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ReviewRNA (New York, N.Y.)2021

Dyskerin: an essential pseudouridine synthase with multifaceted roles in ribosome biogenesis, splicing, and telomere maintenance.

Alexandre Garus, Chantal Autexier

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Review in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandre GarusDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C7, Canada.
Chantal AutexierDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C7, Canada.
Jewish General Hospital · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT-166130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dyskerin and its homologs are ancient and conserved enzymes that catalyze the most common post-transcriptional modification found in cells, pseudouridylation. The resulting pseudouridines provide stability to RNA molecules and regulate ribosome biogenesis and splicing events. Dyskerin does not act independently-it is the core component of a protein heterotetramer, which associates with RNAs that contain the H/ACA motif. The variety of H/ACA RNAs that guide the function of this ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex highlights the diversity of cellular processes in which dyskerin participates. When associated with small nucleolar (sno) RNAs, it regulates ribosomal (r) RNAs and ribosome biogenesis. By interacting with small Cajal body (sca) RNAs, it targets small nuclear (sn) RNAs to regulate pre-mRNA splicing. As a component of the telomerase holoenzyme, dyskerin binds to the telomerase RNA to modulate telomere maintenance. In a disease context, dyskerin malfunction can result in multiple detrimental phenotypes. Mutations in

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingMutationRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalCell Cycle ProteinsDyskeratosis CongenitaHumansIntramolecular TransferasesNuclear ProteinsRibosomesTelomereCell Cycle ProteinsDKC1 protein, humanIntramolecular TransferasesNuclear Proteinspseudouridine synthasesDKC1dyskeratosis congenitadyskerinH/ACA ribonucleoproteinpseudouridylationtelomerase

Identifiers

PMID34556550
PMCPMC8594475
OpenAlexW3199660841

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