Nuclear PKM2 promotes pre-mRNA processing by binding folded RNA G-quadruplexes

D Anastasakis, M Apostolidi, J Rinehart, M Hafner - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Nuclear localization of the pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PKM2) is widely observed in cancer
and correlates with its aggressiveness, but its contribution to gene regulation and …

Nuclear PKM2 promotes pre-mRNA processing by binding G-quadruplexes

DG Anastasakis, M Apostolidi, J Rinehart… - Available at SSRN …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Nuclear localization of the pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PKM2) is widely observed in cancer
and correlates with its aggressiveness, but its contribution to gene regulation and …

Nuclear PKM2 binds pre-mRNA at folded G-quadruplexes and reveals their gene regulatory role

DG Anastasakis, M Apostolidi, KA Garman, AH Polash… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Nuclear localization of the metabolic enzyme PKM2 is widely observed in various cancer
types. We identify nuclear PKM2 as a non-canonical RNA-binding protein (RBP) that …

Nuclear PKM2 regulates the Warburg effect

W Yang, Z Lu - Cell cycle, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Pyruvate kinase is a rate-limiting glycolytic enzyme. The PKM1 and PKM2 isoforms result
from mutually exclusive alternative splicing of the PKM pre-mRNA. PKM2 rather than PKM1 …

[HTML][HTML] RNA G-quadruplexes at upstream open reading frames cause DHX36-and DHX9-dependent translation of human mRNAs

P Murat, G Marsico, B Herdy, A Ghanbarian, G Portella… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Background RNA secondary structures in the 5′-untranslated regions (5′-UTR) of mRNAs
are key to the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. While it is evident that non …

The cysteine residue at 424th of pyruvate kinase M2 is crucial for tetramerization and responsiveness to oxidative stress

S Masaki, K Hashimoto, D Kihara, C Tsuzuki… - Biochemical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alternative splicing of the pyruvate kinase M (PKM) pre-mRNA generates two isoforms,
PKM1 and PKM2. PKM catalyzes the conversion of phosphoenol-pyruvate to pyruvate in …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptome-wide identification of transient RNA G-quadruplexes in human cells

SY Yang, P Lejault, S Chevrier, R Boidot… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Guanine-rich RNA sequences can fold into four-stranded structures, termed G-quadruplexes
(G4-RNAs), whose biological roles are poorly understood, and in vivo existence is debated …

PTBP1‐targeting microRNAs regulate cancer‐specific energy metabolism through the modulation of PKM1/M2 splicing

K Taniguchi, K Uchiyama, Y Akao - Cancer science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding of the microRNAs (miRNAs) regulatory system has become indispensable
for physiological/oncological research. Tissue and organ specificities are key features of …

[PDF][PDF] Where are G-quadruplexes located in the human transcriptome?

A Vannutelli, S Belhamiti, JM Garant… - NAR Genomics and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
It has been demonstrated that RNA G-quadruplexes (G4) are structural motifs present in
transcriptomes and play important regulatory roles in several post-transcriptional …

Properties and biological impact of RNA G-quadruplexes: from order to turmoil and back

P Kharel, G Becker, V Tsvetkov… - Nucleic acids research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Guanine-quadruplexes (G4s) are non-canonical four-stranded structures that can
be formed in guanine (G) rich nucleic acid sequences. A great number of G-rich sequences …