2021
Insights into the structure and RNA-binding specificity of Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer-related helicase 3 (DRH-3)
Li K, Zheng J, Wirawan M, Trinh NM, Fedorova O, Griffin PR, Pyle AM, Luo D. Insights into the structure and RNA-binding specificity of Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer-related helicase 3 (DRH-3). Nucleic Acids Research 2021, 49: 9978-9991. PMID: 34403472, PMCID: PMC8464030, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-terminal domainN-terminal domainDRH-3RNA interferenceTandem caspase activationSimilar domain architectureEndogenous RNAi pathwaysRNA helicase familyDouble-stranded RNACARDs of RIGUnique structural dynamicsGermline developmentEvolutionary divergenceChromosome segregationRNAi pathwayCaenorhabditis elegansDomain architectureHelicase familyCaspase activationDistinct foldsRecruitment domainMolecular understandingRLR familyRNA duplexesRNA
2020
Visualizing group II intron dynamics between the first and second steps of splicing
Manigrasso J, Chillón I, Genna V, Vidossich P, Somarowthu S, Pyle AM, De Vivo M, Marcia M. Visualizing group II intron dynamics between the first and second steps of splicing. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 2837. PMID: 32503992, PMCID: PMC7275048, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16741-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup II intron splicingGroup II intronsSelf-splicing ribozymesGene-editing toolsIntron dynamicsEukaryotic spliceosomeActive site dynamicsIntron splicingRetrotransposable elementsCatalytic triadSplicingMolecular machinesConformational changesFirst residueMultiple conformationsSite dynamicsSpliceosomeIntronsStructural rearrangementsX-ray crystallographyEnzymatic assayStructural dataEnzymatic strategyFunctional dataActive site
2004
Big engine finds small breaks
Pyle AM. Big engine finds small breaks. Nature 2004, 432: 157-158. PMID: 15538349, DOI: 10.1038/432157a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Lanthanide ions as probes for metal ions in the structure and catalytic mechanism of ribozymes.
Sigel RK, Pyle AM. Lanthanide ions as probes for metal ions in the structure and catalytic mechanism of ribozymes. 2003, 40: 477-512. PMID: 12723158.Peer-Reviewed Original Research