2021
Structural analyses of an RNA stability element interacting with poly(A)
Torabi SF, Chen YL, Zhang K, Wang J, DeGregorio SJ, Vaidya AT, Su Z, Pabit SA, Chiu W, Pollack L, Steitz JA. Structural analyses of an RNA stability element interacting with poly(A). Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2026656118. PMID: 33785601, PMCID: PMC8040590, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2026656118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA stability elementCis-acting RNA elementsGlobal conformational changesRich internal loopCryo-electron microscopyRice transposable elementsDiverse genomesDouble-helical regionsSmall-angle X-ray scatteringEne motifTransposable elementsGlobal structural changesRNA interactionsRNA stabilityBioinformatics studiesRNA elementsStability elementShort helixConformational changesDecay pathwaysInternal loopBiochemical structureTriplex structureBindingMotif
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
1993
The cellular RNA-binding protein EAP recognizes a conserved stem-loop in the Epstein-Barr virus small RNA EBER 1.
Toczyski DP, Steitz JA. The cellular RNA-binding protein EAP recognizes a conserved stem-loop in the Epstein-Barr virus small RNA EBER 1. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1993, 13: 703-710. PMID: 8380232, PMCID: PMC358948, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.1.703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular RNA-binding proteinsRNA-binding proteinDetailed mutational analysisStem-loop structureSequence-specific mannerRNase protection experimentsEpstein‐Barr virus small RNA EBER‐1Double-stranded regionsSmall RNAsDeletion mutantsEBER-1Mutational analysisFusion proteinProtection experimentsViral proteinsProteinRNAEpstein-Barr virusBindingMutantsHerpesvirus papioNucleotidesHairpinAntibodiesCellsThe Cellular RNA-Binding Protein EAP Recognizes a Conserved Stem-Loop in the Epstein-Barr Virus Small RNA EBER 1
Toczyski D, Steitz J. The Cellular RNA-Binding Protein EAP Recognizes a Conserved Stem-Loop in the Epstein-Barr Virus Small RNA EBER 1. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1993, 13: 703-710. DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.1.703-710.1993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall RNAsCellular RNA-binding proteinsConserved stem loopRNA-binding proteinDetailed mutational analysisStem-loop structureSequence-specific mannerRNase protection experimentsDouble-stranded regionsDeletion mutantsEBER-1Mutational analysisStem loopFusion proteinProtection experimentsViral proteinsRNAProteinEpstein-Barr virus small RNAsEpstein-Barr virusBindingMutantsHerpesvirus papioNucleotidesHairpin
1991
An intact Box C sequence in the U3 snRNA is required for binding of fibrillarin, the protein common to the major family of nucleolar snRNPs.
Baserga SJ, Yang XD, Steitz JA. An intact Box C sequence in the U3 snRNA is required for binding of fibrillarin, the protein common to the major family of nucleolar snRNPs. The EMBO Journal 1991, 10: 2645-2651. PMID: 1714385, PMCID: PMC452965, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1991.tb07807.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBox CU3 snRNANucleolar small RNAsSite-specific mutationsShort nucleotide sequencesFibrillarin proteinSmall RNAsDeletion analysisCommon binding siteBox DNucleotide sequenceSnRNPsMajor familiesSnRNAU3 snRNPRNAInput RNAFibrillarinBinding sitesC sequencesBindingProteinSequenceAnti-fibrillarin autoantibodiesBiogenesis