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
2007
Structural Metals in the Group I Intron: A Ribozyme with a Multiple Metal Ion Core
Stahley MR, Adams PL, Wang J, Strobel SA. Structural Metals in the Group I Intron: A Ribozyme with a Multiple Metal Ion Core. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2007, 372: 89-102. PMID: 17612557, PMCID: PMC2071931, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Crystal Structures of an Archaeal Class I CCA-Adding Enzyme and Its Nucleotide Complexes
Xiong Y, Li F, Wang J, Weiner AM, Steitz TA. Crystal Structures of an Archaeal Class I CCA-Adding Enzyme and Its Nucleotide Complexes. Molecular Cell 2003, 12: 1165-1172. PMID: 14636575, DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(03)00440-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCCA-adding enzymeClass I CCA-adding enzymeCrystal structureClose evolutionary relationshipAddition of CCAChemical modificationAmino acid sequenceElectrostatic charge distributionNucleic acid templateEvolutionary relationshipsImmature tRNAsCharge distributionDomain architectureNucleotide complexesArcheoglobus fulgidusEnzyme classesTail domainAcid sequenceEnzyme bindsPolymerase domainTRNARelative orientationComplexesEnzymeTerminus
2000
Sulfolobus shibatae CCA-adding enzyme forms a tetramer upon binding two tRNA molecules: a scrunching-shuttling model of CCA specificity1 1Edited by T. Richmond
Li F, Wang J, Steitz T. Sulfolobus shibatae CCA-adding enzyme forms a tetramer upon binding two tRNA molecules: a scrunching-shuttling model of CCA specificity1 1Edited by T. Richmond. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2000, 304: 483-492. PMID: 11090289, DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive siteMulti-angle laser lightSmall-angle X-ray scatteringSize exclusion chromatographyX-ray scatteringFurther dimerizationExclusion chromatographyMoleculesDimeric enzymeC basesOligomerization stateTetramerTransfer RNA moleculesLaser lightTRNA moleculesRNA moleculesMonomersPrimer strandChromatographyEnzymeDimersHigh specificityBindingCCA-adding enzymeDimerization