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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2018

Crystal structure of the ribonuclease-P-protein subunit from Staphylococcus aureus.

Lisha Ha, Jennifer Colquhoun, Nicholas Noinaj, Chittaranjan Das, Paul M Dunman, Daniel P Flaherty

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lisha HaDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Jennifer ColquhounDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Nicholas NoinajDepartment of Biological Sciences, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Chittaranjan DasPurdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Paul M DunmanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Daniel P FlahertyDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8305-0606
Purdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of Rochester · US

Funding

Antibacterial inhibitors of RnpAR01AI134685 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI DUNMAN, PAUL M. · 2018 to 2022
$3.6M
Infection and Immunity: The Pathogenesis of Host-Microbe InteractionsT32AI118689 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Paul M. Dunman, BRIAN M WARD · 2015 to 2026
$2.5M
Ribonuclease E a novel new Gram-negative antimicrobial targetR21AI115251 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI DUNMAN, PAUL M., FLAHERTY, DANIEL PATRICK · 2016 to 2017
$438k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134685NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI115251NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI118689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus ribonuclease-P-protein subunit (RnpA) is a promising antimicrobial target that is a key protein component for two essential cellular processes, RNA degradation and transfer-RNA (tRNA) maturation. The first crystal structure of RnpA from the pathogenic bacterial species, S. aureus, is reported at 2.0 Å resolution. The structure presented maintains key similarities with previously reported RnpA structures from bacteria and archaea, including the highly conserved RNR-box region and aromatic residues in the precursor-tRNA 5'-leader-binding domain. This structure will be instrumental in the pursuit of structure-based designed inhibitors targeting RnpA-mediated RNA processing as a novel therapeutic approach for treating S. aureus infections.

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Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsCatalytic DomainCloning, MolecularCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsKineticsModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein Conformation, beta-StrandProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsRecombinant ProteinsRibonuclease PBacterial ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsRibonuclease PRNA, BacterialRNA, Transferribonucleoprotein structureRNase P proteinRnpAStaphylococcus aureustRNA

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PMID30279314
PMCPMC6168776
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