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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2008

Determinants of substrate specificity in RNA-dependent nucleotidyl transferases.

Georges Martin, Sylvie Doublié, Walter Keller

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. TRAMP assembly alters the conformation and RNA binding of Mtr4 and Trf4-Air2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  7. Polyadenylation and nuclear export of mRNAs.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2019
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  8. Terminal nucleotidyl transferases (TENTs) in mammalian RNA metabolism.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018
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  11. Structural basis for the activation of the C. elegans noncanonical cytoplasmic poly(A)-polymerase GLD-2 by GLD-3.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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  16. Structure and function of the polymerase core of TRAMP, a RNA surveillance complex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Georges MartinDepartment of Cell Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel, Switzerland.
Sylvie Doublié
Walter Keller

Funding

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF EUKARYOTIC POLY(A)POLYMERASER01GM062239 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI DOUBLIE, SYLVIE · 2001 to 2006
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM62239NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly(A) polymerases were identified almost 50 years ago as enzymes that add multiple AMP residues to the 3' ends of primer RNAs without use of a template from ATP as cosubstrate and with release of pyrophosphate. Based on sequence homology of a signature motif in the catalytic domain, poly(A) polymerases were later found to belong to a superfamily of nucleotidyl transferases acting on a very diverse array of substrates. Enzymes belonging to the superfamily can add from single nucleotides of AMP, CMP or UMP to RNA, antibiotics and proteins but also homopolymers of many hundred residues to the 3' ends of RNA molecules. The recently reported structures of several nucleotidyl transferases facilitate the study of the catalytic mechanisms of these very diverse enzymes. Numerous structures of CCA-adding enzymes have now revealed all steps in the formation of a CCA tail at the 3' end of tRNAs. In addition, structures of poly(A) polymerases and uridylyl transferases are now available as binary and ternary complexes with incoming nucleotide and RNA primer. Some of these proteins undergo significant conformational changes after substrate binding. This is proposed to be an indication for an induced fit mechanism that drives substrate selection and leads to catalysis. Insights from recent structures of ternary complexes indicate an important role for the primer molecule in selecting the incoming nucleotide.

Indexed as

AnimalsCatalysisHumansProtein Structure, QuaternaryProtein Structure, TertiaryRNARNA NucleotidyltransferasesSubstrate SpecificityRNARNA Nucleotidyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID18177750
PMCPMC2676681

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