Henri Grosjean

RNomics and Modomics in the halophilic archaea Haloferax volcanii: identification of RNA modification genes (2008)

Grosjean, Henri, Gaspin, Christine, Marck, Christian, Decatur, Wayne A

Abstract Background Naturally occurring RNAs contain numerous enzymatically altered nucleosides. Differences in RNA populations (RNomics) and pattern of RNA modifications (Modomics) depends on the...

Pseudouridine Mapping in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spliceosomal U Small Nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) Reveals that Pseudouridine Synthase Pus1p Exhibits a Dual Substrate Specificity for U2 snRNA and tRNA

Massenet, Séverine, Motorin, Yuri, Lafontaine, Denis L. J., Hurt, Eduard C., Grosjean, Henri, Branlant, Christiane

Pseudouridine (Ψ) residues were localized in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosomal U small nuclear RNAs (UsnRNAs) by using the chemical mapping method. In contrast to vertebrate UsnRNAs, S....

Cloning and characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe tRNA:pseudouridine synthase Pus1p

Hellmuth, Klaus, Grosjean, Henri, Motorin, Yuri, Deinert, Karina, Hurt, Ed, Simos, George

Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells that carry deletions in both the LOS1 (a tRNA export receptor) and the PUS1 (a tRNA:pseudouridine synthase) genes exhibit a thermosensitive growth defect. A...

Trm7p catalyses the formation of two 2′-O-methylriboses in yeast tRNA anticodon loop

Pintard, Lionel, Lecointe, François, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Bonnerot, Claire, Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes three close homologues of the Escherichia coli 2′-O-rRNA methyltransferase FtsJ/RrmJ, designated Trm7p, Spb1p and Mrm2p. We present evidence that...

Cloning and characterization of tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase (TrmI) from Thermus thermophilus HB27, a protein required for cell growth at extreme temperatures

Droogmans, Louis, Roovers, Martine, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Hartsch, Thomas, Stalon, Victor, ...

N1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found at position 58 in the T-loop of many tRNAs. In yeast, the formation of this modified nucleoside is catalyzed by the essential tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase, a...

A primordial RNA modification enzyme: the case of tRNA (m1A) methyltransferase

Roovers, Martine, Wouters, Johan, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Stalon, Victor, Grosjean, Henri, ...

The modified nucleoside 1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found in the T-loop of many tRNAs from organisms belonging to the three domains of life (Eukaryota, Bacteria, Archaea). In the T-loop of eukaryotic...

Trm11p and Trm112p Are both Required for the Formation of 2-Methylguanosine at Position 10 in Yeast tRNA†

Purushothaman, Suresh K., Bujnicki, Janusz M., Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

N2-Monomethylguanosine-10 (m2G10) and N2,N2-dimethylguanosine-26 (m22G26) are the only two guanosine modifications that have been detected in tRNA from nearly all archaea and eukaryotes but not in...

Identification of a novel gene encoding a flavin-dependent tRNA:m5U methyltransferase in bacteria—evolutionary implications

Urbonavičius, Jaunius, Skouloubris, Stéphane, Myllykallio, Hannu, Grosjean, Henri

Formation of 5-methyluridine (ribothymidine) at position 54 of the T-psi loop of tRNA is catalyzed by site-specific tRNA methyltransferases (tRNA:m5U-54 MTase). In all Eukarya and many Gram-negative...

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways

Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Czerwoniec, Anna, Gajda, Michal J., Feder, Marcin, Grosjean, Henri, Bujnicki, Janusz M.

MODOMICS is the first comprehensive database resource for systems biology of RNA modification. It integrates information about the chemical structure of modified nucleosides, their localization in...

tRNomics: analysis of tRNA genes from 50 genomes of Eukarya, Archaea, and Bacteria reveals anticodon-sparing strategies and domain-specific features.

Marck, Christian, Grosjean, Henri

From 50 genomes of the three domains of life (7 eukarya, 13 archaea, and 30 bacteria), we extracted, analyzed, and compared over 4,000 sequences corresponding to cytoplasmic, nonorganellar tRNAs. For...

Identification of BHB splicing motifs in intron-containing tRNAs from 18 archaea: evolutionary implications

MARCK, CHRISTIAN, GROSJEAN, HENRI

Most introns of archaeal tRNA genes (tDNAs) are located in the anticodon loop, between nucleotides 37 and 38, the unique location of their eukaryotic counterparts. However, in several Archaea, mostly...

The RNA polymerase III-dependent family of genes in hemiascomycetes: comparative RNomics, decoding strategies, transcription and evolutionary implications

Marck, Christian, Kachouri-Lafond, Rym, Lafontaine, Ingrid, Westhof, Eric, Dujon, Bernard, Grosjean, Henri

We present the first comprehensive analysis of RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribed genes in ten yeast genomes. This set includes all tRNA genes (tDNA) and genes coding for SNR6 (U6), SNR52, SCR1...

THUMP from archaeal tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase, a genuine autonomously folding domain

Gabant, Guillaume, Auxilien, Sylvie, Tuszynska, Irina, Locard, Marie, Gajda, Michal J., Chaussinand, Guylaine, ...

The tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase of Pyrococus abyssi (PAB1283, a member of COG1041) catalyzes the N2,N2-dimethylation of guanosine at position 10 in tRNA. Boundaries of its THUMP (THioUridine...

Formation of the conserved pseudouridine at position 55 in archaeal tRNA

Roovers, Martine, Hale, Caryn, Tricot, Catherine, Terns, Michael P., Terns, Rebecca M., Grosjean, Henri, ...

Pseudouridine (Ψ) located at position 55 in tRNA is a nearly universally conserved RNA modification found in all three domains of life. This modification is catalyzed by TruB in bacteria and by Pus4...

Pseudouridine Mapping in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spliceosomal U Small Nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) Reveals that Pseudouridine Synthase Pus1p Exhibits a Dual Substrate Specificity for U2 snRNA and tRNA

Massenet, Séverine, Motorin, Yuri, Lafontaine, Denis L. J., Hurt, Eduard C., Grosjean, Henri, Branlant, Christiane

Pseudouridine (Ψ) residues were localized in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosomal U small nuclear RNAs (UsnRNAs) by using the chemical mapping method. In contrast to vertebrate UsnRNAs, S....

Cloning and characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe tRNA:pseudouridine synthase Pus1p

Hellmuth, Klaus, Grosjean, Henri, Motorin, Yuri, Deinert, Karina, Hurt, Ed, Simos, George

Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells that carry deletions in both the LOS1 (a tRNA export receptor) and the PUS1 (a tRNA:pseudouridine synthase) genes exhibit a thermosensitive growth defect. A...

Trm7p catalyses the formation of two 2′-O-methylriboses in yeast tRNA anticodon loop

Pintard, Lionel, Lecointe, François, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Bonnerot, Claire, Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes three close homologues of the Escherichia coli 2′-O-rRNA methyltransferase FtsJ/RrmJ, designated Trm7p, Spb1p and Mrm2p. We present evidence that...

Cloning and characterization of tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase (TrmI) from Thermus thermophilus HB27, a protein required for cell growth at extreme temperatures

Droogmans, Louis, Roovers, Martine, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Hartsch, Thomas, Stalon, Victor, ...

N1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found at position 58 in the T-loop of many tRNAs. In yeast, the formation of this modified nucleoside is catalyzed by the essential tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase, a...

A primordial RNA modification enzyme: the case of tRNA (m1A) methyltransferase

Roovers, Martine, Wouters, Johan, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Stalon, Victor, Grosjean, Henri, ...

The modified nucleoside 1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found in the T-loop of many tRNAs from organisms belonging to the three domains of life (Eukaryota, Bacteria, Archaea). In the T-loop of eukaryotic...

Trm11p and Trm112p Are both Required for the Formation of 2-Methylguanosine at Position 10 in Yeast tRNA†

Purushothaman, Suresh K., Bujnicki, Janusz M., Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

N2-Monomethylguanosine-10 (m2G10) and N2,N2-dimethylguanosine-26 (m22G26) are the only two guanosine modifications that have been detected in tRNA from nearly all archaea and eukaryotes but not in...

Identification of a novel gene encoding a flavin-dependent tRNA:m5U methyltransferase in bacteria—evolutionary implications

Urbonavičius, Jaunius, Skouloubris, Stéphane, Myllykallio, Hannu, Grosjean, Henri

Formation of 5-methyluridine (ribothymidine) at position 54 of the T-psi loop of tRNA is catalyzed by site-specific tRNA methyltransferases (tRNA:m5U-54 MTase). In all Eukarya and many Gram-negative...

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways

Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Czerwoniec, Anna, Gajda, Michal J., Feder, Marcin, Grosjean, Henri, Bujnicki, Janusz M.

MODOMICS is the first comprehensive database resource for systems biology of RNA modification. It integrates information about the chemical structure of modified nucleosides, their localization in...

tRNomics: analysis of tRNA genes from 50 genomes of Eukarya, Archaea, and Bacteria reveals anticodon-sparing strategies and domain-specific features.

Marck, Christian, Grosjean, Henri

From 50 genomes of the three domains of life (7 eukarya, 13 archaea, and 30 bacteria), we extracted, analyzed, and compared over 4,000 sequences corresponding to cytoplasmic, nonorganellar tRNAs. For...

Identification of BHB splicing motifs in intron-containing tRNAs from 18 archaea: evolutionary implications

MARCK, CHRISTIAN, GROSJEAN, HENRI

Most introns of archaeal tRNA genes (tDNAs) are located in the anticodon loop, between nucleotides 37 and 38, the unique location of their eukaryotic counterparts. However, in several Archaea, mostly...

The RNA polymerase III-dependent family of genes in hemiascomycetes: comparative RNomics, decoding strategies, transcription and evolutionary implications

Marck, Christian, Kachouri-Lafond, Rym, Lafontaine, Ingrid, Westhof, Eric, Dujon, Bernard, Grosjean, Henri

We present the first comprehensive analysis of RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribed genes in ten yeast genomes. This set includes all tRNA genes (tDNA) and genes coding for SNR6 (U6), SNR52, SCR1...

THUMP from archaeal tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase, a genuine autonomously folding domain

Gabant, Guillaume, Auxilien, Sylvie, Tuszynska, Irina, Locard, Marie, Gajda, Michal J., Chaussinand, Guylaine, ...

The tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase of Pyrococus abyssi (PAB1283, a member of COG1041) catalyzes the N2,N2-dimethylation of guanosine at position 10 in tRNA. Boundaries of its THUMP (THioUridine...

Formation of the conserved pseudouridine at position 55 in archaeal tRNA

Roovers, Martine, Hale, Caryn, Tricot, Catherine, Terns, Michael P., Terns, Rebecca M., Grosjean, Henri, ...

Pseudouridine (Ψ) located at position 55 in tRNA is a nearly universally conserved RNA modification found in all three domains of life. This modification is catalyzed by TruB in bacteria and by Pus4...

The crystal structure of Pyrococcus abyssi tRNA (uracil-54, C5)-methyltransferase provides insights into its tRNA specificity

Walbott, Hélène, Leulliot, Nicolas, Grosjean, Henri, Golinelli-Pimpaneau, Béatrice

The 5-methyluridine is invariably found at position 54 in the TΨC loop of tRNAs of most organisms. In Pyrococcus abyssi, its formation is catalyzed by the S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent tRNA...