2024
RluA is the major mRNA pseudouridine synthase in Escherichia coli
Schaening-Burgos C, LeBlanc H, Fagre C, Li G, Gilbert W. RluA is the major mRNA pseudouridine synthase in Escherichia coli. PLOS Genetics 2024, 20: e1011100. PMID: 39241085, PMCID: PMC11421799, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPseudouridine synthasesHigh-confidence sitesMRNA-modifying enzymesE. coli mRNAsStructure probing dataIdentified target sitesTarget siteDiverse eukaryotesBacterial mRNAsRNA modificationsRluAEscherichia coliSecondary structureE. coliTRNAPseudouridineRRNAStructural motifsMRNAModification capacityRecognition elementsSynthaseRNASequenceEukaryotes
2019
mRNA structure determines modification by pseudouridine synthase 1
Carlile TM, Martinez NM, Schaening C, Su A, Bell TA, Zinshteyn B, Gilbert WV. mRNA structure determines modification by pseudouridine synthase 1. Nature Chemical Biology 2019, 15: 966-974. PMID: 31477916, PMCID: PMC6764900, DOI: 10.1038/s41589-019-0353-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMRNA target recognitionMRNA pseudouridylationMRNA targetsPost-transcriptional RNA modificationsRational mutational analysisRNA-protein interactionsPseudouridine synthase 1High-throughput kinetic analysisRNA structural motifsPseudouridine synthasePseudouridine synthasesRNA pseudouridylationRNA modificationsPseudouridylationMRNA structureRNA-RNAMutational analysisGene expressionRNA structurePredominant mRNAStructural context informationSynthase 1Specific sequencesComputational predictionsStructural motifs