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 …

Radiolytic protein footprinting with mass spectrometry to probe the structure of macromolecular complexes

K Takamoto, MR Chance - Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Structural proteomics approaches using mass spectrometry are increasingly used in biology
to examine the composition and structure of macromolecules. Hydroxyl radical–mediated …

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 …

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 …

Crystal structure of the RNA component of bacterial ribonuclease P

A Torres-Larios, KK Swinger, AS Krasilnikov, T Pan… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Transfer RNA (tRNA) is produced as a precursor molecule that needs to be processed at its
3′ and 5′ ends. Ribonuclease P is the sole endonuclease responsible for processing the …

Bridging the gap in RNA structure prediction

BA Shapiro, YG Yingling, W Kasprzak… - Current opinion in …, 2007 - Elsevier
The field of RNA structure prediction has experienced significant advances in the past
several years, thanks to the availability of new experimental data and improved …

The making of tRNAs and more–RNase P and tRNase Z

RK Hartmann, M Goessringer, B Spaeth… - Progress in molecular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Transfer‐RNA (tRNA) molecules are essential players in protein biosynthesis. They are
transcribed as precursors, which have to be extensively processed at both ends to become …

Simultaneous characterization of cellular RNA structure and function with in-cell SHAPE-Seq

KE Watters, TR Abbott, JB Lucks - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Many non-coding RNAs form structures that interact with cellular machinery to control gene
expression. A central goal of molecular and synthetic biology is to uncover design principles …

Crystal structures of a tetrahedral open pore ferritin from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

E Johnson, D Cascio, MR Sawaya, M Gingery… - Structure, 2005 - cell.com
Ferritins are known as important iron storage/detoxification proteins and are widely found in
living organisms. This report details the 2.1 Å resolution native and 2.7 Å resolution iron …

Computational methods for prediction of protein–RNA interactions

T Puton, L Kozlowski, I Tuszynska, K Rother… - Journal of structural …, 2012 - Elsevier
Understanding the molecular mechanism of protein–RNA recognition and complex
formation is a major challenge in structural biology. Unfortunately, the experimental …