2024
The West Nile virus genome harbors essential riboregulatory elements with conserved and host-specific functional roles
Huston N, Tsao L, Brackney D, Pyle A. The West Nile virus genome harbors essential riboregulatory elements with conserved and host-specific functional roles. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2312080121. PMID: 38985757, PMCID: PMC11260092, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312080121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWest Nile virus genomeWest Nile virusPositive-sense RNA virusesFunctional roleArthropod cell linesRiboregulatory elementsGenome foldingFlaviviral genomeRNA genomeIncreasing global threatVirus genomeGenomeRNA virusesStructural homologyHost-dependentSecondary structureLack of effective therapeuticsFunctional validationLocked nucleic acidStructural insightsRNA drugsCell linesArthropod-borneNucleic acidsAntisense locked nucleic acid
2022
US-align: universal structure alignments of proteins, nucleic acids, and macromolecular complexes
Zhang C, Shine M, Pyle AM, Zhang Y. US-align: universal structure alignments of proteins, nucleic acids, and macromolecular complexes. Nature Methods 2022, 19: 1109-1115. PMID: 36038728, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-022-01585-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructure comparisonStructural biology studiesStructure alignmentDNA dockingMacromolecular complexesBiology studiesMultiple structure alignmentNucleic acidsDifferent moleculesRNAProteinFundamental importanceDNAComplex structureDockingUniversal protocolAlignmentExtensive optimizationFunctionComplexesChapter Three Monitoring functional RNA binding of RNA-dependent ATPase enzymes such as SF2 helicases using RNA dependent ATPase assays: A RIG-I case study
Guo R, Pyle AM. Chapter Three Monitoring functional RNA binding of RNA-dependent ATPase enzymes such as SF2 helicases using RNA dependent ATPase assays: A RIG-I case study. Methods In Enzymology 2022, 673: 39-52. PMID: 35965013, DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.03.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzymatic ATPase activitySuperfamily 1Nucleic acid-dependent ATPasesATPase activityRNA-dependent ATPaseSimple reporter systemNucleic acid bindingNucleic acid ligandsNucleic acidsATPase enzymeSF2 helicaseAcid ligandsKinetic parametersRNA associationSF2 helicasesRNA bindingMultitude of processesMotor proteinsBiological functionsSF1 helicasesReporter systemFunctional bindingConformational changesDirect binding assaysAcid binding