Human retrovirus genomic RNA packaging

HM Hanson, NA Willkomm, H Yang, LM Mansky - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Two non-covalently linked copies of the retrovirus genome are specifically recruited to the
site of virus particle assembly and packaged into released particles. Retroviral RNA …

On the way to understanding the interplay between the RNA structure and functions in cells: a genome-wide perspective

A Andrzejewska, M Zawadzka… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
RNAs adopt specific structures in order to perform their biological activities. The structure of
RNA is an important layer of gene expression regulation, and can impact a plethora of …

A normal genetic variation modulates synaptic MMP‐9 protein levels and the severity of schizophrenia symptoms

K Lepeta, KJ Purzycka… - EMBO Molecular …, 2017 - embopress.org
Abstract Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP‐9) has recently emerged as a molecule that
contributes to pathological synaptic plasticity in schizophrenia, but explanation of the …

RNAthor–fast, accurate normalization, visualization and statistical analysis of RNA probing data resolved by capillary electrophoresis

J Gumna, T Zok, K Figurski, K Pachulska-Wieczorek… - PloS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
RNAs adopt specific structures to perform their functions, which are critical to fundamental
cellular processes. For decades, these structures have been determined and modeled with …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of Pr78Gag binding sites on the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus genomic RNA packaging determinants

FNN Pitchai, A Chameettachal, V Vivet-Boudou… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
How retroviral Gag proteins recognize the packaging signals (Psi) on their genomic RNA
(gRNA) is a key question that we addressed here using Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (MPMV) …

Determinants of Genomic RNA Encapsidation in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons Ty1 and Ty3

K Pachulska-Wieczorek, SFJ Le Grice, KJ Purzycka - Viruses, 2016 - mdpi.com
Long-terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons are transposable genetic elements that
replicate intracellularly, and can be considered progenitors of retroviruses. Ty1 and Ty3 are …

Mechanistic differences between HIV-1 and SIV nucleocapsid proteins and cross-species HIV-1 genomic RNA recognition

K Post, ED Olson, MN Naufer, RJ Gorelick, I Rouzina… - Retrovirology, 2016 - Springer
Background The nucleocapsid (NC) domain of HIV-1 Gag is responsible for specific
recognition and packaging of genomic RNA (gRNA) into new viral particles. This occurs …

Retroviral-like determinants and functions required for dimerization of Ty1 retrotransposon RNA

J Gumna, KJ Purzycka, HW Ahn, DJ Garfinkel… - RNA biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
During replication of long terminal repeat (LTR)-retrotransposons, their proteins and
genome (g) RNA assemble into virus-like particles (VLPs) that are not infectious but …

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Gag domains have distinct RNA-binding specificities with implications for RNA packaging and dimerization

W Wu, J Hatterschide, YC Syu, WA Cantara… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the first retrovirus that has conclusively been
shown to cause human diseases. In HIV-1, specific interactions between the nucleocapsid …

Exploring structural determinants and the role of nucleolin in formation of the long-range interactions between untranslated regions of p53 mRNA

A Kiliszek, W Rypniewski, L Błaszczyk - RNA, 2023 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
p53 protein is a key regulator of cellular homeostasis by coordinating the framework of
antiproliferative pathways as a response to various stress factors. Although the main …