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ArticleMolecular cell2018

Substrate Recognition and Autoinhibition in the Central Ribonuclease RNase E.

Katarzyna J Bandyra, Joanna M Wandzik, Ben F Luisi

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Article in Molecular cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. In vitro cleavage requirements and specificities of mycobacterial RNase E.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katarzyna J BandyraDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK. Electronic address: kjb69@cam.ac.uk.
Joanna M WandzikDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Ben F LuisiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK. Electronic address: bfl20@cam.ac.uk.
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 200873/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endoribonuclease RNase E is a principal factor in RNA turnover and processing that helps to exercise fine control of gene expression in bacteria. While its catalytic activity can be strongly influenced by the chemical identity of the 5' end of RNA substrates, the enzyme can also cleave numerous substrates irrespective of the chemistry of their 5' ends through a mechanism that has remained largely unexplained. We report structural and functional data illuminating details of both operational modes. Our crystal structure of RNase E in complex with the sRNA RprA reveals a duplex recognition site that saddles an inter-protomer surface to help present substrates for cleavage. Our data also reveal an autoinhibitory pocket that modulates the overall activity of the ribonuclease. Taking these findings together, we propose how RNase E uses versatile modes of RNA recognition to achieve optimal activity and specificity.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceCatalysisEndoribonucleasesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialProtein SubunitsRNARNA, BacterialSequence AlignmentSubstrate SpecificityEndoribonucleasesEscherichia coli ProteinsProtein Subunitsribonuclease ERNARNA, Bacterialprotein-RNA interactionsprotein-RNA structureRNA degradationRNA-mediated regulationRNA processingRNase ERNA structuresmall regulatory RNA

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PMID30270108
PMCPMC6202311
OpenAlexW2892704447

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