2022
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
2009
RB69 DNA Polymerase Mutants with Expanded Nascent Base-Pair-Binding Pockets Are Highly Efficient but Have Reduced Base Selectivity
Zhang H, Beckman J, Wang J, Konigsberg W. RB69 DNA Polymerase Mutants with Expanded Nascent Base-Pair-Binding Pockets Are Highly Efficient but Have Reduced Base Selectivity. Biochemistry 2009, 48: 6940-6950. PMID: 19522539, PMCID: PMC2847438, DOI: 10.1021/bi900422b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBase pairsCorrect base pairReplicative DNA polymerasesRB69 polRB69 DNA Polymerase MutantsNascent base pairDouble mutantSingle mutantsTriple mutantNumber of substitutionsWild typeMutantsBacteriophage RB69DNA polymerase mutantsPolymerase mutantsDNA polymeraseBinding pocketsNegative selectionDNA polRapid incorporationCatalytic centerLow incorporation efficiencyG mutationSulfolobus solfataricus Dpo4Base discrimination