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ArticleeLife2015

Circularization restores signal recognition particle RNA functionality in Thermoproteus.

André Plagens, Michael Daume, Julia Wiegel, Lennart Randau

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Article in eLife, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Archaeal cell surface biogenesis.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

André PlagensMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
Michael DaumeMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
Julia WiegelMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
Lennart RandauMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology · DELoewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Signal recognition particles (SRPs) are universal ribonucleoprotein complexes found in all three domains of life that direct the cellular traffic and secretion of proteins. These complexes consist of SRP proteins and a single, highly structured SRP RNA. Canonical SRP RNA genes have not been identified for some Thermoproteus species even though they contain SRP19 and SRP54 proteins. Here, we show that genome rearrangement events in Thermoproteus tenax created a permuted SRP RNA gene. The 5'- and 3'-termini of this SRP RNA are located close to a functionally important loop present in all known SRP RNAs. RNA-Seq analyses revealed that these termini are ligated together to generate circular SRP RNA molecules that can bind to SRP19 and SRP54. The circularization site is processed by the tRNA splicing endonuclease. This moonlighting activity of the tRNA splicing machinery permits the permutation of the SRP RNA and creates highly stable and functional circular RNA molecules.

Indexed as

RNARNA, CircularRNA, TransferSignal Recognition ParticleThermoproteusRNARNA, CircularRNA, TransferSignal Recognition Particlearchaeabiochemistryevolutionary biologygenomicsRNA processingsignal recognition particlesplicingThermoproteus tenax

Identifiers

PMID26499493
PMCPMC4731332
OpenAlexW2179808332

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