1993
Identification of a 100‐kDa protein associated with nuclear ribonuclease P activity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
ZIMMERLY S, DRAINAS D, SYLVERS L, Dieter S. Identification of a 100‐kDa protein associated with nuclear ribonuclease P activity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The FEBS Journal 1993, 217: 501-507. PMID: 8223594, DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18270.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombeYeast Schizosaccharomyces pombeGlycerol gradient fractionationCross-linking experimentsPrecursor tRNAsSchizosaccharomyces pombeRibonuclease PProtein interactsRNA componentProtein componentsP activityRibonuclease P activityApparent homogeneityDEAE-cellulose chromatographyPhosphocellulose chromatographySpecific fashionProtein
1990
The RNA component of RNase P in Schizosaccharomyces species
Zimmerly S, Gamulin V, Burkard U, Söll D. The RNA component of RNase P in Schizosaccharomyces species. FEBS Letters 1990, 271: 189-193. PMID: 2226803, DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80403-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizosaccharomyces speciesS. pombeS. octosporusFission yeast SchizosaccharomycesSecondary structure modelComparative structural informationYeast SchizosaccharomycesGenes divergeRNase PRelated organismsSingle geneRNA componentNorthern analysisK RNAGenesS. japonicusSpeciesPombeOctosporusRNAStructural informationSequenceSchizosaccharomycesCopurifiesCloning
1988
Yeast RNase P: catalytic activity and substrate binding are separate functions.
Nichols M, Söll D, Willis I. Yeast RNase P: catalytic activity and substrate binding are separate functions. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1988, 85: 1379-1383. PMID: 3278310, PMCID: PMC279774, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.5.1379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrecursor tRNAsRNase PSubstrate bindingGel retardationCatalytic functionRibonucleoprotein RNase PDistinct sequence preferencesEnzyme catalytic functionRNase P cleavage siteMature tRNARNase P.Catalytic integrityTRNA precursorsRNA moietyRNA componentSequence preferenceTRNATRNA complexProtein componentsAcceptor stemEnzyme mechanismMaximal cleavageSecond nucleotideCleavage siteEnzyme