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Monitoring helicase activity with molecular beacons

BioTechniques, 2008
A high-throughput, fluorescence-based helicase assay using molecular beacons is described. The assay is tested using the NS3 helicase encoded by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and is shown to accurately monitor helicase action on both DNA and RNA.
Craig A. Belon, David N. Frick
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Architecture of a SARS-CoV-2 mini replication and transcription complex

Nature Communications, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 virus replication and transcription is mediated by the replication and transcription complex (RTC) that is composed of 16 non-structural proteins (nsp). Here, the authors present the cryo-EM structure of a SARS-CoV-2 mini RTC consisting of the
Liming Yan, Ying Zhang, Ji Ge, Litao Zheng, Yan Gao, Tao Wang, Zhihui Jia, Haofeng Wang, Yucen Huang, Mingyu Li, Quan Wang, Zihe Rao, Zhiyong Lou   +12 more
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Structural and Functional Studies of Chikungunya Virus nsP2

Proceedings, 2020
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted to humans through mosquitoes and causes Chikungunya fever. Nonstructural protein 2 (nsP2) contains an N-terminal RNA helicase with both nucleotide triphosphatase and RNA triphosphatase activities, and a C-terminal
Yee Song Law, Yaw Bia Tan, Orion Shih, Age Utt, Jie Zheng, Sainan Wang, Ming Wei Chen, Patrick R. Griffin, U-Ser Jeng, Andres Merits, Dahai Luo   +10 more
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Recognition of two distinct elements in the RNA substrate by the RNA-binding domain of the T. thermophilus DEAD box helicase Hera [PDF]

, 2017
DEAD box helicases catalyze the ATP-dependent destabilization of RNA duplexes. Whereas duplex separation is mediated by the helicase core shared by all members of the family, flanking domains often contribute to binding of the RNA substrate.
Klostermeier, Dagmar, Linden, Martin H., Rudolph, Markus G., Steimer, Lenz, Wurm, Jan Philip, Wöhnert, Jens   +5 more
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RNA helicase DDX21 mediates nucleotide stress responses in neural crest and melanoma cells

Nature Cell Biology, 2020
The availability of nucleotides has a direct impact on transcription. The inhibition of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) with leflunomide impacts nucleotide pools by reducing pyrimidine levels.
C. Santoriello, Audrey Sporrij, Song Yang, Ryan A. Flynn, Telmo Henriques, Bilguujin Dorjsuren, Eugenia Custo Greig, Wyatt McCall, Meredith E. Stanhope, Maurizio Fazio, M. Superdock, Asher E Lichtig, Isaac Adatto, B. Abraham, M. Kalocsay, Michael Jurynec, Yi Zhou, K. Adelman, Eliezer Calo, L. Zon   +19 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Topoisomerase I Inhibition in ETV4‐overexpressed Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer Promotes Replication and Transcription Mediated R‐Loop Accumulation and DNA Damage

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The oncogenic ETS factor ETV4 exerts a pleiotropic control over DNA replication both in a transcription‐dependent and ‐independent fashion in NSCLC cells. High‐ETV4 expression leads to R‐loop formation and DNA damage in response to TOP1 inhibition.
Jiaxi Zhang, Yan Wang, Shanhu Cao, Shelly M. Xie, Bei Liu, Yimeng Li, Yuqi Hou, Xue Meng, Mingzhu Ruan, Di Bu, Jia Kang, Ruxin Li, Lei Lou, Juan Wang, Lingxiao Xing   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure of frequency-interacting RNA helicase from Neurospora crassa reveals high flexibility in a domain critical for circadian rhythm and RNA surveillance. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
The FRH (frequency-interacting RNA helicase) protein is the Neurospora crassa homolog of yeast Mtr4, an essential RNA helicase that plays a central role in RNA metabolism as an activator of the nuclear RNA exosome. FRH is also a required component of the
Yalemi Morales, Keith J Olsen, Jacqueline M Bulcher, Sean J Johnson   +3 more
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Analysis of the PcrA-RNA polymerase complex reveals a helicase interaction motif and a role for PcrA/UvrD helicase in the suppression of R-loops

eLife, 2021
The PcrA/UvrD helicase binds directly to RNA polymerase (RNAP) but the structural basis for this interaction and its functional significance have remained unclear.
Inigo Urrutia-Irazabal, James R Ault, Frank Sobott, Nigel J Savery, Mark S Dillingham   +4 more
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USP10 Inhibits Ferroptosis via Deubiquinating POLR2A in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies USP10 as a novel deubiquitinase that antagonizes ferroptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Mechanistically, USP10 directly stabilizes POLR2A protein through post‐translational deubiquitination, enabling POLR2A‐mediated transcriptional activation of SLC7A11, a key ferroptosis inhibitor.
Diekuo Zhang, Xueying Wang, Shanhong Lu, Yan Gao, Gangcai Zhu, Guo Li, Zongnan Yu, Junwei Hou, Helei Yan, Wenhui Yuan, Xin Zhang, Mien‐Chie Hung, Zhifeng Liu, Yong Liu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The consequences of replicating in the wrong orientation: Bacterial chromosome duplication without an active replication origin [PDF]

, 2015
Chromosome replication is regulated in all organisms at the assembly stage of the replication machinery at specific origins. In Escherichia coli the DnaA initiator protein regulates the assembly of replication forks at oriC.
Dimude, JU, Foster, HA, Khan, A, Midgley-Smith, SL, Retkute, R, Rudolph, CJ, Saunders, NJ, Stockum, A, Upton, AL   +8 more
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