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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Structural and biophysical insights into the unique RNase YicC.

Ruoxi Wu, Harsha Venkatesh, Carisse Lansiquot, Sarah A Barnes, Afrooz Golestanian, Olga Rechkoblit, Alisha N Jones, David H Bechhofer, Michael B Lazarus

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Ruoxi WuDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3136-3280
Harsha VenkateshDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, 31 Washington Place, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1277-0769
Carisse LansiquotDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1118-7299
Sarah A BarnesDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
Afrooz GolestanianDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
Olga RechkoblitDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4270-7242
Alisha N JonesDepartment of Chemistry, New York University, 31 Washington Place, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2084-3625
David H BechhoferDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.
Michael B LazarusDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6738-2563

Funding

Conduits: Mount Sinai Health System Translational Science HubUL1TR004419 · NCATS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Rosalind J Wright · 2022 to 2026
$46.4M
Chemical and structural tools to study energy homeostasis pathways in cancer and diabetesR35GM124838 · NIGMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Michael Block Lazarus · 2017 to 2026
$5.2M
Investigating the impact of RNA structural dynamics on function of the lncRNA FIRRER35GM160278 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI JONES, ALISHA · 2025 to 2025
$2.1M
YloC, a new ribonuclease of Bacillus subtilisR01GM147211 · NIGMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI DAVID H BECHHOFER · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR004419NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM147211NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124838NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM160278
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA cleavage and processing are highly conserved regulatory mechanisms across bacteria. We recently discovered a novel family of RNases called YicC, conserved across all bacteria but unrelated to known RNase families. The cryo-EM structure of RNA bound to Escherichia coli YicC endonuclease suggested a clamshell-like ribonuclease mechanism for cleavage, although its exact mechanism and function remain elusive. Here, we report new cryo-EM structures that provide snapshots of the closing of the complex and also capture a surprising dimeric-RNA:protein complex. We further characterize the RNA cleavage targets in solution using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and use all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study Mg

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PMID42779889
PMCPMC13596357

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