| 1997 |
Yeast Pus4 (encoded by YNL292w/PUS4) is the pseudouridine synthase responsible for forming Ψ55 in both cytoplasmic and mitochondrial tRNAs. Recombinant Pus4 purified from E. coli catalyzes Ψ55 formation on T7 in vitro transcripts of yeast tRNA genes with strict site-specificity (no other uridines modified), and deletion of YNL292w abolishes all Ψ55 formation activity in cell-free extracts. |
Recombinant protein purification, in vitro pseudouridylation assay on tRNA transcripts, gene disruption, chemical mapping of pseudouridine residues in cytoplasmic and mitochondrial tRNAs |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
9358157
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| 1998 |
Yeast Pus4 catalyzes Ψ55 formation in the tRNA-like 3′-domain of mutant TYMV RNA (at position 37 in TYMV-mutant G37U, equivalent to Ψ55 in tRNA), demonstrating substrate flexibility of Pus4 beyond canonical tRNA. |
In vitro pseudouridylation assay using purified recombinant yeast Pus4 on in vitro-transcribed TYMV RNA variants |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
9705510
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| 1999 |
Yeast PUS4 deletion does not affect pseudouridine formation in spliceosomal UsnRNAs (U1, U2, U4, U5, U6), establishing that Pus4 activity is not required for UsnRNA pseudouridylation and that its substrate specificity is restricted to tRNAs in this context. |
Chemical mapping of pseudouridine in UsnRNAs from pus4Δ yeast mutants |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
10022901
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| 2000 |
Overexpression of PUS4 in yeast causes accumulation of tRNA precursors and derepression of GCN4 translation (Gcd− phenotype) independently of eIF2α phosphorylation, by impeding tRNA 5′-end processing or nuclear export. Importantly, this Gcd− phenotype does not require PUS4 enzymatic activity, indicating a non-catalytic function of the protein in tRNA biogenesis. |
High-copy PUS4 overexpression, GCN4-lacZ reporter assay, genetic epistasis with RNase P (RPR1), LOS1, suppression analysis, enzymatic activity mutants |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
10713174
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| 2003 |
Human TRUB1 was identified as the first human ortholog of bacterial TruB/Ψ55 synthase, encoding a 349-amino acid protein with a conserved TruB domain (W104–I255) containing catalytic motif II with the conserved aspartate residue involved in uridine recognition and catalytic function. Northern blot showed wide tissue expression. |
Gene cloning, sequence/phylogenetic analysis, domain identification, Northern blot |
International journal of molecular medicine |
Low |
12736709
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| 2006 |
Yeast Pus4 is functionally redundant with La protein for tRNA structural stability: depletion of Pus4p in strains carrying a mutant tRNA(Arg)(CCG) decreases tRNA stability (while La deletion is lethal in this background), placing Pus4 in a pathway ensuring tRNA structural integrity and biogenesis. |
Genetic epistasis (double-mutant analysis), La deletion/Pus4 depletion in mutant tRNA strains, stability assays |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
16581807
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| 2007 |
Yeast Pus4 (screened as an RNA-binding protein on proteome arrays) binds a CAM-containing RNA hairpin and inhibits BMV RNA encapsidation in plants and virion reassembly in vitro, demonstrating an RNA-binding antiviral activity beyond its pseudouridine synthase role. |
Proteome array binding screen, in planta BMV accumulation assay, in vitro virion reassembly assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
17360619
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| 2014 |
Yeast Pus4 modifies TEF1 mRNA at Ψ-239 in vivo, and this mRNA pseudouridylation is conserved in S. mikitae and S. pombe, establishing Pus4 as a mRNA pseudouridine synthase in addition to its tRNA role. Pus4 activity was shown to be necessary and sufficient for TEF1 Ψ-239 by genetic deletion and in vitro reconstitution. |
PSI-seq (transcriptome-wide pseudouridine mapping), genetic deletion of PUS4, in vitro reconstitution with purified Pus4 |
PloS one |
High |
25353621
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| 2017 |
Human TRUB1 is the predominant pseudouridine synthase acting on mammalian mRNA, targeting a specific sequence/structural context (computationally modeled with AUC=0.974 for substrate prediction). Genetic perturbation of TRUB1 combined with Ψ-seq and massively parallel reporter assays defined the sequence and structural determinants governing TRUB1 specificity. |
Ψ-seq on >2.5 billion reads, TRUB1 genetic knockdown/knockout, massively parallel reporter assays with thousands of synthetic sequence variants, computational modeling of specificity |
Genome research |
High |
28073919
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| 2020 |
Human TRUB1 (nuclear) produces Ψ55 in most elongator tRNAs in the nucleus, whereas cytoplasmic PUS10 produces Ψ55 (and Ψ54) in tRNAs that contain Ψ54Ψ55. The nuclear isoform of PUS10 (catalytically inactive) specifically binds unmodified U54U55 tRNAs and inhibits TRUB1-mediated U55→Ψ55 conversion, establishing compartmentalized and non-redundant Ψ55 synthase activities. |
Nearest-neighbor analysis, recombinant protein assays, subcellular fractionation, specific Ψ55 synthase knockdown cells, binding competition assays |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
High |
33023933
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| 2020 |
TruB1 directly binds the stem-loop structure of pri-let-7 miRNA (HITS-CLIP and biochemical assays showing binding to endogenous pri-let-7), selectively enhances interaction between pri-let-7 and the microprocessor DGCR8, and promotes let-7 maturation without pseudouridylating the miRNA. TruB1 suppresses cell proliferation partly via this let-7 pathway. |
Cell-based luciferase reporter screen, HITS-CLIP, biochemical binding assays (pulldown), let-7 maturation assays, cell proliferation assays |
The EMBO journal |
High |
32926445
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| 2021 |
The pseudouridine synthase Pus4/TruB can act as a prion in yeast ([BIG+] state), epigenetically increasing cell proliferation and size while shortening lifespan, with altered protein synthesis and differential synthesis of dozens of proteins including proliferation and aging regulators. |
Prion formation assays, cell growth/size measurements, lifespan assays, proteomic analysis of [BIG+] cells, protein synthesis measurements |
eLife |
Medium |
34545808
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| 2022 |
Human TRUB1 is responsible for Ψ55 formation in mitochondrial tRNAAsn, tRNAGln, tRNAGlu, and tRNAPro but not the other 18 mitochondrial tRNAs. TRUB1 knockout (CRISPR/Cas9) abolishes Ψ55 in these four tRNAs; recombinant TRUB1 efficiently catalyzes Ψ55 in tRNAAsn and tRNAGln in vitro. TRUB1 deficiency affects tRNA base-pairing (18A/G–Ψ55), conformation, and stability, and impairs mitochondrial translation and oxidative phosphorylation system biogenesis. |
CRISPR/Cas9 TRUB1 knockout, CMC/reverse transcription Ψ-mapping assay, in vitro pseudouridylation assay with recombinant TRUB1, cDNA rescue experiments, mitochondrial translation assay |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
36018806
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| 2022 |
BID-seq transcriptome-wide mapping in human cancer cells revealed that TRUB1-installed Ψ sites have a transcript stabilization role; depletion of TRUB1 reduced stability of transcripts bearing TRUB1-dependent Ψ modifications. |
BID-seq (bisulfite-induced deletion sequencing), TRUB1 knockdown/knockout, transcript stability assays |
Nature biotechnology |
Medium |
36302989
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| 2024 |
Human TruB1 binds specifically to the terminal loop of pri-let-7a1 at nucleotides 31–41 (a small stem-loop architecture). A conserved KRKK motif in human and higher eukaryotes provides an additional electrostatic binding interface beyond what is seen in E. coli TruB–tRNA interaction. The structural basis was determined by biochemical assays and structural investigation. |
Biochemical binding assays, structural investigation (crystal/structural study), mutagenesis of the KRKK motif |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
38776834
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| 2025 |
TRUB1 and PUS10 function redundantly to catalyze the conserved Ψ55 modification in cytosolic tRNAs in human HCT116 cells; individual knockouts of TRUB1 or PUS10 each reduce but do not eliminate cytosolic tRNA Ψ55. Additionally, TRUB1 introduces Ψ modifications at distinct stages of pre-tRNA processing. |
Systematic PUS knockout/knockdown in HCT116 cells, BACS (2-bromoacrylamide-assisted cyclization sequencing) for Ψ mapping, comprehensive tRNA Ψ profiling |
Nature cell biology |
High |
41136621
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| 2025 |
Pus4/TruB (yeast ortholog of TRUB1) both catalyzes Ψ55 formation on tRNA and remodels tRNA conformational dynamics. Wild-type Pus4 binding to unmodified tRNA populates additional conformational states that gradually approach the ensemble adopted more rapidly by pre-pseudouridylated tRNA. A catalytically incompetent Pus4 mutant binds more slowly and remodels tRNA into distinct conformational ensembles, demonstrating that catalytic and remodeling activities are separable. |
Single-molecule FRET, optical binding assays, catalytically inactive Pus4 mutant analysis |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
High |
41916762
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| 2025 |
TRUB1 knockdown in CRC cells activates the TNFα/NFκB pathway, leading to increased expression of apoptosis-related proteins and decreased Ψ modification. BIRC3 was identified as a downstream target gene regulated by TRUB1 in the NFκB pathway. |
TRUB1 knockdown in HCT116 cells, RNA sequencing, Western blot, immunofluorescence, in vivo tumor growth assay in nude mice |
Gastroenterology report |
Low |
40260225
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| 2026 |
TRUB1-installed Ψ at single conserved sites on mRNAs is causally associated with increased protein production, as shown by TRUB1 knockout experiments demonstrating motif-specific reduction in protein abundance. In contrast, transcripts with clustered/high-density Ψ modifications show reduced protein abundance despite elevated translation efficiency, establishing a density-dependent effect of pseudouridylation on translation output. |
TRUB1 knockout, nanopore direct RNA sequencing (Mod-p ID), proteomics, ribosome profiling, controlled in vitro translation assays |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
42011786
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| 2025 |
Nanopore direct RNA sequencing of yeast mitochondria lacking PUS4 demonstrated that Pus4 pseudouridylates 23 of 24 mitochondrially-encoded tRNAs at Ψ55 in the T-loop in vivo. |
Nanopore direct RNA sequencing of mitochondrially-enriched RNA, PUS4 gene knockout comparison |
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biologypreprint |
Medium |
40654949
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