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Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang, Zelin Cheng, Teng Li, Fulian Wang, Liangminghui Zhang, Xiuxiu He, Lili Liu, Wei Wang, Aibin Liang, Guang Yang   +9 more
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RNA Metabolism and the Role of Small RNAs in Regulating Multiple Aspects of RNA Metabolism

Non-Coding RNA
RNA metabolism is focused on RNA molecules and encompasses all the crucial processes an RNA molecule may or will undergo throughout its life cycle. It is an essential cellular process that allows all cells to function effectively.
Pranav Dawar, Indra Adhikari, Swarupa Nanda Mandal, Bhumika Jayee   +3 more
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Usb1 controls U6 snRNP assembly through evolutionarily divergent cyclic phosphodiesterase activities

Nature Communications, 2017
The mechanism of U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) biogenesis is not well understood. Here the authors characterize the enzymatic activities and structures of yeast and human U6 RNA processing enzyme Usb1, reconstitute post-transcriptional ...
Allison L. Didychuk, Eric J. Montemayor, Tucker J. Carrocci, Andrew T. DeLaitsch, Stefani E. Lucarelli, William M. Westler, David A. Brow, Aaron A. Hoskins, Samuel E. Butcher   +8 more
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An Overview of Pentatricopeptide Repeat (PPR) Proteins in the Moss Physcomitrium patens and Their Role in Organellar Gene Expression

Plants, 2022
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are one type of helical repeat protein that are widespread in eukaryotes. In particular, there are several hundred PPR members in flowering plants.
Mamoru Sugita
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae U14 small nuclear RNA has little secondary structure and appears to be produced by post-transcriptional processing.

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1994
Yeast U14 small nuclear (sn) RNA is required for normal processing of rRNA. The sequence and folding properties of U14 were analyzed in the present study, with the aim of defining the structures of natural U14 subspecies and characterizing the folding properties of free U14 RNA.
A G, Balakin, R A, Lempicki, G M, Huang, M J, Fournier   +3 more
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The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic landscape of m6A modifications and related post-transcriptional events in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Journal of Translational Medicine
Background Muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma (MIBC) is a serious and more advanced stage of bladder carcinoma. N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is a dynamic and reversible modifications that primarily affects RNA stability and alternative splicing.
Lili Zhang, Ziwei Chen, Gaoyuan Sun, Chang Li, Pengjie Wu, Wenrui Xu, Hui Zhu, Zaifeng Zhang, Yongbin Tang, Yayu Li, Yifei Li, Siyuan Xu, Hexin Li, Meng Chen, Fei Xiao, Yaqun Zhang, Wei Zhang   +16 more
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Using the cre-lox recombination system to assess functional impairment caused by amino acid substitutions in yeast proteins

Biological Procedures Online, 2004
A method was developed to assess the functional significance of a sequence motif in yeast Upf3p, a protein required for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD).
Shirley Renee L., Richards M. Rachel, Culbertson Michael R.   +2 more
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An upstream open reading frame regulates expression of the mitochondrial protein Slm35 and mitophagy flux

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals how the mitochondrial protein Slm35 is regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The authors identify stress‐responsive DNA elements and two upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in the 5′ untranslated region of SLM35. One uORF restricts translation, and its mutation increases Slm35 protein levels and mitophagy.
Hernán Romo‐Casanueva, Ariann E. Mendoza‐Martínez, P. Abril Medina‐Flores, Carlos Campero‐Basaldua, Alexander DeLuna, Soledad Funes   +5 more
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Characterizing transcripts of HIV-1 different substrains using direct RNA sequencing

Heliyon
Post-transcriptional processing and modification of viral RNA, including alternative splicing, polyadenylation, and methylation, play crucial roles in regulating viral gene expression, enhancing genomic stability, and increasing replication efficiency ...
Weizhen Li, Yong Huang, Haowen Yuan, Jingwan Han, Zhengyang Li, Aiping Tong, Yating Li, Hanping Li, Yongjian Liu, Lei Jia, Xiaolin Wang, Jingyun Li, Bohan Zhang, Lin Li   +13 more
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