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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2026

Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the budding yeast telomerase holoenzyme.

Hongmiao Hu, Hannah Neumann, Gabriela M Teplitz, Elsa Franco-Echevarría, Pascal Chartrand, Raymund J Wellinger, Thi Hoang Duong Nguyen

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Taming Mre11-Rad50 at Telomeres: Convergent Strategies for Chromosome-End Protection Across Evolution.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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  3. Fission yeast RPA-TERT-Tpz1bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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7 authors.

Hongmiao HuMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3086-3072
Hannah NeumannDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Institut Courtois d'Innovation Biomédicale, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Gabriela M TeplitzDepartment of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Elsa Franco-EchevarríaMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7306-6594
Pascal ChartrandDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Institut Courtois d'Innovation Biomédicale, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3006-7279
Raymund J WellingerDepartment of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6670-2759
Thi Hoang Duong NguyenMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2180-3430

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase that synthesizes telomeric repeats at chromosome ends, safeguarding genome integrity. We present the cryo-electron microscopy structure of the budding yeast telomerase, which exhibits substantial divergence from its ciliate and vertebrate counterparts. The structure reveals a stable core formed by telomerase RNA TLC1; the three ever shorter telomere (Est) proteins, Est1, Est2 and Est3; and the Pop1/Pop6/Pop7 complex (Pop1/6/7). TLC1, Est3, and Pop1/6/7 serve critical roles in complex assembly. We identified a zinc finger (ZnF) motif in the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) subunit Est2 that is crucial for telomerase function. Structure prediction suggests the presence of ZnFs in TERT from diverse species. These findings offer insights into the functional organization of yeast telomerase and underscore the evolutionary diversity of telomerase holoenzymes.

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Saccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTelomeraseCryoelectron MicroscopyHoloenzymesRNARNA, FungalZinc FingersEST1 protein, S cerevisiaeEST2 protein, S cerevisiaeEST3 protein, S cerevisiaeHoloenzymesRNARNA, FungalSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTelomerasetelomerase RNA

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PMCPMC7619062

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