Of proteins and RNA: the RNase P/MRP family

O Esakova, AS Krasilnikov - Rna, 2010 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Nuclear ribonuclease (RNase) P is a ubiquitous essential ribonucleoprotein complex, one of
only two known RNA-based enzymes found in all three domains of life. The RNA component …

Bacterial RNase P: a new view of an ancient enzyme

AV Kazantsev, NR Pace - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a ubiquitous endonuclease that catalyses the
maturation of the 5′ end of transfer RNA (tRNA). Although it carries out a biochemically …

Comparative genomics and evolution of proteins involved in RNA metabolism

V Anantharaman, EV Koonin… - Nucleic acids research, 2002 - academic.oup.com
RNA metabolism, broadly defined as the compendium of all processes that involve RNA,
including transcription, processing and modification of transcripts, translation, RNA …

Structure of a bacterial ribonuclease P holoenzyme in complex with tRNA

NJ Reiter, A Osterman, A Torres-Larios, KK Swinger… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Ribonuclease (RNase) P is the universal ribozyme responsible for 5′-end tRNA
processing. We report the crystal structure of the Thermotoga maritima RNase P …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure and ATPase activity of MutL: implications for DNA repair and mutagenesis

C Ban, W Yang - Cell, 1998 - cell.com
MutL and its homologs are essential for DNA mismatch repair. Mutations in genes encoding
human homologs of MutL cause multiorgan cancer susceptibility. We have determined the …

Structure of the topoisomerase II ATPase region and its mechanism of inhibition by the chemotherapeutic agent ICRF-187

S Classen, S Olland, JM Berger - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Type IIA topoisomerases both manage the topological state of chromosomal DNA and are
the targets of a variety of clinical agents. Bisdioxopiperazines are anticancer agents that …

The previously uncharacterized RnpM (YlxR) protein modulates the activity of ribonuclease P in Bacillus subtilis in vitro

D Wicke, P Neumann, M Gößringer… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Even though Bacillus subtilis is one of the most studied organisms, no function has been
identified for about 20% of its proteins. Among these unknown proteins are several RNA-and …

RNase P: interface of the RNA and protein worlds

D Evans, SM Marquez, NR Pace - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2006 - cell.com
Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is an endonuclease involved in processing tRNA. It contains
both RNA and protein subunits and occurs in all three domains of life: namely, Archaea …

A duplicated fold is the structural basis for polynucleotide phosphorylase catalytic activity, processivity, and regulation

MF Symmons, GH Jones, BF Luisi - Structure, 2000 - cell.com
Abstract Background: Polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) is a polyribonucleotide
nucleotidyl transferase (EC 2.7. 7.8) that degrades mRNA in prokaryotes. Streptomyces …

Bacterial transfer rnas

J Shepherd, M Ibba - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Transfer RNA is an essential adapter molecule that is found across all three domains of life.
The primary role of transfer RNA resides in its critical involvement in the accurate translation …