RNA recognition motifs: boring? Not quite

A Cléry, M Blatter, FHT Allain - Current opinion in structural biology, 2008 - Elsevier
The RNA recognition motif (RRM) is one of the most abundant protein domains in
eukaryotes. While the structure of this domain is well characterized by the packing of two α …

The life of U6 small nuclear RNA, from cradle to grave

AL Didychuk, SE Butcher, DA Brow - Rna, 2018 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Removal of introns from precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) and some noncoding
transcripts is an essential step in eukaryotic gene expression. In the nucleus, this process of …

One, two, three, four! How multiple RRMs read the genome sequence

T Afroz, Z Cienikova, A Cléry, FHT Allain - Methods in enzymology, 2015 - Elsevier
RRM-containing proteins are involved in most of the RNA metabolism steps. Their functions
are closely related to their mode of RNA recognition, which has been studied by structural …

Structures, kinetics, thermodynamics, and biological functions of RNA hairpins

PC Bevilacqua, JM Blose - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Most RNA comprises one strand and therefore can fold back on itself to form complex
structures. At the heart of these structures is the hairpin, which is composed of a stem having …

A fly trap mechanism provides sequence-specific RNA recognition by CPEB proteins

T Afroz, L Skrisovska, E Belloc… - Genes & …, 2014 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Cytoplasmic changes in polyA tail length is a key mechanism of translational control and is
implicated in germline development, synaptic plasticity, cellular proliferation, senescence …

Taming free energy landscapes with RNA chaperones

SA Woodson - RNA biology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Many non-coding RNAs fold into complex three-dimensional structures, yet the self-
assembly of RNA structure is hampered by mispairing, weak tertiary interactions …

Structure and function of the Pre-mRNA splicing machine

J Sperling, M Azubel, R Sperling - Structure, 2008 - cell.com
Most eukaryotic pre-mRNAs contain non-coding sequences (introns) that must be removed
in order to accurately place the coding sequences (exons) in the correct reading frame. This …

Core structure of the U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein at 1.7-Å resolution

EJ Montemayor, EC Curran, HH Liao… - Nature structural & …, 2014 - nature.com
The spliceosome is a dynamic assembly of five small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs)
that removes introns from eukaryotic pre-mRNA. U6, the most conserved of the spliceosomal …

Solution structure of the two RNA recognition motifs of hnRNP A1 using segmental isotope labeling: how the relative orientation between RRMs influences the nucleic …

P Barraud, FHT Allain - Journal of biomolecular NMR, 2013 - Springer
Human hnRNP A1 is a multi-functional protein involved in many aspects of nucleic-acid
processing such as alternative splicing, micro-RNA biogenesis, nucleo-cytoplasmic mRNA …

Alopecia, neurological defects, and endocrinopathy syndrome caused by decreased expression of RBM28, a nucleolar protein associated with ribosome biogenesis

J Nousbeck, R Spiegel, A Ishida-Yamamoto… - The American Journal of …, 2008 - cell.com
Single-gene disorders offer unique opportunities to shed light upon fundamental
physiological processes in humans. We investigated an autosomal-recessive phenotype …