ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2018
Riboswitches and Translation Control.
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- Harnessing natural RNA triplex elements found in lncRNAs MALAT1 and NEAT1 for engineering of novel riboswitch platforms.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- High-throughput functional profiling and evolutionary covariation analysis of entire riboswitch sequences.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- Engineering ligands for theophylline riboswitches expands its regulatory dynamic range in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems.Nature communications · 2026Article
- An RNA structural switch controlling bacterial toxin translation.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- A Versatile Plasmid System for Translational Control and Secretion of Recombinant Proteins in Mycobacteria.ACS synthetic biology · 2026Article
- ARNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- From environmental signals to adaptive phenotypes: signal-responsive regulation and network logic of bacterial small RNAs.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- RNA Triple Helices: From Structures and Mechanisms to Therapeutic Targets.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Long-range mRNA folding shapes expression and sequence of bacterial genes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- A 5'-UTR cis-acting RNA element targeted by RNase III is essential for DNA simple sequence repeat-dependent phase variation in Haemophilus influenzae.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- High-throughput functional profiling and evolutionary covariation analysis of entire riboswitch sequences.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- TheiScience · 2025Article
- RLDOCKScore: A Scoring Function for RNA-Ligand Docking and Small Molecule Virtual Screening.Journal of chemical theory and computation · 2025Article
- RNA elements and their biotechnological applications in plants.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Applying the brakes to transcription: regulation of gene expression by RNA polymerase pausing.Journal of bacteriology · 2025Review
- Integration of the hammerhead ribozyme into structured RNAs to measure ligand-binding events for riboswitch candidates and aptamers.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2025Article
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Abstract
A growing collection of bacterial riboswitch classes is being discovered that sense central metabolites, coenzymes, and signaling molecules. Included among the various mechanisms of gene regulation exploited by these RNA regulatory elements are several that modulate messenger RNA (mRNA) translation. In this review, the mechanisms of riboswitch-mediated translation control are summarized to highlight both their diversity and potential ancient origins. These mechanisms include ligand-gated presentation or occlusion of ribosome-binding sites, control of alternative splicing of mRNAs, and the regulation of mRNA stability. Moreover, speculation on the potential for novel riboswitch discoveries is presented, including a discussion on the potential for the discovery of a greater diversity of mechanisms for translation control.
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