2012
Structural and mechanistic insights into guanylylation of RNA-splicing ligase RtcB joining RNA between 3′-terminal phosphate and 5′-OH
Englert M, Xia S, Okada C, Nakamura A, Tanavde V, Yao M, Eom SH, Konigsberg WH, Söll D, Wang J. Structural and mechanistic insights into guanylylation of RNA-splicing ligase RtcB joining RNA between 3′-terminal phosphate and 5′-OH. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 15235-15240. PMID: 22949672, PMCID: PMC3458315, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213795109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA substratesRNA strandRNA phosphate backboneRNA endExtensive mutagenesisSecond RNA substrateKey residuesLigation pathwayBiochemical experimentsOverall ligationRNA ligaseGuanylylationRtcBMechanistic insightsGTP/Critical rolePhosphate backboneGMPActive siteCyclic phosphateDependent reactionDetailed insightStrandsLigaseMutagenesis
2005
A specific subdomain in φ29 DNA polymerase confers both processivity and strand-displacement capacity
Rodríguez I, Lázaro JM, Blanco L, Kamtekar S, Berman AJ, Wang J, Steitz TA, Salas M, de Vega M. A specific subdomain in φ29 DNA polymerase confers both processivity and strand-displacement capacity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 6407-6412. PMID: 15845765, PMCID: PMC1088371, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0500597102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBacteriophage T4DNADNA PrimersDNA ReplicationDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayExodeoxyribonucleasesModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiarySequence AlignmentTemplates, GeneticConceptsDNA polymerasePhi29 DNA polymeraseProtein-primed DNA polymerasesStrand-displacement capacityMutant DNA polymerasesΦ29 DNA polymeraseRecent crystallographic studiesDNA binding capacityAsp-398Deletion mutantsStructural insightsSpecific insertionProcessivityPolymeraseStrand displacementFunctional roleAmino acidsPalm subdomainSpecific subdomainsBiochemical analysisDNA synthesisCritical roleRegion 2Crystallographic studiesIntrinsic capacity
2002
The C-terminal Tails of HslU ATPase Act as a Molecular Switch for Activation of HslV Peptidase*
Seong IS, Kang MS, Choi MK, Lee JW, Koh OJ, Wang J, Eom SH, Chung CH. The C-terminal Tails of HslU ATPase Act as a Molecular Switch for Activation of HslV Peptidase*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2002, 277: 25976-25982. PMID: 12011053, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202793200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphatasesAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionATP-Dependent ProteasesBinding SitesElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelEndopeptidasesEnzyme ActivationHeat-Shock ProteinsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProtein ConformationSerine EndopeptidasesStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsC-terminal tailHslV peptidaseHslVU complexC-terminusHexameric ringMolecular switchATP-dependent proteaseC-terminal 10 residuesAmino acidsProteolytic active sitesDodecamer consistingHslU hexamerHslU ATPaseTail peptideAxial poreATPase actsPolypeptide substratesSubstrate entryS proteasomeHslUCentral poreTerminusHslVPeptidaseCritical role