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ArticleThe EMBO journal2006

Structure of stem-loop IV of Tetrahymena telomerase RNA.

Yu Chen, Jessica Fender, Jason D Legassie, Michael B Jarstfer, Tracy M Bryan, Gabriele Varani

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Structural Biology of Telomerase.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2019
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  16. Single-molecule analysis of telomerase structure and function.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2011
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  17. SHAPE-directed RNA secondary structure prediction.Methods (San Diego, Calif.) · 2010
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  18. Advances in RNA structure analysis by chemical probing.Current opinion in structural biology · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, 98185-1700, USA.
Jessica Fender
Jason D Legassie
Michael B Jarstfer
Tracy M Bryan
Gabriele Varani
University of Washington · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USChildren's Medical Research Institute · AU

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust GR066727MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conserved domains within the RNA component of telomerase provide the template for reverse transcription, recruit protein components to the holoenzyme and are required for enzymatic activity. Among the functionally essential domains in ciliate telomerase RNA is stem-loop IV, which strongly stimulates telomerase activity and processivity even when provided in trans. The NMR structure of Tetrahymena thermophila stem-loop IV shows a highly structured distal stem-loop linked to a conformationally flexible template-proximal region by a bulge that severely kinks the entire RNA. Through extensive structure-function studies, we identify residues that contribute to both these structural features and to enzymatic activity, with no apparent effect on the binding of TERT protein. We propose that the bending induced by the GA bulge and the flexibility of the template-proximal region allow positioning of the prestructured apical loop during the catalytic cycle.

Indexed as

Models, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationAnimalsBase SequenceDNA-Binding ProteinsEnzyme ActivationMolecular Sequence DataMutationRNARNA, ProtozoanTelomeraseTetrahymena thermophilaDNA-Binding ProteinsRNARNA, ProtozoanTelomerasetelomerase RNA

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PMID16778765
PMCPMC1500990
OpenAlexW1964943963

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