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ArticleThe EMBO journal2013

RNA connectivity requirements between conserved elements in the core of the yeast telomerase RNP.

Melissa A Mefford, Qundeel Rafiq, David C Zappulla

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular and cellular biology · 2026
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  4. Inverse-folding design of yeast telomerase RNA increases activitybioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  10. New perspectives on telomerase RNA structure and function.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA · 2018
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  15. Progress in structural studies of telomerase.Current opinion in structural biology · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melissa A MeffordDepartment of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Qundeel Rafiq
David C ZappullaORCID 0000000182423493
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Investigating Telomerase Mechanism by Exploring the RNAR00GM080400 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZAPPULLA, DAVID CLIFFORD · 2008 to 2010
$745k
Investigating Telomerase Mechanism by Exploring the RNAK99GM080400 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI ZAPPULLA, DAVID CLIFFORD · 2007 to 2008
$106k
NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM080400NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM080400NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM80400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomerase is a specialized chromosome end-replicating enzyme required for genome duplication in many eukaryotes. An RNA and reverse transcriptase protein subunit comprise its enzymatic core. Telomerase is evolving rapidly, particularly its RNA component. Nevertheless, nearly all telomerase RNAs, including those of H. sapiens and S. cerevisiae, share four conserved structural elements: a core-enclosing helix (CEH), template-boundary element, template, and pseudoknot, in this order along the RNA. It is not clear how these elements coordinate telomerase activity. We find that although rearranging the order of the four conserved elements in the yeast telomerase RNA subunit, TLC1, disrupts activity, the RNA ends can be moved between the template and pseudoknot in vitro and in vivo. However, the ends disrupt activity when inserted between the other structured elements, defining an Area of Required Connectivity (ARC). Within the ARC, we find that only the junction nucleotides between the pseudoknot and CEH are essential. Integrating all of our findings provides a basic map of functional connections in the core of the yeast telomerase RNP and a framework to understand conserved element coordination in telomerase mechanism.

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Conserved SequenceRibonucleoproteinsRNA, FungalSaccharomyces cerevisiaeTelomeraseRibonucleoproteinsRNA, FungalTelomerase

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PMID24129512
PMCPMC3831316
OpenAlexW2151639455

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