2009
A Conserved WD40 Protein Binds the Cajal Body Localization Signal of scaRNP Particles
Tycowski KT, Shu MD, Kukoyi A, Steitz JA. A Conserved WD40 Protein Binds the Cajal Body Localization Signal of scaRNP Particles. Molecular Cell 2009, 34: 47-57. PMID: 19285445, PMCID: PMC2700737, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.02.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsBase SequenceCell LineChromatography, AffinityCoiled BodiesDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRegulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic AcidRibonucleoproteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsSequence AlignmentConceptsCAB boxCB localizationSmall Cajal bodyWD40 proteinsRNP functionCajal bodiesLocalization signalACA motifDomain RNATelomerase RNAHuman homologPosttranscriptional modificationsSmall nuclearWDR79ScaRNAsRNA elementsCentral playerUV crosslinkNuclear RNPCore proteinRNAProteinAdditional interactionsBindingLocalization
2008
Conserved motifs in both CPSF73 and CPSF100 are required to assemble the active endonuclease for histone mRNA 3′‐end maturation
Kolev NG, Yario TA, Benson E, Steitz JA. Conserved motifs in both CPSF73 and CPSF100 are required to assemble the active endonuclease for histone mRNA 3′‐end maturation. EMBO Reports 2008, 9: 1013-1018. PMID: 18688255, PMCID: PMC2572124, DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceCell LineCleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity FactorConserved SequenceEndonucleasesEnzyme ActivationHeLa CellsHistonesHumansMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsRNA 3' End ProcessingRNA PrecursorsRNA, MessengerConceptsPre-messenger RNAPolyadenylation specificity factorMammalian proteinsRNase ZConserved motifsHistone mRNASpecificity factorEndonucleolytic cleavageActive endonucleaseEndonuclease activityMBL familyComplex machineryMessenger RNAPoint mutationsCPSF73CPSF100Process of maturationMaturation processRNAProteinMotifMRNAMaturationEukaryotesCleavage