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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2009

Structure of a functional ribonucleoprotein pseudouridine synthase bound to a substrate RNA.

Bo Liang, Jing Zhou, Elliot Kahen, Rebecca M Terns, Michael P Terns, Hong Li

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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54 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. The Role of scaRNAs in Adjusting Alternative mRNA Splicing in Heart Development.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bo LiangInstitute of Molecular Biophysics, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Jing Zhou
Elliot Kahen
Rebecca M Terns
Michael P Terns
Hong Li
Florida State University · USUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

Small RNA-based immunity by CRISPR-Cas complexes of Pyrococcus furiosusR01GM054682 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UGA) · PI TERNS, MICHAEL P, TERNS, REBECCA · 1997 to 2015
$4.8M
Structures of RNA Processing and Silencing Enzymes in ProkaryotesR01GM099604 · NIGMS · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, HONG · 2012 to 2023
$3.3M
Structure and Regulation of snoRNP Interaction with rRNAR01GM066958 · NIGMS · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, HONG · 2003 to 2012
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM054682NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066958NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM099604NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM54682NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM66958-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Box H/ACA small nucleolar and Cajal body ribonucleoprotein particles comprise the most complex pseudouridine synthases and are essential for ribosome and spliceosome maturation. The multistep and multicomponent-mediated enzyme mechanism remains only partially understood. Here we report a crystal structure at 2.35 A of a substrate-bound functional archaeal enzyme containing three of the four proteins, Cbf5, Nop10 and L7Ae, and a box H/ACA RNA that reveals detailed information about the protein-only active site. The substrate RNA, containing 5-fluorouridine at the modification position, is fully docked and catalytically rearranged by the enzyme in a manner similar to that seen in two stand-alone pseudouridine synthases. Structural analysis provides a mechanism for plasticity in the diversity of guide RNA sequences used and identifies a substrate-anchoring loop of Cbf5 that also interacts with Gar1 in unliganded structures. Activity analyses of mutated proteins and RNAs support the structural findings and further suggest a role of the Cbf5 loop in regulation of enzyme activity.

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Protein ConformationAnimalsArchaeal ProteinsCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayHumansIntramolecular TransferasesModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationPseudouridinePyrococcus furiosusRibonucleoproteinsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsArchaeal ProteinsIntramolecular TransferasesPseudouridinepseudouridine synthasesRibonucleoproteinsRNARNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID19478803
PMCPMC5706466
OpenAlexW1972963912

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