A small subset of the large pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein family in higher plants
contain a C-terminal small MutS-related (SMR) domain. Although few in number, they figure …

In bacteria, many small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are induced in response to specific
environmental signals or stresses and act by base‐pairing with mRNA targets to affect …

The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein family, with more than 400 members, is one of
the largest and most diverse protein families in land plants. A small subset of PPR proteins …

Numerous attempts have been made to identify and engineer sequence-specific RNA
endonucleases, as these would allow for efficient RNA manipulation. However, no natural …

MutS family proteins are widely distributed in almost all organisms from bacteria to human
and play central roles in various DNA transactions such as DNA mismatch repair and …

Several mitochondrial-targeted pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins involved in pollen
development have been reported to be fertility restorer (Rf) proteins. However, the roles of …

H elicobacter pylori, a human pathogen, is a naturally and constitutively competent bacteria,
displaying a high rate of intergenomic recombination. While recombination events are …

The MutS2 homologues have been found widespread in most prokaryotes, which are
involved in DNA repair and reactive oxygen species detoxification. The C-terminal small …

HP0268 is a conserved, uncharacterized protein from Helicobacter pylori. Here, we
determined the solution structure of HP0268 using three-dimensional nuclear magnetic …

Bacterial MutS2 proteins, consisting of functional domains for ATPase, DNA-binding, and
nuclease activities, play roles in DNA recombination and repair. Here we observe a …