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ArticleScience advances2023

Human SAMD9 is a poxvirus-activatable anticodon nuclease inhibiting codon-specific protein synthesis.

Fushun Zhang, Quanquan Ji, Juhi Chaturvedi, Marisol Morales, Yuanhui Mao, Xiangzhi Meng, Leiming Dong, Junpeng Deng, Shu-Bing Qian, Yan Xiang

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 45 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fushun ZhangDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0696-8907
Quanquan JiDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8980-5363
Juhi ChaturvediDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, 246 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-6791-2198
Marisol MoralesDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5206-2738
Yuanhui MaoDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0893-2588
Xiangzhi MengDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Leiming DongDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5725-6398
Junpeng DengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, 246 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Shu-Bing QianDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4127-1136
Yan XiangDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7633-1629
Cornell University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USOklahoma State University · US

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE---COREP30CA054174 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Lei Zheng · 1991 to 2026
$59.1M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthUL1TR002645 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A, HARGREAVES, KENNETH M · 2018 to 2022
$20.4M
Novel Translational Control Mechanisms in Host Range Restriction of PoxvirusR01AI151638 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI YAN XIANG · 2020 to 2026
$3.4M
High Throughput DNA Sequencer: Illumina HiSeq 3000 SequencerS10OD021805 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI LAI, ZHAO · 2016 to 2016
$600k
Developing small molecule inhibitors for modulating cytokine IL18 activitiesR21AI153948 · NIAID · OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STILLWATER · PI DENG, JUNPENG · 2021 to 2022
$430k
Structure function studies of a molecular complex for generating viral membraneR21AI149295 · NIAID · OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STILLWATER · PI DENG, JUNPENG, XIANG, YAN · 2020 to 2021
$430k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002645NCI NIH HHS P30 CA054174NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI151638NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI149295NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI153948NIH HHS S10 OD021805
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a defense strategy against viruses or competitors, some microbes use anticodon nucleases (ACNases) to deplete essential tRNAs, effectively halting global protein synthesis. However, this mechanism has not been observed in multicellular eukaryotes. Here, we report that human SAMD9 is an ACNase that specifically cleaves phenylalanine tRNA (tRNA

Indexed as

AnticodonRNA, Transfer, PheCodonHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRibonucleasesRNA, TransferAnticodonanticodon nucleaseCodonIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRibonucleasesRNA, TransferRNA, Transfer, PheSAMD9 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID37285440
PMCPMC10246899
OpenAlexW4379745726

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