Pseudouridine synthase

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Pseudouridine is an abundant modified nucleoside found in RNA molecules. It is formed post-transcriptionally in RNA molecules by isomerization of the bond between base and ribose in uridine. There are two major types of enzymes that catalyze this reaction:

  • RNA-guided pseudouridine synthase -- Some ribonucleoproteins (complexes of proteins and small RNAs) have been identified in archaea and eukaryotes to catalyze these reactions. The small RNA in the complex serves as a guide element to select the site of modification through base-pairing with the target RNA molecule.

Structural highlights

The conversion of uridine to pseudouridine is accompanied by a conformational change of pseudouridine synthase[1]. (1ze2).

tRNA pseudouridine synthase complex with RNA that contains pseudouridine monophosphate 1ze2

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3D Structures of deaminase3D Structures of deaminase

Updated on 05-February-2019

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