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Family: TPP (RF00059)

Description: TPP riboswitch (THI element)

Summary

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Sequences

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Secondary structure

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Structures

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References

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Literature references

  1. Rodionov DA, Vitreschak AG, Mironov AA, Gelfand MS J Biol Chem 2002;277:48949-48959. Comparative genomics of thiamin biosynthesis in procaryotes. New genes and regulatory mechanisms. PUBMED:12376536

  2. Miranda-Rios J, Navarro M, Soberon M Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001;98:9736-9741. A conserved RNA structure (thi box) is involved in regulation of thiamin biosynthetic gene expression in bacteria. PUBMED:11470904

  3. Winkler W, Nahvi A, Breaker RR Nature 2002;419:952-956. Thiamine derivatives bind messenger RNAs directly to regulate bacterial gene expression. PUBMED:12410317

  4. Sudarsan N, Barrick JE, Breaker RR RNA 2003;9:644-647. Metabolite-binding RNA domains are present in the genes of eukaryotes. PUBMED:12756322

  5. Kubodera T, Watanabe M, Yoshiuchi K, Yamashita N, Nishimura A, Nakai S, Gomi K, Hanamoto H FEBS Lett 2003;555:516-520. Thiamine-regulated gene expression of Aspergillus oryzae thiA requires splicing of the intron containing a riboswitch-like domain in the 5'-UTR. PUBMED:14675766

  6. Serganov A, Polonskaia A, Phan AT, Breaker RR, Patel DJ Nature. 2006;441:1167-1171. Structural basis for gene regulation by a thiamine pyrophosphate-sensing riboswitch. PUBMED:16728979

  7. Welz R, Breaker RR RNA. 2007;13:573-582. Ligand binding and gene control characteristics of tandem riboswitches in Bacillus anthracis. PUBMED:17307816

  8. Lee K, Huang X, Yang C, Lee D, Ho V, Nobuta K, Fan JB, Wang K PLoS One. 2013;8:e70720. A genome-wide survey of highly expressed non-coding RNAs and biological validation of selected candidates in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. PUBMED:23950988

  9. Thore S, Leibundgut M, Ban N Science. 2006;312:1208-1211. Structure of the eukaryotic thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitch with its regulatory ligand. PUBMED:16675665

  10. Welz R, Breaker RR RNA. 2007;13:573-582. Ligand binding and gene control characteristics of tandem riboswitches in Bacillus anthracis. PUBMED:17307816

  11. Serganov A, Polonskaia A, Phan AT, Breaker RR, Patel DJ Nature. 2006;441:1167-1171. Structural basis for gene regulation by a thiamine pyrophosphate-sensing riboswitch. PUBMED:16728979

  12. Edwards TE, Ferre-D'Amare AR Structure. 2006;14:1459-1468. Crystal structures of the thi-box riboswitch bound to thiamine pyrophosphate analogs reveal adaptive RNA-small molecule recognition. PUBMED:16962976

  13. Thore S, Frick C, Ban N J Am Chem Soc. 2008;130:8116-8117. Structural basis of thiamine pyrophosphate analogues binding to the eukaryotic riboswitch. PUBMED:18533652

  14. Kulshina N, Edwards TE, Ferre-D'Amare AR RNA. 2010;16:186-196. Thermodynamic analysis of ligand binding and ligand binding-induced tertiary structure formation by the thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitch. PUBMED:19948769

  15. Warner KD, Homan P, Weeks KM, Smith AG, Abell C, Ferre-D'Amare AR Chem Biol. 2014;21:591-595. Validating fragment-based drug discovery for biological RNAs: lead fragments bind and remodel the TPP riboswitch specifically. PUBMED:24768306

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Curation and family details

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Curation

Seed source Vitreshchak A
Structure source Published; PMID:12376536;
Type Cis-reg; riboswitch;
Author Rodionov DAORCID logo, Vitreshchak AG, Mironov AA, Gelfand MSORCID logo, Bateman AORCID logo, Moxon SJORCID logo, Ontiveros-Palacios NORCID logo
Alignment details
Alignment Number of
sequences
full 10,091
seed 115

Model information

Build commands
cmbuild -F CM SEED
cmcalibrate --mpi CM
Search command
cmsearch --cpu 4 --verbose --nohmmonly -T 30.00 -Z 742849.287494 CM SEQDB
Gathering cutoff 54.3
Trusted cutoff 54.3
Noise cutoff 54.2
Covariance model Download