Juli Feigon

Recognition of DNA by EcoRI Restriction Endonuclease and Methylase. (1998)

Feigon, Juli

NMR Studies of Echinomycin-DNA Complexes include the interaction of echinomycin, a cyclic octadepsipeptide antibiotic, with DNA oligonucleotides. These complexes were studied by two-dimensional...

The Nonnatural Deoxyribonucleoside D3 Incorporated in an Intramolecular DNA Triplex Binds Sequence Specifically by Intercalation. (1998)

Koshlap, Karl M., Gillespie, Paul, Dervan, Peter B., Feigon, Juli

The synthetic deoxyribonucleoside 1-(2-deoxy-Beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-4-(3-benzamido)phenylimidazole (D3) has been shown to specifically recognize both T(dot)A and C(dot) G base pairs when incorporated...

A novel family of RNA tetraloop structure forms the recognition site for Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNase III

Wu, Haihong, Yang, Pok K., Butcher, Samuel E., Kang, Sundeep, Chanfreau, Guillaume, Feigon, Juli

RNases III are a family of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) endoribonucleases involved in the processing and decay of a large number of cellular RNAs as well as in RNA interference. The dsRNA substrates...

Mutations linked to dyskeratosis congenita cause changes in the structural equilibrium in telomerase RNA

Theimer, Carla A., Finger, L. David, Trantirek, Lukas, Feigon, Juli

Autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenita (DKC), as well as aplastic anemia, has been linked to mutations in the RNA component of telomerase, the ribonucleoprotein responsible for telomere...

Structural determinants for the binding of ubiquitin-like domains to the proteasome

Mueller, Thomas D., Feigon, Juli

HHR23A, a protein implicated in nucleotide excision repair, belongs to a class of proteins containing both a ubiquitin-like (Ubl) domain and one or more ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domains, suggesting...

Solution structures of stem–loop RNAs that bind to the two N-terminal RNA-binding domains of nucleolin

Finger, L. David, Trantirek, Lukas, Johansson, Carina, Feigon, Juli

Nucleolin, a multi-domain protein involved in ribosome biogenesis, has been shown to bind the consensus sequence (U/G)CCCG(A/G) in the context of a hairpin loop structure (nucleolin recognition...

Molecular basis of sequence-specific recognition of pre-ribosomal RNA by nucleolin

Allain, Frédéric H.-T., Bouvet, Philippe, Dieckmann, Thorsten, Feigon, Juli

The structure of the 28 kDa complex of the first two RNA binding domains (RBDs) of nucleolin (RBD12) with an RNA stem–loop that includes the nucleolin recognition element UCCCGA in the loop was...

DNA A-tract bending in three dimensions: Solving the dA4T4 vs. dT4A4 conundrum

Stefl, Richard, Wu, Haihong, Ravindranathan, Sapna, Sklenář, Vladimír, Feigon, Juli

DNA A-tracts have been defined as four or more consecutive A·T base pairs without a TpA step. When inserted in phase with the DNA helical repeat, bending is manifested macroscopically as anomalous...

Structural basis for recognition of the AGNN tetraloop RNA fold by the double-stranded RNA-binding domain of Rnt1p RNase III

Wu, Haihong, Henras, Anthony, Chanfreau, Guillaume, Feigon, Juli

Specific recognition of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) by dsRNA-binding domains (dsRBDs) is involved in a large number of biological and regulatory processes. Although structures of dsRBDs in complex...

Structure of the Tetrahymena thermophila telomerase RNA helix II template boundary element

Richards, Rebecca J., Theimer, Carla A., Finger, L. David, Feigon, Juli

Telomere addition by telomerase requires an internal templating sequence located in the RNA subunit of telomerase. The correct boundary definition of this template sequence is essential for the...

YNMG tetraloop formation by a dyskeratosis congenita mutation in human telomerase RNA

THEIMER, CARLA A., FINGER, L. DAVID, FEIGON, JULI

Autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenita (DKC) has been linked to mutations in the RNA component of telomerase, the ribonucleoprotein responsible for telomere maintenance. Recent studies have...

Biochemical and genomic analysis of substrate recognition by the double-stranded RNA binding domain of yeast RNase III

HENRAS, ANTHONY K., SAM, MUI, HILEY, SHAWNA L., WU, HAIHONG, HUGHES, TIMOTHY R., FEIGON, JULI, ...

Members of the RNase III family of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) endonucleases are important enzymes of RNA metabolism in eukaryotic cells. Rnt1p is the only known member of the RNase III family of...

Structural study of the H/ACA snoRNP components Nop10p and the 3′ hairpin of U65 snoRNA

KHANNA, MAY, WU, HAIHONG, JOHANSSON, CARINA, CAIZERGUES-FERRER, MICHÈLE, FEIGON, JULI

The H/ACA small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein (snoRNP) complexes guide the modification of uridine to pseudouridine at conserved sites in rRNA. The H/ACA snoRNPs each comprise a target-site-specific...

A novel family of RNA tetraloop structure forms the recognition site for Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNase III

Wu, Haihong, Yang, Pok K., Butcher, Samuel E., Kang, Sundeep, Chanfreau, Guillaume, Feigon, Juli

RNases III are a family of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) endoribonucleases involved in the processing and decay of a large number of cellular RNAs as well as in RNA interference. The dsRNA substrates...

Mutations linked to dyskeratosis congenita cause changes in the structural equilibrium in telomerase RNA

Theimer, Carla A., Finger, L. David, Trantirek, Lukas, Feigon, Juli

Autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenita (DKC), as well as aplastic anemia, has been linked to mutations in the RNA component of telomerase, the ribonucleoprotein responsible for telomere...

Structural determinants for the binding of ubiquitin-like domains to the proteasome

Mueller, Thomas D., Feigon, Juli

HHR23A, a protein implicated in nucleotide excision repair, belongs to a class of proteins containing both a ubiquitin-like (Ubl) domain and one or more ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domains, suggesting...

Solution structures of stem–loop RNAs that bind to the two N-terminal RNA-binding domains of nucleolin

Finger, L. David, Trantirek, Lukas, Johansson, Carina, Feigon, Juli

Nucleolin, a multi-domain protein involved in ribosome biogenesis, has been shown to bind the consensus sequence (U/G)CCCG(A/G) in the context of a hairpin loop structure (nucleolin recognition...

Molecular basis of sequence-specific recognition of pre-ribosomal RNA by nucleolin

Allain, Frédéric H.-T., Bouvet, Philippe, Dieckmann, Thorsten, Feigon, Juli

The structure of the 28 kDa complex of the first two RNA binding domains (RBDs) of nucleolin (RBD12) with an RNA stem–loop that includes the nucleolin recognition element UCCCGA in the loop was...

DNA A-tract bending in three dimensions: Solving the dA4T4 vs. dT4A4 conundrum

Stefl, Richard, Wu, Haihong, Ravindranathan, Sapna, Sklenář, Vladimír, Feigon, Juli

DNA A-tracts have been defined as four or more consecutive A·T base pairs without a TpA step. When inserted in phase with the DNA helical repeat, bending is manifested macroscopically as anomalous...

Structural basis for recognition of the AGNN tetraloop RNA fold by the double-stranded RNA-binding domain of Rnt1p RNase III

Wu, Haihong, Henras, Anthony, Chanfreau, Guillaume, Feigon, Juli

Specific recognition of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) by dsRNA-binding domains (dsRBDs) is involved in a large number of biological and regulatory processes. Although structures of dsRBDs in complex...

Structure of the Tetrahymena thermophila telomerase RNA helix II template boundary element

Richards, Rebecca J., Theimer, Carla A., Finger, L. David, Feigon, Juli

Telomere addition by telomerase requires an internal templating sequence located in the RNA subunit of telomerase. The correct boundary definition of this template sequence is essential for the...

YNMG tetraloop formation by a dyskeratosis congenita mutation in human telomerase RNA

THEIMER, CARLA A., FINGER, L. DAVID, FEIGON, JULI

Autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenita (DKC) has been linked to mutations in the RNA component of telomerase, the ribonucleoprotein responsible for telomere maintenance. Recent studies have...

Biochemical and genomic analysis of substrate recognition by the double-stranded RNA binding domain of yeast RNase III

HENRAS, ANTHONY K., SAM, MUI, HILEY, SHAWNA L., WU, HAIHONG, HUGHES, TIMOTHY R., FEIGON, JULI, ...

Members of the RNase III family of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) endonucleases are important enzymes of RNA metabolism in eukaryotic cells. Rnt1p is the only known member of the RNase III family of...

Structural study of the H/ACA snoRNP components Nop10p and the 3′ hairpin of U65 snoRNA

KHANNA, MAY, WU, HAIHONG, JOHANSSON, CARINA, CAIZERGUES-FERRER, MICHÈLE, FEIGON, JULI

The H/ACA small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein (snoRNP) complexes guide the modification of uridine to pseudouridine at conserved sites in rRNA. The H/ACA snoRNPs each comprise a target-site-specific...

Structural study of elements of Tetrahymena telomerase RNA stem–loop IV domain important for function

Richards, Rebecca J., Wu, Haihong, Trantirek, Lukas, O'Connor, Catherine M., Collins, Kathleen, Feigon, Juli

Tetrahymena telomerase RNA (TER) contains several regions in addition to the template that are important for function. Central among these is the stem–loop IV domain, which is involved in both...

H/ACA small nucleolar RNA pseudouridylation pockets bind substrate RNA to form three-way junctions that position the target U for modification

Wu, Haihong, Feigon, Juli

During the biogenesis of eukaryotic ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and spliceosomal small nuclear RNA (snRNA), uridines at specific sites are converted to pseudouridines by H/ACA ribonucleoprotein particles...

Structure of the XPC binding domain of hHR23A reveals hydrophobic patches for protein interaction

Kamionka, Mariusz, Feigon, Juli

Rad23 proteins are involved both in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and in nucleotide excision repair (NER), but the relationship between these two pathways is not yet understood. The two human...