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ArticleNature chemical biology2019

mRNA structure determines modification by pseudouridine synthase 1.

Thomas M Carlile, Nicole M Martinez, Cassandra Schaening, Amanda Su, Tristan A Bell, Boris Zinshteyn, Wendy V Gilbert

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

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116citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The mutation of pseudouridine synthase gene BrTRUD1 resulted in glossy leaf in Chinese cabbage.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026
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  8. The impact of psuedouridine modification on human tRNA.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  11. Pseudouridine synthase 7 as a context-specific therapeutic target in cancer.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2026
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  14. Pseudouridylation landscape across 42bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  15. Emerging roles of non-mNature plants · 2026
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  16. Seven wonders of RNA modification biology.RNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
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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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas M CarlileDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-9354
Nicole M MartinezDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Cassandra SchaeningDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Amanda SuDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Tristan A BellDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-8412
Boris ZinshteynDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Wendy V GilbertDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. wendy.gilbert@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-9657
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USYale University · USBiogen (United States) · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32GM007287 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BELL, STEPHEN P., KEATING, AMY E · 1985 to 2019
$40.8M
Graduate Training in Computational and Systems BiologyT32GM087237 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BURGE, CHRISTOPHER B · 2009 to 2023
$4.6M
Regulation and Function of snoRNA GenesR01GM101316 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Wendy Victoria Gilbert · 2014 to 2026
$3.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM101316NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007287NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM087237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudouridine (Ψ) is a post-transcriptional RNA modification that alters RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions that affect gene expression. Messenger RNA pseudouridylation was recently discovered as a widespread and conserved phenomenon, but the mechanisms responsible for selective, regulated pseudouridylation of specific sequences within mRNAs were unknown. Here, we have revealed mRNA targets for five pseudouridine synthases and probed the determinants of mRNA target recognition by the predominant mRNA pseudouridylating enzyme, Pus1, by developing high-throughput kinetic analysis of pseudouridylation in vitro. Combining computational prediction and rational mutational analysis revealed an RNA structural motif that is both necessary and sufficient for mRNA pseudouridylation. Applying this structural context information predicted hundreds of additional mRNA targets that were pseudouridylated in vivo. These results demonstrate a structure-dependent mode of mRNA target recognition by a conserved pseudouridine synthase and implicate modulation of RNA structure as the probable mechanism to regulate mRNA pseudouridylation.

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Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, FungalHumansHydro-LyasesMutationNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, MessengerSaccharomyces cerevisiaeHydro-Lyasespseudouridylate synthetaseRNA, Messenger

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PMID31477916
PMCPMC6764900
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