Telomerase mechanism of telomere synthesis

RA Wu, HE Upton, JM Vogan… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Telomerase is the essential reverse transcriptase required for linear chromosome
maintenance in most eukaryotes. Telomerase supplements the tandem array of simple …

Orchestrating nucleic acid–protein interactions at chromosome ends: telomerase mechanisms come into focus

NF Lue, C Autexier - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2023 - nature.com
Telomerase is a special reverse transcriptase ribonucleoprotein dedicated to the synthesis
of telomere repeats that protect chromosome ends. Among reverse transcriptases …

Structure of telomerase with telomeric DNA

J Jiang, Y Wang, L Sušac, H Chan, R Basu, ZH Zhou… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Telomerase is an RNA–protein complex (RNP) that extends telomeric DNA at the 3′ ends
of chromosomes using its telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and integral template …

Telomerase mutations in smokers with severe emphysema

SE Stanley, JJL Chen, JD Podlevsky… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Mutations in the essential telomerase genes TERT and TR cause familial pulmonary fibrosis;
however, in telomerase-null mice, short telomeres predispose to emphysema after chronic …

InTERTpreting telomerase structure and function

HDM Wyatt, SC West, TL Beattie - Nucleic acids research, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was recently awarded to Elizabeth
Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for their pioneering studies on chromosome …

Structures of telomerase at several steps of telomere repeat synthesis

Y He, Y Wang, B Liu, C Helmling, L Sušac, R Cheng… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Telomerase is unique among the reverse transcriptases in containing a noncoding RNA
(known as telomerase RNA (TER)) that includes a short template that is used for the …

Binding of the sphingolipid S1P to hTERT stabilizes telomerase at the nuclear periphery by allosterically mimicking protein phosphorylation

S Panneer Selvam, RM De Palma, JJ Oaks… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
During DNA replication, the enzyme telomerase maintains the ends of chromosomes, called
telomeres. Shortened telomeres trigger cell senescence, and cancer cells often have …

Mass transfer in catalytic depolymerization: External effectiveness factors and serendipitous processivity in stagnant and stirred melts

J Ge, B Peters - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Several heterogeneous catalysts are being developed to recycle plastics. Most operate in
viscous polymer melts, where external mass transfer effects could limit the supply of co …

Biogenesis of telomerase ribonucleoproteins

ED Egan, K Collins - Rna, 2012 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Telomerase adds simple-sequence repeats to the ends of linear chromosomes to counteract
the loss of end sequence inherent in conventional DNA replication. Catalytic activity for …

Structure of Tetrahymena telomerase reveals previously unknown subunits, functions, and interactions

J Jiang, H Chan, DD Cash, EJ Miracco… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex that extends the telomere DNA
at the 3′ ends of linear chromosomes, thereby counteracting the loss of DNA from …