RNA-guided isomerization of uridine to pseudouridine—pseudouridylation

YT Yu, UT Meier - RNA biology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Box H/ACA ribonucleoproteins (RNPs), each consisting of one unique guide RNA and 4
common core proteins, constitute a family of complex enzymes that catalyze, in an RNA …

H/ACA small nucleolar RNA pseudouridylation pockets bind substrate RNA to form three-way junctions that position the target U for modification

H Wu, J Feigon - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
During the biogenesis of eukaryotic ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and spliceosomal small nuclear
RNA (snRNA), uridines at specific sites are converted to pseudouridines by H/ACA …

Human box H/ACA pseudouridylation guide RNA machinery

AM Kiss, BE Jády, E Bertrand, T Kiss - Molecular and cellular …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Pseudouridine, the most abundant modified nucleoside in RNA, is synthesized by
posttranscriptional isomerization of uridines. In eukaryotic RNAs, site-specific synthesis of …

Efficient RNA pseudouridylation by eukaryotic H/ACA ribonucleoproteins requires high affinity binding and correct positioning of guide RNA

EA Caton, EK Kelly, R Kamalampeta… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract H/ACA ribonucleoproteins (H/ACA RNPs) are responsible for introducing many
pseudouridines into RNAs, but are also involved in other cellular functions. Utilizing a …

RNA pseudouridylation: new insights into an old modification

J Ge, YT Yu - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013 - cell.com
Pseudouridine is the most abundant post-transcriptionally modified nucleotide in various
stable RNAs of all organisms. Pseudouridine is derived from uridine via base-specific …

Posttranscriptional RNA pseudouridylation

MD De Zoysa, YT Yu - The enzymes, 2017 - Elsevier
Pseudouridine (Ψ) is the most abundant posttranscriptional modification in noncoding
RNAs. Pseudouridines are often clustered in important regions of rRNAs (ribosomal RNAs) …

Guide-substrate base-pairing requirement for box H/ACA RNA-guided RNA pseudouridylation

MD De Zoysa, G Wu, R Katz, YT Yu - RNA, 2018 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Box H/ACA RNAs are a group of small RNAs found in abundance in eukaryotes (as well as
in archaea). Although their sequences differ, eukaryotic box H/ACA RNAs all share the same …

Reconstitution of archaeal H/ACA small ribonucleoprotein complexes active in pseudouridylation

B Charpentier, S Muller, C Branlant - Nucleic acids research, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Pseudouridine (Ψ) are frequently modified residues in RNA. In Eukarya, their formation is
catalyzed by enzymes or by ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) containing H/ACA …

The many facets of H/ACA ribonucleoproteins

UT Meier - Chromosoma, 2005 - Springer
Abstract The H/ACA ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) are known as one of the two major classes
of small nucleolar RNPs. They predominantly guide the site-directed pseudouridylation of …

Functionality and substrate specificity of human box H/ACA guide RNAs

M Xiao, C Yang, P Schattner, YT Yu - Rna, 2009 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
A large number of box H/ACA RNAs have been identified in human cells, and have been
predicted to account for nearly all pseudouridylation sites in human rRNAs. However, the …