In-cell structural biology by NMR: the benefits of the atomic scale

FX Theillet - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In-cell structural biology aims at extracting structural information about proteins or nucleic
acids in their native, cellular environment. This emerging field holds great promise and is …

RNA G-quadruplexes in biology: principles and molecular mechanisms

MM Fay, SM Lyons, P Ivanov - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract G-quadruplexes (G4s) are extremely stable DNA or RNA secondary structures
formed by sequences rich in guanine. These structures are implicated in many essential …

Radio signals from live cells: the coming of age of in-cell solution NMR

E Luchinat, M Cremonini, L Banci - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A detailed knowledge of the complex processes that make cells and organisms alive is
fundamental in order to understand diseases and to develop novel drugs and therapeutic …

Effects of molecular crowding on the structures, interactions, and functions of nucleic acids

S Nakano, D Miyoshi, N Sugimoto - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acids are excellent at recognizing complementary sequences through the formation
of Watson− Crick base pairs. Since the base pairing enables the highly selective …

Evaluation of the stability of DNA i‐Motifs in the nuclei of living mammalian cells

S Dzatko, M Krafcikova… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
C‐rich DNA has the capacity to form a tetra‐stranded structure known as an i‐motif. The i‐
motifs within genomic DNA have been proposed to contribute to the regulation of DNA …

[HTML][HTML] G-quadruplexes: Emerging roles in neurodegenerative diseases and the non-coding transcriptome

R Simone, P Fratta, S Neidle, GN Parkinson, AM Isaacs - FEBS letters, 2015 - Elsevier
G-rich sequences in DNA and RNA have a propensity to fold into stable secondary
structures termed G-quadruplexes. G-quadruplex forming sequences are widespread …

In-cell NMR: Why and how?

FX Theillet, E Luchinat - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …, 2022 - Elsevier
NMR spectroscopy has been applied to cells and tissues analysis since its beginnings, as
early as 1950. We have attempted to gather here in a didactic fashion the broad diversity of …

NMR spectroscopy of G-quadruplexes

M Adrian, B Heddi, AT Phan - Methods, 2012 - Elsevier
G-rich DNA and RNA sequences can form four-stranded structures called G-quadruplexes.
Such structures have gained significant interest in the past decade with increasing evidence …

[PDF][PDF] In-cell NMR: a topical review

E Luchinat, L Banci - IUCrJ, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
Classical structural biology approaches allow structural characterization of biological
macromolecules in vitro, far from their physiological context. Nowadays, thanks to the wealth …

[PDF][PDF] Long-range distance measurements on nucleic acids in cells by pulsed EPR spectroscopy

I Krstic, R Hansel, O Romainczyk, JW Engels… - Angew. Chem. Int …, 2011 - prisner.de
The tertiary structure and conformational dynamics of ribonucleic acids (RNAs) are essential
for their function as biological catalysts, regulators, and structural scaffolds.[1] X-ray …