Cellular functions of eukaryotic RNA helicases and their links to human diseases

KE Bohnsack, S Yi, S Venus, E Jankowsky… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
RNA helicases are highly conserved proteins that use nucleoside triphosphates to bind or
remodel RNA, RNA–protein complexes or both. RNA helicases are classified into the DEAD …

The exon junction complex as a node of post-transcriptional networks

HL Hir, J Saulière, Z Wang - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
The exon junction complex (EJC) is deposited onto mRNAs following splicing and adopts a
unique structure, which can both stably bind to mRNAs and function as an anchor for diverse …

Unravelling the mechanisms of RNA helicase regulation

KE Sloan, MT Bohnsack - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2018 - cell.com
RNA helicases are critical regulators at the nexus of multiple pathways of RNA metabolism,
and in the complex cellular environment, tight spatial and temporal regulation of their activity …

The exon-junction complex helicase eIF4A3 controls cell fate via coordinated regulation of ribosome biogenesis and translational output

DC Kanellis, JA Espinoza, A Zisi, E Sakkas… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-III (eIF4A3), a core helicase component of the exon junction
complex, is essential for splicing, mRNA trafficking, and nonsense-mediated decay …

Regulation of DEAH-box RNA helicases by G-patch proteins

KE Bohnsack, R Ficner, MT Bohnsack… - Biological Chemistry, 2021 - degruyter.com
RNA helicases of the DEAH/RHA family form a large and conserved class of enzymes that
remodel RNA protein complexes (RNPs) by translocating along the RNA. Driven by ATP …

DExD/H-box RNA helicases in ribosome biogenesis

R Martin, AU Straub, C Doebele, MT Bohnsack - RNA biology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Ribosome synthesis requires a multitude of cofactors, among them DExD/H-box RNA
helicases. Bacterial RNA helicases involved in ribosome assembly are not essential, while …

The DEAD-box helicase eIF4A: paradigm or the odd one out?

AZ Andreou, D Klostermeier - RNA biology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
DEAD-box helicases catalyze the ATP-dependent unwinding of RNA duplexes. They share
a helicase core formed by two RecA-like domains that carries a set of conserved motifs …

Haploinsufficiency for core exon junction complex components disrupts embryonic neurogenesis and causes p53-mediated microcephaly

H Mao, JJ McMahon, YH Tsai, Z Wang, DL Silver - PLoS genetics, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The exon junction complex (EJC) is an RNA binding complex comprised of the core
components Magoh, Rbm8a, and Eif4a3. Human mutations in EJC components cause …

A noncoding expansion in EIF4A3 causes Richieri-Costa-Pereira syndrome, a craniofacial disorder associated with limb defects

FP Favaro, L Alvizi, RM Zechi-Ceide, D Bertola… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Richieri-Costa-Pereira syndrome is an autosomal-recessive acrofacial dysostosis
characterized by mandibular median cleft associated with other craniofacial anomalies and …

Prp43/DHX15 exemplify RNA helicase multifunctionality in the gene expression network

KE Bohnsack, N Kanwal, MT Bohnsack - Nucleic acids research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Dynamic regulation of RNA folding and structure is critical for the biogenesis and function of
RNAs and ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. Through their nucleotide triphosphate …