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ReviewBiomolecules2016

The Diversity of Ribonuclease P: Protein and RNA Catalysts with Analogous Biological Functions.

Bradley P Klemm, Nancy Wu, Yu Chen, Xin Liu, Kipchumba J Kaitany, Michael J Howard, Carol A Fierke

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Review in Biomolecules, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Coevolution of RNase P and the ribosome.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Suppression of theRNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2024
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  7. RNase P: Beyond Precursor tRNA Processing.Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics · 2024
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  9. Grad-seq analysis ofmicroLife · 2023
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  17. Structural basis of RNA processing by human mitochondrial RNase P.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2021
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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.

Bradley P KlemmDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. klemmbp@umich.edu.
Nancy WuProgram in Chemical Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. nancywu@umich.edu.
Yu ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA. yyuchen@umich.edu.
Xin LiuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA. chemxliu@umich.edu.
Kipchumba J KaitanyDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. kaitanyk@umich.edu.
Michael J HowardDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. mhowa@umich.edu.
Carol A FierkeDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. fierke@umich.edu.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

ENZYMOLOGY OF RNA PROCESSING ENZYMESR01GM055387 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FIERKE, CAROL A · 1997 to 2014
$4.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM055387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is an essential endonuclease responsible for catalyzing 5' end maturation in precursor transfer RNAs. Since its discovery in the 1970s, RNase P enzymes have been identified and studied throughout the three domains of life. Interestingly, RNase P is either RNA-based, with a catalytic RNA subunit, or a protein-only (PRORP) enzyme with differential evolutionary distribution. The available structural data, including the active site data, provides insight into catalysis and substrate recognition. The hydrolytic and kinetic mechanisms of the two forms of RNase P enzymes are similar, yet features unique to the RNA-based and PRORP enzymes are consistent with different evolutionary origins. The various RNase P enzymes, in addition to their primary role in tRNA 5' maturation, catalyze cleavage of a variety of alternative substrates, indicating a diversification of RNase P function in vivo. The review concludes with a discussion of recent advances and interesting research directions in the field.

Indexed as

AnimalsArchaeaBacteriaCatalysisCatalytic DomainHumansNucleic Acid ConformationRibonuclease PRNA, CatalyticRNA, TransferRibonuclease PRNA, CatalyticRNA, TransferendonucleasePRORPribozymeRNase PtRNA maturationtRNA recognition

Identifiers

PMID27187488
PMCPMC4919922
OpenAlexW2370046611

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