When simple sequence comparison fails: the cryptic case of the shared domains of the bacterial replication initiation proteins DnaB and DnaD.

abstract：:The solid phase synthesis of oligoribonucleotides using the H-phosphonate approach and the 1-[(2-chloro-4-methyl)phenyl]-4-methoxypiperidin-4-yl (Ctmp) and dimethoxytrityl (DMTr) groups, respectively, for the protection of the 2'- and 5'-hydroxy functions is described. The use of a new reagent, tris-(1,1,1,3,3,3-hexaf...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Sakatsume O,Ohtsuki M,Takaku H,Reese CB

更新日期：1989-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide models of ribosomal RNA domains are powerful tools to study the binding and molecular recognition of antibiotics that interfere with bacterial translation. Techniques such as selective chemical modification, fluorescence labeling and mutations are cumbersome for the whole ribosome but readily applicabl...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Dibrov SM,Parsons J,Hermann T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterised the human hSuv3p protein belonging to the family of NTPases/helicases. In yeast mitochondria the hSUV3 orthologue is a component of the degradosome complex and participates in mtRNA turnover and processing, while in Caenorhabditis elegans the hSUV3 orthologue is necessary for viability of early embryo...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Minczuk M,Piwowarski J,Papworth MA,Awiszus K,Schalinski S,Dziembowski A,Dmochowska A,Bartnik E,Tokatlidis K,Stepien PP,Borowski P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hallmark of defense mechanisms based on clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and associated sequences (Cas) are the crRNAs that guide these complexes in the destruction of invading DNA or RNA. Three separate CRISPR-Cas systems exist in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Base...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Reimann V,Alkhnbashi OS,Saunders SJ,Scholz I,Hein S,Backofen R,Hess WR

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:G-quadruplexes play various roles in multiple biological processes, which can be positive when a G4 is involved in the regulation of gene expression or detrimental when the folding of a stable G4 impairs DNA replication promoting genome instability. This duality interrogates the significance of their presence within g...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Puig Lombardi E,Holmes A,Verga D,Teulade-Fichou MP,Nicolas A,Londoño-Vallejo A

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Smad proteins transduce signals from transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) receptors and regulate transcription of target genes. TGF-beta is implicated in the regulation of the smooth muscle cell specific gene SM22alpha, but little is known about how Smads are involved in SM22alpha gene transcription. In this rep...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Chen S,Kulik M,Lechleider RJ

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A-tracts are functionally important DNA sequences which induce helix bending and have peculiar structural properties. While A-tract structure has been qualitatively well characterized, their mechanical properties remain controversial. A-tracts appear structurally rigid and resist nucleosome formation, but seem flexibl...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Dršata T,Špačková N,Jurečka P,Zgarbová M,Šponer J,Lankaš F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictably regulating protein expression levels to improve recombinant protein production has become an important tool, but is still rarely applied to engineer mammalian cells. We therefore sought to set-up an easy-to-implement toolbox to facilitate fast and reliable regulation of protein expression in mammalian cell...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Eisenhut P,Mebrahtu A,Moradi Barzadd M,Thalén N,Klanert G,Weinguny M,Sandegren A,Su C,Hatton D,Borth N,Rockberg J

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Several plasmids which direct the expression of human interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) cDNA in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the transcriptional control of the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) promoter have been constructed. Up to 25 x 10(6) units per liter culture of biologically active IFN-gamma are synthesize...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Derynck R,Singh A,Goeddel DV

更新日期：1983-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Triantennary N-acetyl galactosamine (GalNAc, GN3: ), a high-affinity ligand for the hepatocyte-specific asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR), enhances the potency of second-generation gapmer antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) 6-10-fold in mouse liver. When combined with next-generation ASO designs comprised of short S-c...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Prakash TP,Graham MJ,Yu J,Carty R,Low A,Chappell A,Schmidt K,Zhao C,Aghajan M,Murray HF,Riney S,Booten SL,Murray SF,Gaus H,Crosby J,Lima WF,Guo S,Monia BP,Swayze EE,Seth PP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is proving to be an useful and accurate model for eukaryotic DNA replication. It contains both DNA polymerase alpha (I) and delta (III). Recently, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), which in mammalian cells is an auxiliary subunit of DNA polymerase delta and is essent...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Bauer GA,Burgers PM

更新日期：1990-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear motifs are short, evolutionarily plastic components of regulatory proteins and provide low-affinity interaction interfaces. These compact modules play central roles in mediating every aspect of the regulatory functionality of the cell. They are particularly prominent in mediating cell signaling, controlling pro...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Dinkel H,Michael S,Weatheritt RJ,Davey NE,Van Roey K,Altenberg B,Toedt G,Uyar B,Seiler M,Budd A,Jödicke L,Dammert MA,Schroeter C,Hammer M,Schmidt T,Jehl P,McGuigan C,Dymecka M,Chica C,Luck K,Via A,Chatr-Aryamont

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli RuvC protein is an endonuclease that resolves Holliday junctions. In vitro, the protein shows efficient structure-specific binding of Holliday junctions, yet the rate of junction resolution is remarkably low. We have mapped the sites of cleavage on a synthetic junction through which a crossover ca...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Shah R,Bennett RJ,West SC

更新日期：1994-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the latest release (version 1.4) of the CATH protein domains database (http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/cath). This is a hierarchical classification of 13 359 protein domain structures into evolutionary families and structural groupings. We currently identify 827 homologous families in which the proteins hav...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Orengo CA,Pearl FM,Bray JE,Todd AE,Martin AC,Lo Conte L,Thornton JM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational modifications contribute to the spliceosome dynamics by facilitating the physical rearrangements of the spliceosome. Here, we report USP15, a deubiquitinating enzyme, as a regulator of protein-protein interactions for the spliceosome dynamics. We show that PRP31, a component of U4 snRNP, is modified...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Das T,Park JK,Park J,Kim E,Rape M,Kim EE,Song EJ

更新日期：2017-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicase-nuclease systems dedicated to DNA end resection in preparation for homologous recombination (HR) are present in all kingdoms of life. In thermophilic archaea, the HerA helicase and NurA nuclease cooperate with the highly conserved Mre11 and Rad50 proteins during HR-dependent DNA repair. Here we show that HerA...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Blackwood JK,Rzechorzek NJ,Abrams AS,Maman JD,Pellegrini L,Robinson NP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of human chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. G-quadruplex (G4) is an important four-stranded secondary structure of nucleic acids. Recently, we discovered that the core gene of HCV contains a G4 RNA structure; however, the interaction between the HCV c...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Bian WX,Xie Y,Wang XN,Xu GH,Fu BS,Li S,Long G,Zhou X,Zhang XL

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of amino groups attached at positions 2 and 8 of the hypoxanthine moiety in the structure, reactivity and stability of DNA duplexes and triplexes is studied by means of quantum mechanical calculations, as well as extended molecular dynamics (MD) and thermodynamic integration (MD/TI) simulations. Theoretical...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Cubero E,Güimil-García R,Luque FJ,Eritja R,Orozco M

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation initiation of eukaryotic mRNAs generally occurs by cap-dependent ribosome scanning. However, certain mRNAs contain internal ribosome entry sites (IRES) allowing cap-independent translation. Several of these IRES-competent transcripts and their corresponding proteins are involved in tumourigenesis. This stu...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Petz M,Kozina D,Huber H,Siwiec T,Seipelt J,Sommergruber W,Mikulits W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ribosomal proteins L4 and L22 form part of the peptide exit tunnel in the large ribosomal subunit. In Escherichia coli, alterations in either of these proteins can confer resistance to the macrolide antibiotic, erythromycin. The structures of the 30S as well as the 50S subunits from each antibiotic resistant mutan...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： O'Connor M,Gregory ST,Dahlberg AE

更新日期：2004-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:While biallelic mutations in the PALB2 tumor suppressor cause Fanconi anemia subtype FA-N, monoallelic mutations predispose to breast and familial pancreatic cancer. Although hundreds of missense variants in PALB2 have been identified in patients to date, only a few have clear functional and clinical relevance. Herein...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Rodrigue A,Margaillan G,Torres Gomes T,Coulombe Y,Montalban G,da Costa E Silva Carvalho S,Milano L,Ducy M,De-Gregoriis G,Dellaire G,Araújo da Silva W Jr,Monteiro AN,Carvalho MA,Simard J,Masson JY

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The comprehensive multiplatform genomics data generated by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network is an enabling resource for cancer research. It includes an unprecedented amount of microRNA sequence data: ~11 000 libraries across 33 cancer types. Combined with initiatives like the National Cancer Institute G...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Chu A,Robertson G,Brooks D,Mungall AJ,Birol I,Coope R,Ma Y,Jones S,Marra MA

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome organization into transcriptionally active domains denotes one of the first levels of gene expression regulation. Although the chromatin domain concept is generally accepted, only little is known on how domain organization impacts the regulation of differential gene expression. Insulators might hold answers to ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Furlan-Magaril M,Rebollar E,Guerrero G,Fernández A,Moltó E,González-Buendía E,Cantero M,Montoliu L,Recillas-Targa F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thumb subdomain, located in various family B DNA polymerases in the C-terminal region, has been shown in their crystal structures to move upon binding of DNA, changing its conformation to nearly completely wrap around the DNA. It has therefore been involved in DNA binding. In agreement with this, partial proteolys...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Truniger V,Lázaro JM,Salas M

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic subunit of the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) is a member of a sub-family of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinases termed PIK-related kinases. A distinguishing feature of this sub-family is the presence of a conserved C-terminal region downstream of a PI 3-kinase domain. Mutants defective in DNA-P...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Priestley A,Beamish HJ,Gell D,Amatucci AG,Muhlmann-Diaz MC,Singleton BK,Smith GC,Blunt T,Schalkwyk LC,Bedford JS,Jackson SP,Jeggo PA,Taccioli GE

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A small library of 49 peptide-oligonucleotide conjugates were synthesized to explore the influence of various peptide side chains on the hybridization properties of the DNA. An invariant 8mer oligonucleotide was coupled to a peptide portion that contained a five residue variable region composed of the cationic amino a...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Harrison JG,Balasubramanian S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cdc13 is an essential protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae that caps telomeres by protecting the C-rich telomeric DNA strand from degradation and facilitates telomeric DNA replication by telomerase. In vitro, Cdc13 binds TG-rich single-stranded telomeric DNA with high affinity and specificity. A previously identified...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Anderson EM,Halsey WA,Wuttke DS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human telomerase RNA (hTR) contains several guanine tracts at its 5'-end that can form a G4-quadruplex structure. Previous evidence suggests that a G4-quadruplex within this region disrupts the formation of an important structure within hTR known as the P1 helix, a critical element in defining the template boundary fo...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Booy EP,Meier M,Okun N,Novakowski SK,Xiong S,Stetefeld J,McKenna SA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid encoded replication initiation (Rep) proteins recruit host helicases to plasmid replication origins. Previously, we showed that RepD recruits directionally the PcrA helicase to the pC221 oriD, remains associated with it, and increases its processivity during plasmid unwinding. Here we show that RepD forms a co...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Machón C,Lynch GP,Thomson NH,Scott DJ,Thomas CD,Soultanas P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionyl-tRNA synthetase belongs to the class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family characterized both by a catalytic center built around a Rossmann Fold and by the presence of the two peptidic marker sequences HIGH and KMSKS. In this study, the role of the 21HLGH24 motif of Escherichia coli methionyl-tRNA synthetase wa...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Schmitt E,Panvert M,Blanquet S,Mechulam Y

更新日期：1995-12-11 00:00:00