The cryo-EM structure of the UPF-EJC complex shows UPF1 poised toward the RNA 3′2 end

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 498-505

  Melero, Roberto ^a   Buchwald, Gretel ^b   Castaño, Raquel ^a   Raabe, Monika ^c   Gil, David ^d   Lázaro, Melisa ^d   Urlaub, Henning ^c   Conti, Elena ^b   Llorca, Oscar ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPF PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; STOP CODON;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CODON, NONSENSE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXONS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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EID: 84860751669     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2287     Document Type: Article

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