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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Self-assembly and condensation of intermolecular poly(UG) RNA quadruplexes.

Saeed Roschdi, Eric J Montemayor, Rahul Vivek, Craig A Bingman, Samuel E Butcher

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. G-Quadruplexes: Structural Diversity and Emerging Roles in Biomolecular Condensation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. PXL: a Nucleic Acid-Binding Module of Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Emergent Chemical Reactivity and Complexity of RNA Condensates.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  6. Molecular drivers of RNA phase separation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 authors.

Saeed RoschdiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Eric J MontemayorDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Rahul VivekDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Craig A BingmanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Samuel E ButcherDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6343-6643

Funding

Biophysical investigations of RNA complexes essential for gene expressionR35GM118131 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Samuel E Butcher · 2016 to 2026
$5.1M
ACQUISITION OF MASS SPECTROMETER FOR CORE FACILITYS10RR013790 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI RAINES, RONALD T · 1999 to 1999
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NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR013790NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118131NIH HHS R35 GM118131U.S. DOE DE-AC02-06CH11357
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly(UG) or 'pUG' dinucleotide repeats are highly abundant sequences in eukaryotic RNAs. In Caenorhabditis elegans, pUGs are added to RNA 3' ends to direct gene silencing within Mutator foci, a germ granule condensate. Here, we show that pUG RNAs efficiently self-assemble into gel condensates through quadruplex (G4) interactions. Short pUG sequences form right-handed intermolecular G4s (pUG G4s), while longer pUGs form left-handed intramolecular G4s (pUG folds). We determined a 1.05 Å crystal structure of an intermolecular pUG G4, which reveals an eight stranded G4 dimer involving 48 nucleotides, 7 different G and U quartet conformations, 7 coordinated potassium ions, 8 sodium ions and a buried water molecule. A comparison of the intermolecular pUG G4 and intramolecular pUG fold structures provides insights into the molecular basis for G4 handedness and illustrates how a simple dinucleotide repeat sequence can form complex structures with diverse topologies.

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Caenorhabditis elegansG-QuadruplexesAnimalsCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationPoly URNAPoly URNA

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PMID39373474
PMCPMC11551768

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