Dicer structure and function: conserved and evolving features

D Zapletal, K Kubicek, P Svoboda, R Stefl - EMBO reports, 2023 - embopress.org
RNase III Dicer produces small RNAs guiding sequence‐specific regulations, with important
biological roles in eukaryotes. Major Dicer‐dependent mechanisms are RNA interference …

A glimpse of “Dicer Biology” through the structural and functional perspective

S Paturi, MV Deshmukh - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The RNA interference pathway (RNAi) is executed by two core enzymes, Dicer and
Argonaute, for accomplishing a tailored transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene …

Production of small RNAs by mammalian Dicer

E Svobodova, J Kubikova, P Svoboda - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal …, 2016 - Springer
MicroRNA (miRNA) and RNA interference (RNAi) pathways employ RNase III Dicer for the
biogenesis of small RNAs guiding post-transcriptional repression. Requirements for Dicer …

Substrate-specific structural rearrangements of human Dicer

DW Taylor, E Ma, H Shigematsu… - Nature structural & …, 2013 - nature.com
Dicer has a central role in RNA-interference pathways by cleaving double-stranded RNAs
(dsRNAs) to produce small regulatory RNAs. Human Dicer can process long double …

Mammalian Dicer finds a partner

JJ Rossi - EMBO reports, 2005 - embopress.org
RNA interference (RNAi) is a complex process that uses small RNAs of 21–23 nucleotides to
guide sequence-specific silencing of genetic information at both the transcriptional and …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinated activities of human dicer domains in regulatory RNA processing

E Ma, K Zhou, MA Kidwell, JA Doudna - Journal of molecular biology, 2012 - Elsevier
The conserved ribonuclease Dicer generates microRNAs and short‐interfering RNAs that
guide gene silencing in eukaryotes. The specific contributions of human Dicer's structural …

Role of Dicer in posttranscriptional RNA silencing

L Jaskiewicz, W Filipowicz - RNA interference, 2008 - Springer
Dicer, an RNase III type endonuclease, is the key enzyme involved in RNA interference
(RNAi) and microRNA (miRNA) pathways. It is required for biogenesis of miRNAs and small …

Determinants of selectivity in the dicing mechanism

TNY Le, CT Le, TA Nguyen - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Our research elucidates the cleavage processes of the RNase III enzyme, DICER, which
plays a crucial role in the production of small RNAs, such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and …

Revealing a new activity of the human Dicer DUF283 domain in vitro

A Kurzynska-Kokorniak, M Pokornowska… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
The ribonuclease Dicer is a multidomain enzyme that plays a fundamental role in the
biogenesis of small regulatory RNAs (srRNAs), which control gene expression by targeting …

Structural determinants of RNA recognition and cleavage by Dicer

IJ MacRae, K Zhou, JA Doudna - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2007 - nature.com
A hallmark of RNA interference is the production of short double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)
molecules 21–28 nucleotides in length by the specialized RNase III protein Dicer. Dicer …