The structural and functional workings of KEOPS

J Beenstock, F Sicheri - Nucleic Acids Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract KEOPS (K inase, E ndopeptidase and O ther P roteins of S mall size) is a five-
subunit protein complex that is highly conserved in eukaryotes and archaea and is essential …

Conservation and Diversification of tRNA t6A-Modifying Enzymes across the Three Domains of Life

C Su, M Jin, W Zhang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The universal N 6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine (t6A) modification occurs at position 37 of
tRNAs that decipher codons starting with adenosine. Mechanistically, t6A stabilizes …

Mutations in KEOPS-complex genes cause nephrotic syndrome with primary microcephaly

DA Braun, J Rao, G Mollet, D Schapiro, MC Daugeron… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Galloway–Mowat syndrome (GAMOS) is an autosomal-recessive disease characterized by
the combination of early-onset nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and microcephaly with brain …

SyntTax: a web server linking synteny to prokaryotic taxonomy

J Oberto - BMC bioinformatics, 2013 - Springer
Background The study of the conservation of gene order or synteny constitutes a powerful
methodology to assess the orthology of genomic regions and to predict functional …

The highly conserved KEOPS/EKC complex is essential for a universal tRNA modification, t6A

M Srinivasan, P Mehta, Y Yu, E Prugar… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
The highly conserved Kinase, Endopeptidase and Other Proteins of small Size (KEOPS)/
Endopeptidase‐like and Kinase associated to transcribed Chromatin (EKC) protein complex …

Mitochondrial ADCK3 employs an atypical protein kinase-like fold to enable coenzyme Q biosynthesis

JA Stefely, AG Reidenbach, A Ulbrich, K Oruganty… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
The ancient UbiB protein kinase-like family is involved in isoprenoid lipid biosynthesis and is
implicated in human diseases, but demonstration of UbiB kinase activity has remained …

Defects in t6A tRNA modification due to GON7 and YRDC mutations lead to Galloway-Mowat syndrome

C Arrondel, S Missoury, R Snoek, J Patat… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
N6-threonyl-carbamoylation of adenosine 37 of ANN-type tRNAs (t6A) is a universal
modification essential for translational accuracy and efficiency. The t6A pathway uses two …

Structure-function analysis of core STRIPAK Proteins: a signaling complex implicated in Golgi polarization

MJ Kean, DF Ceccarelli, M Goudreault… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are alterations in brain capillary architecture that
can result in neurological deficits, seizures, or stroke. We recently demonstrated that CCM3 …

Dimeric structure of pseudokinase RNase L bound to 2-5A reveals a basis for interferon-induced antiviral activity

H Huang, E Zeqiraj, B Dong, BK Jha, NM Duffy… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
RNase L is an ankyrin repeat domain-containing dual endoribonuclease-pseudokinase that
is activated by unusual 2,′ 5′-oligoadenylate (2-5A) second messengers and which …

A role for the universal Kae1/Qri7/YgjD (COG0533) family in tRNA modification

B El Yacoubi, I Hatin, C Deutsch, T Kahveci… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
The YgjD/Kae1 family (COG0533) has been on the top‐10 list of universally conserved
proteins of unknown function for over 5 years. It has been linked to DNA maintenance in …