Progress in 7SK ribonucleoprotein structural biology

MB Camara, AM Sobeh, CD Eichhorn - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The 7SK ribonucleoprotein (RNP) is a dynamic and multifunctional regulator of RNA
Polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription in metazoa. Comprised of the non-coding 7SK RNA …

Impaired telomere maintenance in Alazami syndrome patients with LARP7 deficiency

B Holohan, W Kim, TP Lai, H Hoshiyama, N Zhang… - BMC genomics, 2016 - Springer
Background Loss of function in genes required for telomere maintenance result in disorders
known as telomeropathies, which are characterized by a pattern of symptoms including …

hLARP7 C-terminal domain contains an xRRM that binds the 3΄ hairpin of 7SK RNA

CD Eichhorn, R Chug, J Feigon - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) sequesters and inactivates the positive
transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb), an essential eukaryotic mRNA transcription factor …

Adolescent co-exposure to environmental cadmium and high-fat diet induces cognitive decline via Larp7 m6A-mediated SIRT6 inhibition

J Zhang, YW Xiong, HL Zhu, LL Tan, H Zhou… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effects and underlying mechanisms of adolescent exposure to combined environmental
hazards on cognitive function remain unclear. Here, using a combined exposure model, we …

Comparison of clinical parameters with whole exome sequencing analysis results of autosomal recessive patients; a center experience

M Elmas, H Yıldız, M Erdoğan, B Gogus, K Avcı… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - Springer
Whole-exome sequencing (WES) is an ideal method for the diagnosis of autosomal
recessive diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic power of WES in …

Noncoding RNAs in endocrine malignancy

J Kentwell, JS Gundara, SB Sidhu - The oncologist, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Only recently has it been uncovered that the mammalian transcriptome includes a large
number of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) that play a variety of important regulatory roles in …

Stabilize and connect: the role of LARP7 in nuclear non-coding RNA metabolism

D Hasler, G Meister, U Fischer - RNA biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
La and La-related proteins (LARPs) are characterized by a common RNA interaction
platform termed the La module. This structural hallmark allows LARPs to pervade various …

Noncoding RNAs set the stage for RNA polymerase II transcription

C Studniarek, S Egloff, S Murphy - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Effective synthesis of mammalian messenger (m) RNAs depends on many factors that
together direct RNA polymerase II (pol II) through the different stages of the transcription …

Visualization of positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) activation in living cells

K Fujinaga, Z Luo, F Schaufele, BM Peterlin - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Regulation of transcription elongation by positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb)
plays a central role in determining the state of cell activation, proliferation, and …

de novo MEPCE nonsense variant associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder causes disintegration of 7SK snRNP and enhanced RNA polymerase II activation

PE Schneeberger, T Bierhals, A Neu, M Hempel… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, the elongation phase of transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) is
regulated by the transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb), composed of Cyclin-T1 and …