The roles of structural dynamics in the cellular functions of RNAs

LR Ganser, ML Kelly, D Herschlag… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
RNAs fold into 3D structures that range from simple helical elements to complex tertiary
structures and quaternary ribonucleoprotein assemblies. The functions of many regulatory …

2′-O-Methylation can increase the abundance and lifetime of alternative RNA conformational states

H Abou Assi, AK Rangadurai, H Shi, B Liu… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
O-Methyl (Nm) is a highly abundant post-transcriptional RNA modification that plays
important biological roles through mechanisms that are not entirely understood. There is …

RNA conformational propensities determine cellular activity

ML Ken, R Roy, A Geng, LR Ganser, A Manghrani… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular processes are the product of interactions between biomolecules, which associate to
form biologically active complexes. These interactions are mediated by intermolecular …

Structural and computational studies of HIV-1 RNA

L Levintov, H Vashisth - RNA biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Viruses remain a global threat to animals, plants, and humans. The type 1 human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) is a member of the retrovirus family and carries an RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid and accurate determination of atomistic RNA dynamic ensemble models using NMR and structure prediction

H Shi, A Rangadurai, H Abou Assi, R Roy… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Biomolecules form dynamic ensembles of many inter-converting conformations which are
key for understanding how they fold and function. However, determining ensembles is …

Exposing hidden high-affinity RNA conformational states

NI Orlovsky, HM Al-Hashimi, TG Oas - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
RNA recognition frequently results in conformational changes that optimize intermolecular
binding. As a consequence, the overall binding affinity of RNA to its binding partners …

3D structure stability of the HIV-1 TAR RNA in ion solutions: A coarse-grained model study

BG Zhang, HH Qiu, J Jiang, J Liu, YZ Shi - The Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
As an extremely common structural motif, RNA hairpins with bulge loops [eg, the human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transactivation response (TAR) RNA] can play …

Probing RNA structures and interactions using fluorescence lifetime analyses

J Zhang - RNA Structure and Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Structural analyses of large, complex noncoding RNAs continue to lag behind their rapid
discovery and functional descriptions. Site-specifically incorporated, minimally invasive …

RNA conformational propensities determine cellular activity

ML Kelly, R Roy, A Geng, LR Ganser, A Manghrani… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Cellular processes are the product of interactions between biomolecules, which associate to
form biologically active complexes. These interactions are mediated by intermolecular …

RNA Conformational Ensembles from NMR Residual Dipolar Couplings

H SHId, HM AL-HASHIMI - Residual Dipolar Couplings …, 2024 - books.google.com
RNAs are recognized as major players in biology and their biomedical importance is
increasing rapidly1–5 as drug-targets and therapeutics for treating infectious diseases …