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Insight into the Tumor Suppression Mechanism from the Structure of Human Polypyrimidine Splicing Factor (PSF/SFPQ) Complexed with a 30mer RNA from Murine Virus-like 30S Transcript‑1
Wang J, Sachpatzidis A, Christian TD, Lomakin IB, Garen A, Konigsberg WH. Insight into the Tumor Suppression Mechanism from the Structure of Human Polypyrimidine Splicing Factor (PSF/SFPQ) Complexed with a 30mer RNA from Murine Virus-like 30S Transcript‑1. Biochemistry 2022, 61: 1723-1734. PMID: 35998361, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA recognition motifSplicing factorsRNA bindingÅ resolution crystal structureTranscript 1DNA-binding domainRNA-binding pocketTumor suppression mechanismNew regulatory mechanismTumor suppressor proteinResolution crystal structureMurine virusesAcid proteinSuppressor proteinRecognition motifLung adenocarcinoma transcript 1Gene expressionRegulatory mechanismsApo structureRNA virusesHuman diseasesRNABinding pocketsHuman metastasesPositive cooperativity
2023
Structural basis for translation inhibition by MERS-CoV Nsp1 reveals a conserved mechanism for betacoronaviruses
Devarkar S, Vetick M, Balaji S, Lomakin I, Yang L, Jin D, Gilbert W, Chen S, Xiong Y. Structural basis for translation inhibition by MERS-CoV Nsp1 reveals a conserved mechanism for betacoronaviruses. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 113156. PMID: 37733586, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMERS-CoV nsp1Translation inhibitionRibosomal subunitΒ-CoVsModest sequence conservationMRNA entry channelEssential pathogenicity factorHost gene expressionHuman 40S ribosomal subunitSARS-CoV-2 nsp1Cryogenic electron microscopySequence conservationNon-structural protein 1Terminal domainPathogenicity factorsStructural basisGene expressionDevelopment of antiviralsNSP1Entry channelProtein 1Potential therapeutic targetSubunitsExtensive interactionsTherapeutic target