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ArticleACS chemical biology2021

Structural Insights into the Interaction of Clinically Relevant Phosphorothioate mRNA Cap Analogs with Translation Initiation Factor 4E Reveal Stabilization via Electrostatic Thio-Effect.

Marcin Warminski, Joanna Kowalska, Elzbieta Nowak, Dorota Kubacka, Ryan Tibble, Renata Kasprzyk, Pawel J Sikorski, John D Gross, Marcin Nowotny, Jacek Jemielity

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcin WarminskiDivision of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1071-3405
Joanna KowalskaDivision of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9174-7999
Elzbieta NowakLaboratory of Protein Structure, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ksiecia Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.
Dorota KubackaDivision of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
Ryan TibbleDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Renata KasprzykCentre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Pawel J SikorskiCentre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
John D GrossDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Marcin NowotnyLaboratory of Protein Structure, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ksiecia Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8632-0977
Jacek JemielityCentre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7633-788X
University of Warsaw · PLInternational Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology · PLUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA-based therapies and vaccines constitute a disruptive technology with the potential to revolutionize modern medicine. Chemically modified 5' cap structures have provided access to mRNAs with superior translational properties that could benefit the currently flourishing mRNA field. Prime examples of compounds that enhance mRNA properties are antireverse cap analog diastereomers that contain an O-to-S substitution within the β-phosphate (β-S-ARCA D1 and D2), where D1 is used in clinically investigated mRNA vaccines. The compounds were previously found to have high affinity for eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) and augment translation

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AnimalsBinding SitesCell LineCrystallography, X-RayEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4EMiceNucleic Acid ConformationOrganoselenium CompoundsPhosphorothioate OligonucleotidesProtein BindingRNA CapsStatic ElectricityStereoisomerismeIF4E protein, mouseEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4EOrganoselenium CompoundsPhosphorothioate OligonucleotidesRNA Caps

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PMID33439620
PMCPMC7901015
OpenAlexW3119120350

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