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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2014

Structural insights into the stabilization of MALAT1 noncoding RNA by a bipartite triple helix.

Jessica A Brown, David Bulkley, Jimin Wang, Max L Valenstein, Therese A Yario, Thomas A Steitz, Joan A Steitz

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 190 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

190 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 283 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. RNA Triple Helices: From Structures and Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica A BrownDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
David BulkleyDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Jimin WangDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Max L ValensteinDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Therese A YarioHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Thomas A Steitz1] Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [2] Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [3] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Joan A Steitz1] Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yale University · US

Funding

X-RAY ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONP01GM022778 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BREAKER, RONALD R · 1985 to 2019
$26.1M
Life Science and Biomedical technology Research center at NSLS-II LSBRP41GM111244 · NIGMS · BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB · PI MCSWEENEY, SEAN · 2014 to 2018
$16.4M
Vertebrate Non-Coding RNPs: Integrating function, biogenesis and survivalR01GM026154 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STEITZ, JOAN A. · 1985 to 2014
$4.0M
AUTOANTIBODY PROBES FOR MAMMALIAN GENE EXPRESSIONR37GM026154 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI STEITZ, JOAN A. · 1989 to 1998
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Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS GM022778NIGMS NIH HHS GM026154NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM022778NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM111244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM026154
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) is a highly abundant nuclear long noncoding RNA that promotes malignancy. A 3'-stem-loop structure is predicted to confer stability by engaging a downstream A-rich tract in a triple helix, similar to the expression and nuclear retention element (ENE) from the KSHV polyadenylated nuclear RNA. The 3.1-Å-resolution crystal structure of the human MALAT1 ENE and A-rich tract reveals a bipartite triple helix containing stacks of five and four U•A-U triples separated by a C+•G-C triplet and C-G doublet, extended by two A-minor interactions. In vivo decay assays indicate that this blunt-ended triple helix, with the 3' nucleotide in a U•A-U triple, inhibits rapid nuclear RNA decay. Interruption of the triple helix by the C-G doublet induces a 'helical reset' that explains why triple-helical stacks longer than six do not occur in nature.

Indexed as

RNA StabilityBase PairingBase SequenceCrystallography, X-RayHumansHydrogen BondingMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, Long NoncodingMALAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID24952594
PMCPMC4096706
OpenAlexW2032741347

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