[HTML][HTML] Reconstitution of recombinant human CCR4-NOT reveals molecular insights into regulated deadenylation

T Raisch, CT Chang, Y Levdansky… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
CCR4-NOT is a conserved multiprotein complex which regulates eukaryotic gene expression
principally via shortening of poly(A) tails of messenger RNA or deadenylation. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Enterovirus particles expel capsid pentamers to enable genome release

D Buchta, T Füzik, D Hrebík, Y Levdansky… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Viruses from the genus Enterovirus are important human pathogens. Receptor binding or
exposure to acidic pH in endosomes converts enterovirus particles to an activated state that is …

Human Pumilio proteins directly bind the CCR4-NOT deadenylase complex to regulate the transcriptome

…, CT Chang, A Lin, P Ji, JA Bohn, Y Levdansky… - Rna, 2021 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Pumilio paralogs, PUM1 and PUM2, are sequence-specific RNA-binding proteins that are
essential for vertebrate development and neurological functions. PUM1&2 negatively regulate …

[HTML][HTML] RNF219 attenuates global mRNA decay through inhibition of CCR4-NOT complex-mediated deadenylation

F Poetz, J Corbo, Y Levdansky, A Spiegelhalter… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The CCR4-NOT complex acts as a central player in the control of mRNA turnover and mediates
accelerated mRNA degradation upon HDAC inhibition. Here, we explored acetylation-…

A low-complexity region in human XRN1 directly recruits deadenylation and decapping factors in 5′–3′ messenger RNA decay

…, S Muthukumar, R Weber, Y Levdansky… - Nucleic Acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
XRN1 is the major cytoplasmic exoribonuclease in eukaryotes, which degrades deadenylated
and decapped mRNAs in the last step of the 5′–3′ mRNA decay pathway. Metazoan …

Unique repression domains of Pumilio utilize deadenylation and decapping factors to accelerate destruction of target mRNAs

…, CT Chang, JP Buytendorp, Y Levdansky… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Pumilio is an RNA-binding protein that represses a network of mRNAs to control embryogenesis,
stem cell fate, fertility and neurological functions in Drosophila. We sought to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Deadenylation kinetics of mixed poly (A) tails at single-nucleotide resolution

Y Lee, Y Levdansky, Y Jung, VN Kim… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Shortening of messenger RNA poly(A) tails, or deadenylation, is a rate-limiting step in
mRNA decay and is highly regulated during gene expression. The incorporation of non-…

[HTML][HTML] Structure and assembly of the NOT10: 11 module of the CCR4-NOT complex

Y Levdansky, T Raisch, JC Deme, F Pekovic… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
NOT1, NOT10, and NOT11 form a conserved module in the CCR4-NOT complex, critical for
post-transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes, but how this module contributes to the functions …

Virion structure of iflavirus slow bee paralysis virus at 2.6-angstrom resolution

S Kalynych, A Přidal, L Pálková, Y Levdansky… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The western honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) is the most important commercial insect pollinator.
However, bees are under pressure from habitat loss, environmental stress, and pathogens, …

[HTML][HTML] Attenuating ribosome load improves protein output from mRNA by limiting translation-dependent mRNA decay

…, M Li, CJ Hsiao, CS Pepin, M Metkar, Y Levdansky… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Developing an effective mRNA therapeutic often requires maximizing protein output per
delivered mRNA molecule. We previously found that coding sequence (CDS) design can …