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Bechhofer DH, Deutscher MP. Bacterial ribonucleases and their roles in RNA metabolism. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 54:242-300. [PMID: 31464530 PMCID: PMC6776250 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2019.1651816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ribonucleases (RNases) are mediators in most reactions of RNA metabolism. In recent years, there has been a surge of new information about RNases and the roles they play in cell physiology. In this review, a detailed description of bacterial RNases is presented, focusing primarily on those from Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, the model Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms, from which most of our current knowledge has been derived. Information from other organisms is also included, where relevant. In an extensive catalog of the known bacterial RNases, their structure, mechanism of action, physiological roles, genetics, and possible regulation are described. The RNase complement of E. coli and B. subtilis is compared, emphasizing the similarities, but especially the differences, between the two. Included are figures showing the three major RNA metabolic pathways in E. coli and B. subtilis and highlighting specific steps in each of the pathways catalyzed by the different RNases. This compilation of the currently available knowledge about bacterial RNases will be a useful tool for workers in the RNA field and for others interested in learning about this area.
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- David H. Bechhofer
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Crowther CV, Jones LE, Morelli JN, Mastrogiacomo EM, Porterfield C, Kent JL, Serra MJ. Influence of two bulge loops on the stability of RNA duplexes. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 23:217-228. [PMID: 27872162 PMCID: PMC5238796 DOI: 10.1261/rna.056168.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Fifty-three RNA duplexes containing two single nucleotide bulge loops were optically melted in 1 M NaCl in order to determine the thermodynamic parameters ΔH°, ΔS°, ΔG°37, and TM for each duplex. Because of the large number of possible combinations and lack of sequence effects observed previously, we limited our initial investigation to adenosine bulges, the most common naturally occurring bulge. For example, the following duplexes were investigated: 5'GGCAXYAGGC/3'CCG YX CCG, 5'GGCAXY GCC/3'CCG YXACGG, and 5'GGC XYAGCC/3'CCGAYX CGG. The identity of XY (where XY are Watson-Crick base pairs) and the total number of base pairs in the terminal and central stems were varied. As observed for duplexes with a single bulge loop, the effect of the two bulge loops on duplex stability is primarily influenced by non-nearest neighbor interactions. In particular, the stability of the stems influences the destabilization of the duplex by the inserted bulge loops. The model proposed to predict the influence of multiple bulge loops on duplex stability suggests that the destabilization of each bulge is related to the stability of the adjacent stems. A database of RNA secondary structures was examined to determine the naturally occurring abundance of duplexes containing multiple bulge loops. Of the 2000 examples found in the database, over 65% of the two bulge loops occur within 3 base pairs of each other. A database of RNA three-dimensional structures was examined to determine the structure of duplexes containing two single nucleotide bulge loops. The structures of the bulge loops are described.
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- Claire V Crowther
- Department of Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335, USA
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This review provides a description of the known Escherichia coli ribonucleases (RNases), focusing on their structures, catalytic properties, genes, physiological roles, and possible regulation. Currently, eight E. coli exoribonucleases are known. These are RNases II, R, D, T, PH, BN, polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase), and oligoribonuclease (ORNase). Based on sequence analysis and catalytic properties, the eight exoribonucleases have been grouped into four families. These are the RNR family, including RNase II and RNase R; the DEDD family, including RNase D, RNase T, and ORNase; the RBN family, consisting of RNase BN; and the PDX family, including PNPase and RNase PH. Seven well-characterized endoribonucleases are known in E. coli. These are RNases I, III, P, E, G, HI, and HII. Homologues to most of these enzymes are also present in Salmonella. Most of the endoribonucleases cleave RNA in the presence of divalent cations, producing fragments with 3'-hydroxyl and 5'-phosphate termini. RNase H selectively hydrolyzes the RNA strand of RNA?DNA hybrids. Members of the RNase H family are widely distributed among prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms in three distinct lineages, RNases HI, HII, and HIII. It is likely that E. coli contains additional endoribonucleases that have not yet been characterized. First of all, endonucleolytic activities are needed for certain known processes that cannot be attributed to any of the known enzymes. Second, homologues of known endoribonucleases are present in E. coli. Third, endonucleolytic activities have been observed in cell extracts that have different properties from known enzymes.
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Kent JL, McCann MD, Phillips D, Panaro BL, Lim GF, Serra MJ. Non-nearest-neighbor dependence of stability for group III RNA single nucleotide bulge loops. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 20:825-34. [PMID: 24742935 PMCID: PMC4024637 DOI: 10.1261/rna.043232.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Thirty-five RNA duplexes containing single nucleotide bulge loops were optically melted and the thermodynamic parameters for each duplex determined. The bulge loops were of the group III variety, where the bulged nucleotide is either a AG/U or CU/G, leading to ambiguity to the exact position and identity of the bulge. All possible group III bulge loops with Watson-Crick nearest-neighbors were examined. The data were used to develop a model to predict the free energy of an RNA duplex containing a group III single nucleotide bulge loop. The destabilization of the duplex by the group III bulge could be modeled so that the bulge nucleotide leads to the formation of the Watson-Crick base pair rather than the wobble base pair. The destabilization of an RNA duplex caused by the insertion of a group III bulge is primarily dependent upon non-nearest-neighbor interactions and was shown to be dependent upon the stability of second least stable stem of the duplex. In-line structure probing of group III bulge loops embedded in a hairpin indicated that the bulged nucleotide is the one positioned further from the hairpin loop irrespective of whether the resulting stem formed a Watson-Crick or wobble base pair. Fourteen RNA hairpins containing group III bulge loops, either 3' or 5' of the hairpin loop, were optically melted and the thermodynamic parameters determined. The model developed to predict the influence of group III bulge loops on the stability of duplex formation was extended to predict the influence of bulge loops on hairpin stability.
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The perinucleolar compartment (PNC) is a unique nuclear substructure, forming predominantly in cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. PNC prevalence (percentage of cells containing at least one PNC) has been found to positively correlate with disease progression in several cancers (breast, ovarian, and colon). While there is a clear association between PNCs and cancer, the molecular function of the PNC remains unclear. Here we summarize the current understanding of the association of PNCs with cancer and its possible functions in cancer cells.
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- Yiping Wen
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, IL 60611, USA ; College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan 625014, China
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, IL 60611, USA
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Taylor MM, Samson WK. Ribozyme compromise of adrenomedullin mRNA reveals a physiological role in the regulation of water intake. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2002; 282:R1739-45. [PMID: 12010756 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00696.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The adrenomedullin (AM) preprohormone is posttranslationally processed to result in two biologically active fragments, AM and proadrenomedullin NH(2)-terminal 20 peptide (PAMP). AM is thought to play a role in fluid and electrolyte balance by acting in brain to inhibit salt and water appetite and in the kidney to cause diuresis and natriuresis. We previously have shown that AM is necessary for the short-term regulation of salt intake. In this paper, we have designed a ribozyme, a catalytic RNA molecule, which specifically recognizes and cleaves the AM transcript. In cultured vascular smooth muscle cells, ribozyme treatment lowered AM mRNA and reduced peptide content. Intracerebroventricular administration of the ribozyme lowered hypothalamic AM content and led to an exaggerated drinking response in rats, demonstrating that endogenous, brain-derived AM is physiologically relevant and necessary for short-term control of water intake.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenomedullin
- Angiotensin II/administration & dosage
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal/drug effects
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drinking/drug effects
- Drinking/physiology
- Hypothalamus/drug effects
- Hypothalamus/metabolism
- Injections, Intraventricular
- Male
- Models, Animal
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Peptides/genetics
- Peptides/physiology
- RNA, Catalytic/administration & dosage
- RNA, Catalytic/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/administration & dosage
- Water Deprivation/physiology
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- Meghan M Taylor
- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA. taylor,
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Several perinucleolar structures have been described in recent years. This review primarily summarizes recent studies regarding two of these structures, the perinucleolar compartment (PNC) and the Sam68 nuclear body (SNB). A number of studies have explored their ultrastructure and molecular components. Despite their different nuclear localizations, PNCs and SNBs share some common characteristics. They both are enriched with RNA binding proteins and nucleic acids and are predominantly localized to the periphery of the nucleolus. They are observed mostly in transformed cells, although prevalence differs among different cell types and cell lines. Their structural integrity is influenced by the transcriptional state of the cell. However, the functions of both the PNC and the SNB remain unknown. In addition to the PNC and SNB, a perinucleolar structure immunolabeled with an antibody to hnRNP L will be discussed.
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- S Huang
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, USA
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The perinucleolar compartment (PNC) is a unique nuclear structure localized at the periphery of the nucleolus. Several small RNAs transcribed by RNA polymerase III and two hnRNP proteins have been localized in the PNC (Ghetti, A., S. Piñol-Roma, W.M. Michael, C. Morandi, and G. Dreyfuss. 1992. Nucleic Acids Res. 20:3671-3678; Matera, A.G., M.R. Frey, K. Margelot, and S.L. Wolin. 1995. J. Cell Biol. 129:1181- 1193; Timchenko, L.T., J.W. Miller, N.A. Timchenko, D.R. DeVore, K.V. Datar, L. Lin, R. Roberts, C.T. Caskey, and M.S. Swanson. 1996. Nucleic Acids Res. 24: 4407-4414; Huang, S., T. Deerinck, M.H. Ellisman, and D.L. Spector. 1997. J. Cell Biol. 137:965-974). In this report, we show that the PNC incorporates Br-UTP and FITC-conjugated CTP within 5 min of pulse labeling. Selective inhibition of RNA polymerase I does not appreciably affect the nucleotide incorporation in the PNC. Inhibition of all RNA polymerases by actinomycin D blocks the incorporation completely, suggesting that Br-UTP incorporation in the PNC is due to transcription by RNA polymerases II and/or III. Treatment of cells with an RNA polymerase II and III inhibitor induces a significant reorganization of the PNC. In addition, double labeling experiments showed that poly(A) RNA and some of the factors required for pre-mRNA processing were localized in the PNC in addition to being distributed in their previously characterized nucleoplasmic domains. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis revealed a rapid turnover of polypyrimidine tract binding protein within the PNC, demonstrating the dynamic nature of the structure. Together, these findings suggest that the PNC is a functional compartment involved in RNA metabolism in the cell nucleus.
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- S Huang
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
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Vainauskas S, Stribinskis V, Padegimas L, Juodka B. Partial characterization of the ribonuclease P from Tetrahymena pyriformis. Biochimie 1998; 80:595-604. [PMID: 9810466 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(98)80012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ribonuclease P activity from infusoria Tetrahymena pyriformis has been isolated and purified more than 1000-fold over cytosol crude extract. Purified tRNA 5' endonuclease processes in vitro heterologous substrates, precursors of the human tRNA(Tyr) and Drosophila melanogaster tRNA(Leu), exactly at the 5' end of the mature molecules. The activity was abolished by micrococcal nuclease and protease treatment indicating that both RNA and protein components are essential for its activity. The most abundant polypeptides in the purified enzyme fractions have molecular masses of about 100, 44 and 35 kDa. The enzyme requires divalent cations for its activity and shows optimal activity in the presence of the low concentrations of the monovalent salts. Substrate structural requirements for the purified enzyme were analyzed with different tRNA precursor models. The analysis of the derivatives of tRNA(Leu) precursors with altered aminoacyl stem structures reveals that end of the stem is important for substrate 5' end processing with purified enzyme.
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- S Vainauskas
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, Lithuania
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Koseki S, Ohkawa J, Yamamoto R, Takebe Y, Taira K. A simple assay system for examination of the inhibitory potential in vivo of decoy RNAs, ribozymes and other drugs by measuring the Tat-mediated transcription of a fusion gene composed of the long terminal repeat of HIV-1 and a gene for luciferase. J Control Release 1998; 53:159-73. [PMID: 9741924 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-3659(97)00250-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nucleic acid-based drugs, including antisense RNA and DNA, ribozymes and decoys appear to have potential for the suppression of the expression of specific genes. To allow the examination of the potential of such agents in vivo as anti-HIV drugs in standard laboratories, where facilities for handling live virions are not available, we constructed a simple assay system (HIV-1 model) that allows measurement of the extent of inhibition of Tat-mediated transcription of HIV-1 by nucleic acid-based drugs and other agents. In cells that harbor a stable chimeric long terminal repeat (LTR)-Luc construct (a fusion gene consisting of the LTR of HIV-1 and the gene for luciferase), total luciferase activity in an aliquot of cell lysate is dose- and promoter-dependent on transfection with a Tat expression plasmid, reflecting the character of the LTR promoter of HIV. When HeLa cells were co-transfected with the Tat expression plasmid and another plasmid that encoded the U6 promoter or the promoter of the gene for tRNA(Val) linked to the trans-activating response (TAR) sequence, total luciferase activity was inhibited by 60 or 40%, respectively. The inhibition was also dependent on the dose of the TAR expression plasmid. These results demonstrate the usefulness of this simple assay system for detection of the efficacy of a decoy RNA or a ribozyme in vivo, without a requirement for HIV-infected cells, by measurement of luciferase activity in vitro.
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- S Koseki
- National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, MITI, Tsukuba Science City, Japan
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Jacobson MR, Cao LG, Taneja K, Singer RH, Wang YL, Pederson T. Nuclear domains of the RNA subunit of RNase P. J Cell Sci 1997; 110 ( Pt 7):829-37. [PMID: 9133670 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.110.7.829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The ribonucleoprotein enzyme RNase P catalyzes the 5′ processing of pre-transfer RNA, and has also recently been implicated in pre-ribosomal RNA processing. In the present investigation, in situ hybridization revealed that RNase P RNA is present throughout the nucleus of mammalian cells. However, rhodamine-labeled human RNase P RNA microinjected into the nucleus of rat kidney (NRK) epithelial cells or human (HeLa) cells initially localized in nucleoli, and subsequently became more evenly distributed throughout the nucleus, similar to the steadystate distribution of endogenous RNase P RNA. Parallel microinjection and immunocytochemical experiments revealed that initially nucleus-microinjected RNase P RNA localized specifically in the dense fibrillar component of the nucleolus, the site of pre-rRNA processing. A mutant RNase P RNA lacking the To antigen binding domain (nucleotides 25–75) did not localize in nucleoli after nuclear microinjection. In contrast, a truncated RNase P RNA containing the To binding domain but lacking nucleotides 89–341 became rapidly localized in nucleoli following nuclear microinjection. However, unlike the full-length RNase P RNA, this 3′ truncated RNA remained stably associated with the nucleoli and did not translocate to the nucleoplasm. These results suggest a nucleolar phase in the maturation, ribonucleoprotein assembly or function of RNase P RNA, mediated at least in part by the nucleolar To antigen. These and other recent findings raise the intriguing possibility of a bifunctional role of RNase P in the nucleus: catalyzing pre-ribosomal RNA processing in the nucleolus and pre-transfer RNA processing in the nucleoplasm.
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- M R Jacobson
- Cell Biology Group, Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA
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Birikh KR, Heaton PA, Eckstein F. The structure, function and application of the hammerhead ribozyme. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 245:1-16. [PMID: 9128718 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-3-00001.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The hammerhead ribozyme is one of the smallest ribozymes known and catalyses the site-specific hydrolysis of a phosphodiester bond. This small ribozyme is of interest for two reasons. It offers a convenient system to study the structure/function relationship of a nucleotide sequence, and is a potential vehicle for the inhibition of gene expression. The first part of the review summarizes the sequence requirements of the hammerhead, its three-dimensional structure and the proposed mechanism, in addition to ribozyme specificity and turnover. The second part of the review focuses on the in vivo application of the ribozyme. The processes involved in designing ribozymes for efficient cleavage in vivo are described, together with possible delivery strategies.
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- K R Birikh
- Max-Planck-Institut für experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen, Germany
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Isel C, Ehresmann C, Ehresmann B, Marquet R. Determining the conformation of RNAs in solution. Application to a retroviral system: structure of the HIV-1 primer binding site region and effect of tRNA(3Lys) binding. PHARMACEUTICA ACTA HELVETIAE 1996; 71:11-9. [PMID: 8786994 DOI: 10.1016/0031-6865(95)00047-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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RNAs play a crucial and central role in a large variety of biological functions obviously linked to the wide variety of structures that they can adopt. Understanding the function of RNAs thus requires the knowledge of their two- and three-dimensional structures. We describe in detail the way to access the secondary structure of RNAs, by combining sequence comparison, secondary structure prediction by computer and, mainly, experimental data obtained by probing with chemicals and ribonucleases. These approaches were used to investigate secondary structure of the region containing the primer binding site of HIV-1 genomic RNA either free or involved in the binary complex with the replication primer tRNA(3Lys).
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- C Isel
- UPR 9002 du CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
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Lee YC, Lee BJ, Hwang DS, Kang HS. Purification and characterization of mitochondrial ribonuclease P from Aspergillus nidulans. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 235:289-96. [PMID: 8631344 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Mitochondrial ribonuclease (RNase) P from Aspergillus nidulans was purified to near homogeneity using whole-cell extract as the starting material. A 4400-fold purification with a yield of 5.2% was achieved by ammonium sulfate fractionation, heat treatment, and five types of column chromatography, including tRNA-affinity column chromatography. This enzyme, which has a molecular mass of 232 kDa determined by glycerol gradient sedimentation analysis, appears to be composed of seven polypeptides and an RNA moiety. These seven polypeptides consistently copurified with the RNase P activity through two ion-exchange chromatography columns and in a glycerol gradient. As judged by nuclease sensitivity, the enzyme requires an RNA component for its activity. The 3'-end-labeled RNAs that copurified with the enzyme displayed identical sequences but had variable lengths for the 5' end, indicating that they originated from a common RNA molecule, the putative RNA component of RNase P. The purified enzyme cleaved mitochondrial precursor tRNAHis, resulting in an 8-bp acceptor stem. This implies that the purified RNase P is a mitochondrial enzyme and that an additional guanylate residue (at position -1) of tRNAHis in A. nidulans mitochondria is generated by a mode that is analogous to the generation of their counterparts in prokaryotes and chloroplasts.
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MESH Headings
- Aspergillus nidulans/enzymology
- Aspergillus nidulans/genetics
- Aspergillus nidulans/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- DNA Primers/genetics
- Endoribonucleases/genetics
- Endoribonucleases/isolation & purification
- Endoribonucleases/metabolism
- Kinetics
- Mitochondria/enzymology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Protein Conformation
- RNA Precursors/chemistry
- RNA Precursors/genetics
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Catalytic/genetics
- RNA, Catalytic/isolation & purification
- RNA, Catalytic/metabolism
- RNA, Fungal/chemistry
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Asp/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Asp/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Asp/metabolism
- Ribonuclease P
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- Y C Lee
- Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
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- C A Fierke
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Alifano P, Rivellini F, Piscitelli C, Arraiano CM, Bruni CB, Carlomagno MS. Ribonuclease E provides substrates for ribonuclease P-dependent processing of a polycistronic mRNA. Genes Dev 1994; 8:3021-31. [PMID: 8001821 DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.24.3021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The polycistronic mRNA of the histidine operon is subject to a processing event that generates a rather stable transcript encompassing the five distal cistrons. The molecular mechanisms by which such a transcript is produced were investigated in Escherichia coli strains carrying mutations in several genes for exo- and endonucleases. The experimental approach made use of S1 nuclease protection assays on in vivo synthesized transcripts, site-directed mutagenesis and construction of chimeric plasmids, dissection of the processing reaction by RNA mobility retardation experiments, and in vitro RNA degradation assays with cellular extracts. We have found that processing requires (1) a functional endonuclease E; (2) target site(s) for this activity in the RNA region upstream of the 5' end of the processed transcript that can be substituted by another well-characterized rne-dependent cleavage site; (3) efficient translation initiation of the first cistron immediately downstream of the 5' end; and (4) a functional endonuclease P that seems to act on the processing products generated by ribonuclease E. This is the first evidence that ribonuclease P, an essential ribozyme required for the biosynthesis of tRNA, may also be involved in the segmental stabilization of a mRNA.
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- P Alifano
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare L. Califano, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
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Verheijen R, Wiik A, De Jong BA, Høier-Madsen M, Ullman S, Halberg P, Van Venrooij WJ. Screening for autoantibodies to the nucleolar U3- and Th(7-2) ribonucleoproteins in patients' sera using antisense riboprobes. J Immunol Methods 1994; 169:173-82. [PMID: 7510759 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(94)90261-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In this study we report the detection of autoantibodies to the nucleolar U3- and Th(7-2) ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particles in sera from patients with connective tissue diseases. The method described employs radioactively labelled antisense U3- and Th RNA which are hybridized to immunoprecipitated U3- or Th RNA from a HeLa cell extract. Of the 66 sera that were screened with this method seven sera (11%) precipitated only Th RNP, 16 sera (24%) precipitated only U3 RNP and 4 sera (6%) precipitated both U3- and Th RNP. Both anti-U3 RNP and anti-Th RNP activity appeared to be mostly associated with scleroderma or scleroderma-associated diseases. Using this method we also showed that some of the Th RNP particles in a cell extract are associated with the La autoantigen. We conclude that for the identification of immunoprecipitated RNAs this method is very sensitive and provides unambiguous data.
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- R Verheijen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Yuan Y, Altman S. Selection of guide sequences that direct efficient cleavage of mRNA by human ribonuclease P. Science 1994; 263:1269-73. [PMID: 8122108 DOI: 10.1126/science.8122108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Any RNA, when in a complex with another oligoribonucleotide known as an external guide sequence (EGS), can become a substrate for ribonuclease P. Simulation of evolution in vitro was used to select EGSs that bind tightly to a target substrate messenger RNA and that increase the efficiency of cleavage of the target by human ribonuclease P to a level equal to that achieved with natural substrates. The most efficient EGSs form transfer RNA precursor-like structures with the target RNA, in which the analog of the anticodon stem has been disrupted, an indication that selection for the optimal substrate for ribonuclease P yields an RNA structure different from that of present-day transfer RNA precursors.
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- Y Yuan
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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Svärd SG, Mattsson JG, Johansson KE, Kirsebom LA. Cloning and characterization of the RNase P RNA genes from two porcine mycoplasmas. Mol Microbiol 1994; 11:849-59. [PMID: 7517485 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb00363.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We report the cloning of the RNase P RNA genes from the primary aetiological agent of porcine pneumonia, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, and the closely related commensal, Mycoplasma flocculare. The monocistronic genes each have promoters with AT-rich -35 regions and Rho-independent-like transcription terminators which are retained in the RNase P RNA. Both of these RNase P RNA variants are shown to be catalytically active in vitro in spite of a low overall GC content (30%). Our results suggest a new example of a stable mini-helix in the conserved core of the mycoplasmal RNase P RNAs. Deletion of the corresponding structural element in Escherichia coli RNase P RNA (M1 RNA) generated an RNase P RNA with an impaired substrate interaction. Displacement of this structural element with the mycoplasmal mini-helix resulted in an enzyme with a phenotype similar to that of wild-type M1 RNA. In addition, this structural element is important for lead ion-induced cleavage at specific sites in M1 RNA.
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- S G Svärd
- Department of Microbiology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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Nesbitt S, Goodchild J. Further studies on the use of oligonucleotide facilitators to increase ribozyme turnover. ANTISENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1994; 4:243-9. [PMID: 7537560 DOI: 10.1089/ard.1994.4.243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We showed previously that the turnover of a hammerhead ribozyme cleaving a substrate RNA could be increased by an oligonucleotide (facilitator) that bound to the substrate continguously with the ribozyme. This phenomenon has been investigated further by varying the temperature and the number of base pairs formed between the ribozyme and substrate. The results support the hypothesis that facilitators act by cooperative binding and are beneficial when the rate of cleavage is limited by the stability of the ribozyme/substrate complex. The facilitator also promotes cleavage at lower concentrations of magnesium.
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- S Nesbitt
- University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
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Zimmerly S, Drainas D, Sylvers LA, Söll D. Identification of a 100-kDa protein associated with nuclear ribonuclease P activity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 217:501-7. [PMID: 8223594 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Ribonuclease P from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has been purified to apparent homogeneity. A purification of 23,000-fold was achieved by four fractionation steps with DEAE-cellulose chromatography, phosphocellulose chromatography, glycerol-gradient fractionation and finally tRNA-affinity chromatography. A 100-kDa protein was present in the most pure preparations in amounts approximately stoichiometric with the previously identified RNA components of the enzyme, K1-RNA and K2-RNA [Krupp, G., Cherayil, B., Frendeway, D., Nishikawa, S. & Söll, D. (1986) EMBO J. 5, 1697-1703]. A cross-linking experiment utilizing a 4-thiouridine-substituted precursor tRNA demonstrated that the 100-kDa protein interacts with the ribonuclease P substrate in a specific fashion. We therefore conclude that the protein component of S. pombe ribonuclease P is a 100-kDa protein.
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- S Zimmerly
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8114
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Ohtsuka E, Ohta T, Koizumi M. Sequence-specific cleavage of RNA by designed ribozymes. Supramol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1080/10610279308038316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- H J Pel
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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RNase P and RNase MRP are related ribonucleoproteins. RNase MRP processes mitochondrial precursor- (primer) RNAs, whereas RNase P cleaves precursor-tRNAs to produce their mature 5'-ends. Both RNase P and RNase MRP are associated with the Th/To ribonucleoprotein suggesting possible interrelated pathways and/or functions. All known RNase P and RNase MRP RNAs contain conserved structural elements possibly involved in catalysis/substrate binding, but these elements do not predict all cellular functions of the RNPs.
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- R Karwan
- Institute of Tumor Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
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Serre M, Zheng L, Jayaram M. DNA splicing by an active site mutant of Flp recombinase. Possible catalytic cooperativity between the inactive protein and its DNA substrate. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54173-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Kahle D, Küst B, Krupp G. Phosphorothioates in pre-tRNAs can change the specificities of RNAses P or reduce the cleavage efficiencies. Biochimie 1993; 75:955-62. [PMID: 8123702 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(93)90145-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Several phosphorothioate-modified E coli and yeast pre-tRNAs were synthesized. If this modification included the phosphodiester at the RNase P cleavage site, two different effects were observed. With some pre-tRNAs the RNase P cleavage efficiency was severely reduced, whereas with other pre-tRNAs a new reaction type for RNase P was observed. Unlike the previously studied base or ribose modifications, phosphorothioates resulted in aberrant cleavages at unmodified phosphodiesters. These new sites could be located in the 5'-flank or in the acceptor stem of the tRNA domain. Modified mutants of E coli pre-tRNA(Tyr) with different base pairs at the RNase P cleavage site were cleaved with reduced efficiencies, but no aberrant products were observed.
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MESH Headings
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- Endoribonucleases/metabolism
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- RNA Precursors/chemistry
- RNA Precursors/genetics
- RNA Precursors/metabolism
- RNA, Catalytic/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/metabolism
- Ribonuclease P
- Thionucleosides/chemistry
- Thionucleosides/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Yeasts/genetics
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- D Kahle
- Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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The genomic RNA from turnip yellow mosaic virus presents a 3'-end functionally and structurally related to tRNAs. This report summarizes our knowledge about the peculiar structure of the tRNA-like domain and its interaction with tRNA specific proteins, like RNAse P, tRNA nucleotidyl-transferase, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and elongation factors. It discusses also the biological role of this structure in the viral life cycle. A brief survey of our knowledge of other tRNA mimicries in biological systems, as well as their relevance for understanding canonical tRNA, will also be presented.
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Key Words
- turnip yellow mosaic virus rna
- trna-like structure
- aminoacylation
- replication
- tymv, turnip yellow mosaic virus
- bmv, brome mosaic virus
- tmv, tobacco mosaic virus
- tymc, corvallis strain of tymv rna
- ty-alu, clones of cdna fragments of different length starting at restriction sites alu containing the trna-like domain of tymv rna
- ty-dde, clones of cdna fragments of different length starting at restriction sites dde containing the trna-like domain of tymv rna
- ty-dra, clones of cdna fragments of different length starting at restriction sites dra containing the trna-like domain of tymv rna
- ty-sma, clones of cdna fragments of different length starting at restriction sites sma containing the trna-like domain of tymv rna
- ty-aa, clone of cdna containing the amino acid accepting branch of tymv rna
- aars, aminoacyl-trna synthetase (amino acids are abbreviated by the three-letter code)
- cp, coat protein
- orf, open reading frame
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- R Giegé
- Unité Structure des Macromolécules Biologiques et Mécanismes de Reconnaissance, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France
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Identification of nuclear encoded precursor tRNAs within the mitochondrion of Trypanosoma brucei. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)35931-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- T Kiss
- Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland
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Piccirilli JA, McConnell TS, Zaug AJ, Noller HF, Cech TR. Aminoacyl esterase activity of the Tetrahymena ribozyme. Science 1992; 256:1420-4. [PMID: 1604316 DOI: 10.1126/science.1604316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Several classes of ribozymes (catalytic RNA's) catalyze reactions at phosphorus centers, but apparently no reaction at a carbon center has been demonstrated. The active site of the Tetrahymena ribozyme was engineered to bind an oligonucleotide derived from the 3' end of N-formyl-methionyl-tRNA(fMet). This ribozyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of the aminoacyl ester bond to a modest extent, 5 to 15 times greater than the uncatalyzed rate. Catalysis involves binding of the oligonucleotide to the internal guide sequence of the ribozyme and requires Mg2+ and sequence elements of the catalytic core. The ability of RNA to catalyze reactions with aminoacyl esters expands the catalytic versatility of RNA and suggests that the first aminoacyl tRNA synthetase could have been an RNA molecule.
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- J A Piccirilli
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309
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Phylogenetic-comparative and mutational analyses were used to elucidate the structure of the catalytically active RNA component of eubacterial ribonuclease P (RNase P). In addition to the refinement and extension of known structural elements, the analyses revealed a long-range interaction that results in a second pseudoknot in the RNA. This feature strongly constrains the three-dimensional structure of RNase P RNA near the active site. Some RNase P RNAs lack this structure but contain a unique, possibly compensating, structural domain. This suggests that different RNA structures located at different positions in the sequence may have equivalent architectural functions in RNase P RNA.
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- E S Haas
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405
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Wise C, Martin N. Dramatic size variation of yeast mitochondrial RNAs suggests that RNase P RNAs can be quite small. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54974-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Uhlenbeck OC. Catalytic RNAs. Curr Opin Struct Biol 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0959-440x(91)90048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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van't Hooft F, Havel R. Metabolism of chromatographically separated rat serum lipoproteins specifically labeled with 125I-apolipoprotein E. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)69553-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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