Molecular mechanisms of Dicer: endonuclease and enzymatic activity

MS Song, JJ Rossi - Biochemical journal, 2017 - portlandpress.com
The enzyme Dicer is best known for its role as a riboendonuclease in the small RNA
pathway. In this canonical role, Dicer is a critical regulator of the biogenesis of microRNA …

Plant dicer-like proteins: double-stranded RNA-cleaving enzymes for small RNA biogenesis

A Fukudome, T Fukuhara - Journal of Plant Research, 2017 - Springer
Dicer, a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-specific endoribonuclease, plays an essential role
in triggering both transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene silencing in eukaryotes by …

Structure of the Dicer-2–R2D2 heterodimer bound to a small RNA duplex

S Yamaguchi, M Naganuma, T Nishizawa… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract In flies, Argonaute2 (Ago2) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) form an RNA-
induced silencing complex to repress viral transcripts. The RNase III enzyme Dicer-2 …

The molecular mechanism of microRNA duplex selectivity of Arabidopsis ARGONAUTE10

Y **ao, IJ MacRae - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Small RNAs (sRNAs), including microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs
(siRNAs), are essential gene regulators for plant and animal development. The loading of …

Dicer uses distinct modules for recognizing dsRNA termini

NK Sinha, J Iwasa, PS Shen, BL Bass - Science, 2018 - science.org
Invertebrates rely on Dicer to cleave viral double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), and Drosophila
Dicer-2 distinguishes dsRNA substrates by their termini. Blunt termini promote processive …

A variety of dicer substrates in human and C. elegans

A Rybak-Wolf, M Jens, Y Murakawa, M Herzog… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
The endoribonuclease Dicer is known for its central role in the biogenesis of eukaryotic
small RNAs/microRNAs. Despite its importance, Dicer target transcripts have not been …

A glimpse of “Dicer Biology” through the structural and functional perspective

S Paturi, MV Deshmukh - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The RNA interference pathway (RNAi) is executed by two core enzymes, Dicer and
Argonaute, for accomplishing a tailored transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene …

Dicer structure and function: conserved and evolving features

D Zapletal, K Kubicek, P Svoboda, R Stefl - EMBO reports, 2023 - embopress.org
RNase III Dicer produces small RNAs guiding sequence‐specific regulations, with important
biological roles in eukaryotes. Major Dicer‐dependent mechanisms are RNA interference …

RNA binding proteins in the miRNA pathway

P Connerty, A Ahadi, G Hutvagner - International journal of molecular …, 2015 - mdpi.com
microRNAs (miRNAs) are short~ 22 nucleotides (nt) ribonucleic acids which post-
transcriptionally regulate gene expression. miRNAs are key regulators of all cellular …

Production of small RNAs by mammalian Dicer

E Svobodova, J Kubikova, P Svoboda - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal …, 2016 - Springer
MicroRNA (miRNA) and RNA interference (RNAi) pathways employ RNase III Dicer for the
biogenesis of small RNAs guiding post-transcriptional repression. Requirements for Dicer …