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ArticleArchaea (Vancouver, B.C.)2009

A Gateway platform for functional genomics in Haloferax volcanii: deletion of three tRNA modification genes.

Basma El Yacoubi, Gabriela Phillips, Ian K Blaby, Crysten E Haas, Yulien Cruz, Jamie Greenberg, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard

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Article in Archaea (Vancouver, B.C.), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Basma El YacoubiDepartment of Microbiology and Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Gabriela Phillips
Ian K Blaby
Crysten E Haas
Yulien Cruz
Jamie Greenberg
Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
University of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In part due to the existence of simple methods for its cultivation and genetic manipulation, Haloferax volcanii is a major archaeal model organism. It is the only archaeon for which the whole set of post-transcriptionally modified tRNAs has been sequenced, allowing for an in silico prediction of all RNA modification genes present in the organism. One approach to check these predictions experimentally is via the construction of targeted gene deletion mutants. Toward this goal, an integrative "Gateway vector" that allows gene deletion in H. volcanii uracil auxotrophs was constructed. The vector was used to delete three predicted tRNA modification genes: HVO_2001 (encoding an archaeal transglycosyl tranferase or arcTGT), which is involved in archeosine biosynthesis; HVO_2348 (encoding a newly discovered GTP cyclohydrolase I), which catalyzes the first step common to archaeosine and folate biosynthesis; and HVO_2736 (encoding a member of the COG1444 family), which is involved in N(4)-acetylcytidine (ac(4)C) formation. Preliminary phenotypic analysis of the deletion mutants was conducted, and confirmed all three predictions.

Indexed as

Gene DeletionRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalEscherichia coliGene TargetingGTP CyclohydrolaseHaloferax volcaniiRNA, ArchaealRNA, TransferGTP CyclohydrolaseRNA, ArchaealRNA, TransferArchaeaGTP-cyclohydrolase IhalophiletRNA-modification

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PMID19478918
PMCPMC2686393
OpenAlexW2052939618

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