Eric Ennifar

HuR interacts with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase, and modulates reverse transcription in infected cells (2008)

Lemay, Julie, Maidou-Peindara, Priscilla, Bader, Thomas, Ennifar, Eric, Rain, Jean-Christophe, Benarous, Richard, ...

Abstract Reverse transcription of the genetic material of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a critical step in the replication cycle of this virus. This process, catalyzed by reverse...

A crystallographic study of the binding of 13 metal ions to two related RNA duplexes

Ennifar, Eric, Walter, Philippe, Dumas, Philippe

Metal ions, and magnesium in particular, are known to be involved in RNA folding by stabilizing secondary and tertiary structures, and, as cofactors, in RNA enzymatic activity. We have conducted a...

Crystal structure of a wild-type Cre recombinase–loxP synapse reveals a novel spacer conformation suggesting an alternative mechanism for DNA cleavage activation

Ennifar, Eric, Meyer, Joachim E. W., Buchholz, Frank, Stewart, A. Francis, Suck, Dietrich

Escherichia coli phage P1 Cre recombinase catalyzes the site-specific recombination of DNA containing loxP sites. We report here two crystal structures of a wild-type Cre recombinase–loxP synaptic...

Targeting the dimerization initiation site of HIV-1 RNA with aminoglycosides: from crystal to cell

Ennifar, Eric, Paillart, Jean-Christophe, Bodlenner, Anne, Walter, Philippe, Weibel, Jean-Marc, Aubertin, Anne-Marie, ...

The kissing-loop complex that initiates dimerization of genomic RNA is crucial for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) replication. We showed that owing to its strong similitude with the...

A crystallographic study of the binding of 13 metal ions to two related RNA duplexes

Ennifar, Eric, Walter, Philippe, Dumas, Philippe

Metal ions, and magnesium in particular, are known to be involved in RNA folding by stabilizing secondary and tertiary structures, and, as cofactors, in RNA enzymatic activity. We have conducted a...

Crystal structure of a wild-type Cre recombinase–loxP synapse reveals a novel spacer conformation suggesting an alternative mechanism for DNA cleavage activation

Ennifar, Eric, Meyer, Joachim E. W., Buchholz, Frank, Stewart, A. Francis, Suck, Dietrich

Escherichia coli phage P1 Cre recombinase catalyzes the site-specific recombination of DNA containing loxP sites. We report here two crystal structures of a wild-type Cre recombinase–loxP synaptic...

Targeting the dimerization initiation site of HIV-1 RNA with aminoglycosides: from crystal to cell

Ennifar, Eric, Paillart, Jean-Christophe, Bodlenner, Anne, Walter, Philippe, Weibel, Jean-Marc, Aubertin, Anne-Marie, ...

The kissing-loop complex that initiates dimerization of genomic RNA is crucial for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) replication. We showed that owing to its strong similitude with the...

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the archaeal virus resolvase SIRV2

Ennifar, Eric, Basquin, Jerôme, Birkenbihl, Rainer, Suck, Dietrich

The Holliday junction resolvase of the archaeal virus SIRV2 infecting the archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus has been crystallized and a full data set has been collected at 3.4 Å resolution. Analysis...

Aminoglycoside binding to the HIV-1 RNA dimerization initiation site: thermodynamics and effect on the kissing-loop to duplex conversion

Bernacchi, Serena, Freisz, Séverine, Maechling, Clarisse, Spiess, Bernard, Marquet, Roland, Dumas, Philippe, ...

Owing to a striking, and most likely fortuitous, structural and sequence similarity with the bacterial 16 S ribosomal A site, the RNA kissing-loop complex formed by the HIV-1 genomic RNA dimerization...

Influence of C-5 halogenation of uridines on hairpin versus duplex RNA folding

Ennifar, Eric, Bernacchi, Serena, Wolff, Philippe, Dumas, Philippe

Halogenation of bases is a widespread method used for solving crystal structures of nucleic acids. However, this modification may have important consequences on RNA folding and thus on the success of...

HuR interacts with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase, and modulates reverse transcription in infected cells

Lemay, Julie, Maidou-Peindara, Priscilla, Bader, Thomas, Ennifar, Eric, Rain, Jean-Christophe, Benarous, Richard, ...

Reverse transcription of the genetic material of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a critical step in the replication cycle of this virus. This process, catalyzed by reverse...