tRNA biology charges to the front

EM Phizicky, AK Hopper - Genes & development, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
tRNA biology has come of age, revealing an unprecedented level of understanding and
many unexpected discoveries along the way. This review highlights new findings on the …

Ribozymes, riboswitches and beyond: regulation of gene expression without proteins

A Serganov, DJ Patel - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2007 - nature.com
Although various functions of RNA are carried out in conjunction with proteins, some
catalytic RNAs, or ribozymes, which contribute to a range of cellular processes, require little …

Structure of a bacterial ribonuclease P holoenzyme in complex with tRNA

NJ Reiter, A Osterman, A Torres-Larios, KK Swinger… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Ribonuclease (RNase) P is the universal ribozyme responsible for 5′-end tRNA
processing. We report the crystal structure of the Thermotoga maritima RNase P …

The building blocks and motifs of RNA architecture

NB Leontis, A Lescoute, E Westhof - Current opinion in structural biology, 2006 - Elsevier
RNA motifs can be defined broadly as recurrent structural elements containing multiple
intramolecular RNA–RNA interactions, as observed in atomic-resolution RNA structures …

Of proteins and RNA: the RNase P/MRP family

O Esakova, AS Krasilnikov - Rna, 2010 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Nuclear ribonuclease (RNase) P is a ubiquitous essential ribonucleoprotein complex, one of
only two known RNA-based enzymes found in all three domains of life. The RNA component …

[HTML][HTML] Nano-DMS-MaP allows isoform-specific RNA structure determination

P Bohn, AS Gribling-Burrer, UB Ambi, RP Smyth - Nature Methods, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide measurements of RNA structure can be obtained using reagents that react
with unpaired bases, leading to adducts that can be identified by mutational profiling on next …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleic acid catalysis: metals, nucleobases, and other cofactors

WL Ward, K Plakos, VJ DeRose - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The discovery of RNA-catalyzed phosphodiester bond cleavage by Cech and Altman in
1982− 1983 shattered the paradigm of protein-dependent biological catalysis and opened …

Bacterial RNase P: a new view of an ancient enzyme

AV Kazantsev, NR Pace - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ubiquitous endonuclease that catalyses the
maturation of the 5′ end of transfer RNA (tRNA). Although it carries out a biochemically …

RNase P: interface of the RNA and protein worlds

D Evans, SM Marquez, NR Pace - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2006 - cell.com
Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is an endonuclease involved in processing tRNA. It contains
both RNA and protein subunits and occurs in all three domains of life: namely, Archaea …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM structure of the human ribonuclease P holoenzyme

J Wu, S Niu, M Tan, C Huang, M Li, Y Song, Q Wang… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Ribonuclease (RNase) P is a ubiquitous ribozyme that cleaves the 5′ leader from
precursor tRNAs. Here, we report cryo-electron microscopy structures of the human nuclear …