2008
Conserved motifs in both CPSF73 and CPSF100 are required to assemble the active endonuclease for histone mRNA 3′‐end maturation
Kolev NG, Yario TA, Benson E, Steitz JA. Conserved motifs in both CPSF73 and CPSF100 are required to assemble the active endonuclease for histone mRNA 3′‐end maturation. EMBO Reports 2008, 9: 1013-1018. PMID: 18688255, PMCID: PMC2572124, DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceCell LineCleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity FactorConserved SequenceEndonucleasesEnzyme ActivationHeLa CellsHistonesHumansMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsRNA 3' End ProcessingRNA PrecursorsRNA, MessengerConceptsPre-messenger RNAPolyadenylation specificity factorMammalian proteinsRNase ZConserved motifsHistone mRNASpecificity factorEndonucleolytic cleavageActive endonucleaseEndonuclease activityMBL familyComplex machineryMessenger RNAPoint mutationsCPSF73CPSF100Process of maturationMaturation processRNAProteinMotifMRNAMaturationEukaryotesCleavageMinor-class splicing occurs in the nucleus of the Xenopus oocyte
Friend K, Kolev NG, Shu MD, Steitz JA. Minor-class splicing occurs in the nucleus of the Xenopus oocyte. RNA 2008, 14: 1459-1462. PMID: 18567814, PMCID: PMC2491479, DOI: 10.1261/rna.1119708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall nuclear ribonucleoproteinMinor class intronsU12-type splicingXenopus oocytesU12-dependent intronsNuclear envelope breakdownCertain eukaryotesMinor spliceosomeVertebrate cellsSplicing substrateNuclear compartmentNuclear ribonucleoproteinRNA intronsAccurate splicingEnvelope breakdownSplicingIntronsCytoplasmOocytesEukaryotesSpliceosomeMeiosisRibonucleoproteinNucleusSmall fraction
2006
In vivo assembly of functional U7 snRNP requires RNA backbone flexibility within the Sm-binding site
Kolev NG, Steitz JA. In vivo assembly of functional U7 snRNP requires RNA backbone flexibility within the Sm-binding site. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2006, 13: 347-353. PMID: 16547514, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1075.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
Symplekin and multiple other polyadenylation factors participate in 3′-end maturation of histone mRNAs
Kolev NG, Steitz JA. Symplekin and multiple other polyadenylation factors participate in 3′-end maturation of histone mRNAs. Genes & Development 2005, 19: 2583-2592. PMID: 16230528, PMCID: PMC1276732, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1371105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTail elongationU7 small nuclear ribonucleoproteinCommon molecular machineryMammalian cell extractsCleavage stimulation factorPolyadenylation specificity factorSmall nuclear ribonucleoproteinMolecular machineryHistone mRNAProtein complexesMRNA cleavageSpecificity factorPolyadenylation factorsTranslational activationNuclear ribonucleoproteinSymplekinReconstitution experimentsCell extractsHeat-labile factorMessenger RNAHistonesMRNAStimulation factorSubunitsCytoplasmic