Stusti 2018
Contents
- 1 Die Sprache der RNA: Von RNA-Schaltern zu CRISPR/ Cas
- 1.1 What makes RNA such a special molecule – specific chemical and structural features of RNA
- 1.2 RNA synthesis – DNA and RNA dependent RNA polymerases and primase during transcription, replication and repair
- 1.3 Ribozymes (catalytically active RNAs)
- 1.3.1 The Ribosome - the role and function of ribosomal RNAs and the central dogma of molecular biology
- 1.3.2 The Splicosome - the mechanism of mRNA splicing – alternative gene expression, genome size definition and phenotype plasticity
- 1.3.3 Protein independent ribozymes – about Hammerhead, Varkud satellite, hairpin ribozyme and Co.
- 1.4 RNA-based second messengers
- 1.5 Riboregulation and virulence, targeting by antibiotics
- 1.6 Riboswitches
- 1.7 Protein- or tRNA-controlled RNA switches
- 1.8 RNA thermometers
- 1.9 The RNA world and evolution
- 1.10 RNA modification
- 1.11 RNA degradation/processing
- 1.12 Regulation by non-coding RNA
- 1.13 RNAs as essential co-factors in protein enzymes
- 1.13.1 RNA dependent DNA Polymerases - from telomerase to retroviruses
- 1.13.2 RNA dependent RNA Polymerases – the RNA replicase
- 1.13.3 CRISPR/Cas: Science – the bacterial “immune” system
- 1.13.4 CRISPR/Cas: Application and groundbreaking perspectives
- 1.13.5 The mysterious function and role of 6S-RNA and pRNA in bacteria
- 1.14 Synthesis, maturation and function of tRNAs – The wobble hypothesis and specific codon usage as a molecular barrier for horizontal gene transfer
- 1.15 Outlook: Finding function in mystery transcripts – eRNAs, long-non coding (lncRNA) and circular RNA (circRNA)
- 1.16 Outlook: RNA and SELEX – new prospects and applications for targeted interference with regulatory pathways
Die Sprache der RNA: Von RNA-Schaltern zu CRISPR/ Cas
What makes RNA such a special molecule – specific chemical and structural features of RNA
RNA synthesis – DNA and RNA dependent RNA polymerases and primase during transcription, replication and repair
Ribozymes (catalytically active RNAs)
The Ribosome - the role and function of ribosomal RNAs and the central dogma of molecular biology
The Splicosome - the mechanism of mRNA splicing – alternative gene expression, genome size definition and phenotype plasticity
Protein independent ribozymes – about Hammerhead, Varkud satellite, hairpin ribozyme and Co.
RNA-based second messengers
Riboregulation and virulence, targeting by antibiotics
Riboswitches
Protein- or tRNA-controlled RNA switches
RNA thermometers
Johanna Roßmanith, Franz Narberhaus
Exploring the modular nature of riboswitches and RNA thermometers.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2016, 44(11);5410-23
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Satya Narayan, Mamta H Kombrabail, Sudipta Das, Himanshu Singh, Kandala V R Chary, Basuthkar J Rao, Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy
Site-specific fluorescence dynamics in an RNA 'thermometer' reveals the role of ribosome binding in its temperature-sensitive switch function.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2015, 43(1);493-503
[PubMed:25477380]
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The RNA world and evolution
Ádám Kun, Ádám Radványi
The evolution of the genetic code: Impasses and challenges.
Biosystems: 2018, 164;217-225
[PubMed:29031737]
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Thomas Fouqueau, Fabian Blombach, Finn Werner
Evolutionary Origins of Two-Barrel RNA Polymerases and Site-Specific Transcription Initiation.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 2017, 71;331-348
[PubMed:28657884]
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Abe Pressman, Celia Blanco, Irene A Chen
The RNA World as a Model System to Study the Origin of Life.
Curr Biol: 2015, 25(19);R953-63
[PubMed:26439358]
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Jessica C Bowman, Nicholas V Hud, Loren Dean Williams
The ribosome challenge to the RNA world.
J Mol Evol: 2015, 80(3-4);143-61
[PubMed:25739364]
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Daniel Lundin, Gustav Berggren, Derek T Logan, Britt-Marie Sjöberg
The origin and evolution of ribonucleotide reduction.
Life (Basel): 2015, 5(1);604-36
[PubMed:25734234]
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Paul G Higgs, Niles Lehman
The RNA World: molecular cooperation at the origins of life.
Nat Rev Genet: 2015, 16(1);7-17
[PubMed:25385129]
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Markus Ralser
The RNA world and the origin of metabolic enzymes.
Biochem Soc Trans: 2014, 42(4);985-8
[PubMed:25109990]
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Eugene V Koonin, Artem S Novozhilov
Origin and evolution of the genetic code: the universal enigma.
IUBMB Life: 2009, 61(2);99-111
[PubMed:19117371]
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Yuri I Wolf, Eugene V Koonin
On the origin of the translation system and the genetic code in the RNA world by means of natural selection, exaptation, and subfunctionalization.
Biol Direct: 2007, 2;14
[PubMed:17540026]
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RNA modification
RNA degradation/processing
Regulation by non-coding RNA
RNAs as essential co-factors in protein enzymes
RNA dependent DNA Polymerases - from telomerase to retroviruses
RNA dependent RNA Polymerases – the RNA replicase
CRISPR/Cas: Science – the bacterial “immune” system
CRISPR/Cas: Application and groundbreaking perspectives
The mysterious function and role of 6S-RNA and pRNA in bacteria
Synthesis, maturation and function of tRNAs – The wobble hypothesis and specific codon usage as a molecular barrier for horizontal gene transfer
Outlook: Finding function in mystery transcripts – eRNAs, long-non coding (lncRNA) and circular RNA (circRNA)
Outlook: RNA and SELEX – new prospects and applications for targeted interference with regulatory pathways
