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
2018
Lso2 is a conserved ribosome-bound protein required for translational recovery in yeast
Wang YJ, Vaidyanathan PP, Rojas-Duran MF, Udeshi ND, Bartoli KM, Carr SA, Gilbert WV. Lso2 is a conserved ribosome-bound protein required for translational recovery in yeast. PLOS Biology 2018, 16: e2005903. PMID: 30208026, PMCID: PMC6135351, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceCodon, InitiatorConserved SequenceGene Expression Regulation, FungalHeLa CellsHumansPeptide Chain Elongation, TranslationalPeptide Chain Termination, TranslationalProtein BiosynthesisRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRNA, RibosomalRNA, TransferSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsConceptsRibosome-binding proteinsRibosome-associated proteinsCodon-specific changesCoiled-coil domainQuantitative mass spectrometryGTPase activation centerRibosome-binding activityMost tRNAsRibosome profilingGene regulationMost genesCellular homeostasisTranslation defectsRibosomal RNATranslational recoveryComplete complementStart codonStop codonLso2Protein synthesisOpen reading frame 2ProteinImportant functionsCodonYeast