Fingerprinting differential active site constraints of ATPases

SM Hacker, N Hardt, A Buntru, D Pagliarini… - Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The free energy provided by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis is central to many
cellular processes and, therefore, the number of enzymes utilizing ATP as a substrate is …

Blue fluorescent deoxycytidine analogues: convergent synthesis, solid-state and electronic structure, and solvatochromism

DW Dodd, KN Swanick, JT Price, AL Brazeau… - Organic & …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the synthesis and photospectroscopic characterisation of intrinsically fluorescent
triazole-appended cytidines. Fluorescence was found to be highly dependent on solvent …

Distance determination in heterogeneous DNA model systems by pulsed EPR

R Ward, DJ Keeble, H El‐Mkami, DG Norman - ChemBioChem, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Many biological systems, especially those based on nucleic acids, are structurally
heterogeneous in solution. We demonstrate here the ability to measure multiple distances …

[HTML][HTML] The RNA–DNA hybrid structure determined by EPR, CD and RNase H1

O Romainczyk, B Endeward, TF Prisner… - Molecular …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A or B: RNA–DNA hybrids, key intermediates in gene regulation, were classified by pulsed
electron–electron double resonance (PELDOR) in combination with CD spectroscopy into …

Synthesis of specifically modified oligonucleotides for application in structural and functional analysis of RNA

N Rublack, H Nguyen, B Appel… - Journal of nucleic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, RNA synthesis has become an essential tool not only in the field of molecular
biology and medicine, but also in areas like molecular diagnostics and material sciences …

Structural analysis of protein–RNA complexes in solution using NMR paramagnetic relaxation enhancements

J Hennig, LR Warner, B Simon, A Geerlof… - Methods in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Biological activity in the cell is predominantly mediated by large multiprotein and protein–
nucleic acid complexes that act together to ensure functional fidelity. Nuclear magnetic …

Discovery of leucyladenylate sulfamates as novel leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LRS)-targeted mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) inhibitors

S Yoon, JH Kim, SE Kim, C Kim, PT Tran… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recent studies indicate that LRS may act as a leucine sensor for the mTORC1 pathway,
potentially providing an alternative strategy to overcome rapamycin resistance in cancer …

Diastereomer characterizations of nitroxide-labeled nucleic acids

GPG Grant, A Popova, PZ Qin - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2008 - Elsevier
Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) obtains structural and dynamic information of a
macromolecule using a site-specifically attached stable nitroxide radical. SDSL studies of …

Structural changes of an abasic site in duplex DNA affect noncovalent binding of the spin label c

SA Shelke, ST Sigurdsson - Nucleic acids research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The influence of structural changes of an abasic site in duplex DNA on noncovalent and site-
directed spin labeling (NC-SDSL) of the spin label ç were examined with electron …

“End-to-end” stacking of small dsRNA

N Erlenbach, C Grünewald, B Krstic, A Heckel… - RNA, 2019 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
PELDOR (pulsed electron–electron double resonance) is an established method to study
intramolecular distances and can give evidence for conformational changes and flexibilities …