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ArticleThe EMBO journal2005

Protein activation of a ribozyme: the role of bacterial RNase P protein.

Amy H Buck, Andrew B Dalby, Alexander W Poole, Alexei V Kazantsev, Norman R Pace

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amy H BuckDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Andrew B Dalby
Alexander W Poole
Alexei V Kazantsev
Norman R Pace
University of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

Predoctoral Training Molecular BiophysicsT32GM065103 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI FALKE, JOSEPH J · 2002 to 2021
$4.3M
METABOLISM OF RNA IN PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTESR01GM034527 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI PACE, NORMAN R · 1985 to 2011
$2.6M
FUNCTION AND METABOLISM OF RNAR37GM034527 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI PACE, NORMAN R · 1993 to 2003
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM-34527NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM034527NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM034527NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM065103NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM-65103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial ribonuclease P (RNase P) belongs to a class of enzymes that utilize both RNAs and proteins to perform essential cellular functions. The bacterial RNase P protein is required to activate bacterial RNase P RNA in vivo, but previous studies have yielded contradictory conclusions regarding its specific functions. Here, we use biochemical and biophysical techniques to examine all of the proposed functions of the protein in both Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis RNase P. We demonstrate that the E. coli protein, but not the B. subtilis protein, stabilizes the global structure of RNase P RNA, although both proteins influence holoenzyme dimer formation and precursor tRNA recognition to different extents. By comparing each protein in complex with its cognate and noncognate RNA, we show that differences between the two types of holoenzymes reside primarily in the RNA and not the protein components of each. Our results reconcile previous contradictory conclusions regarding the role of the protein and support a model where the protein activates local RNA structures that manifest multiple holoenzyme properties.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalBacillus subtilisElectrophoresisElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayEnzyme ActivationEscherichia coliHoloenzymesRibonuclease PRNA, CatalyticRNA, TransferSpecies SpecificityHoloenzymesRibonuclease PRNA, CatalyticRNA, Transfer

Identifiers

PMID16163391
PMCPMC1276167
OpenAlexW2092768613

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