intronic nucleotide polymorphisms. Primers for RT (primer 1) and qPCR (primers 1 and 2) are shown. (C) Nascent tRNA levels. RT-qPCR was performed with strain MC204 [Δtt(agu)c∷Sb-tS(CGA)C]. tRNA levels were significantly higher in M phase (P-values are in Supplemental Table S4). (D) Northern blot analysis of tRNA precursors and products. Radiolabeled oligonucleotide probes were hybridized to unspliced and spliced tRNASer(CGA), albeit with different affinities, in extracts of strain MC172. Unprocessed, 5′ processed, end processed, and mature species are labeled graphically. The ratio of end processed/spliced species is indicated below each lane.