Gambusia_affinisFamily: PseudoU_synth_2 Number of Genes: 3
Ensembl IDSymbolEntrez IDRBD RBPome PRIExpresion PathwayPhenotype ParalogOrthologGO
rpusd2
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rpusd1
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rpusd4
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Introduction

Pfam

Members of this family are involved in modifying bases in RNA molecules. They carry out the conversion of uracil bases to pseudouridine. This family includes RluD P33643 a pseudouridylate synthase that converts specific uracils to pseudouridine in 23S rRNA. RluA from E. coli converts bases in both rRNA and tRNA [1].

InterPro

Pseudouridine synthases catalyse the isomerisation of uridine to pseudouridine (Psi) in a variety of RNA molecules, and may function as RNA chaperones. Pseudouridine is the most abundant modified nucleotide found in all cellular RNAs. There are four distinct families of pseudouridine synthases that share no global sequence similarity, but which do share the same fold of their catalytic domain(s) and uracil-binding site and are descended from a common molecular ancestor. The catalytic domain consists of two subdomains, each of which has an alpha+beta structure that has some similarity to the ferredoxin-like fold (note: some pseudouridine synthases contain additional domains). The active site is the most conserved structural region of the superfamily and is located between the two homologous domains. These families are [PUBMED:10529181]:

Reference

  1. Wrzesinski J, Nurse K, Bakin A, Lane BG, Ofengand J; , RNA 1995;1:437-448.: A dual-specificity pseudouridine synthase: an Escherichia coli synthase purified and cloned on the basis of its specificity for psi 746 in 23S RNA is also specific for psi 32 in tRNA(phe). PUBMED:7493321 EPMC:7493321.