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
2004
Guide RNAs with 5′ Caps and Novel Box C/D snoRNA-like Domains for Modification of snRNAs in Metazoa
Tycowski KT, Aab A, Steitz JA. Guide RNAs with 5′ Caps and Novel Box C/D snoRNA-like Domains for Modification of snRNAs in Metazoa. Current Biology 2004, 14: 1985-1995. PMID: 15556860, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModification guide RNAsGuide RNABox C/D snoRNAsInvariant G residueKink-turn structureGuide RNA genesShort guide RNASmall ribonucleoprotein particlesMetazoan organismsAncestral metazoanGuanosine capMetazoan cellsSingle intronD snoRNAsRNA genesSpliceosomal snRNAsTelomerase RNARibosomal RNASuch RNAsRibonucleoprotein particleMetazoansUpstream promoterIntronsG residuesCommon modification