Predicting the Minimal Translation Apparatus: Lessons from the Reductive Evolution of Mollicutes

The social fabric of the RNA degradosome

(2013) Katarzyna J. Bandyra et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Ribosome heterogeneity: another level of complexity in bacterial translation regulation

(2013) Konstantin Byrgazov et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Small, Smaller, Smallest: The Origins and Evolution of Ancient Dual Symbioses in a Phloem-Feeding Insect

(2013) Gordon M. Bennett et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Control of Expression of the RNases J1 and J2 in Bacillus subtilis

(2013) A. Jamalli et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

GTPases involved in bacterial ribosome maturation

(2013) Simon Goto et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Evidence for Late Resolution of the AUX Codon Box in Evolution

(2013) Thomas E. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

How a CCA Sequence Protects Mature tRNAs and tRNA Precursors from Action of the Processing Enzyme RNase BN/RNase Z

(2013) Tanmay Dutta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Analysis of the Complete Genomes of Acholeplasma brassicae, A. palmae and A. laidlawii and Their Comparison to the Obligate Parasites from ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma'

(2013) Michael Kube et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

An updated metabolic view of the Bacillus subtilis 168 genome

(2013) E. Belda et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Mutational analysis of the ribosome assembly GTPase RbgA provides insight into ribosome interaction and ribosome-stimulated GTPase activation

(2013) Megha Gulati et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Leucine-specific domain modulates the aminoacylation and proofreading functional cycle of bacterial leucyl-tRNA synthetase

(2013) Wei Yan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Life without tRNAArg–adenosine deaminase TadA: evolutionary consequences of decoding the four CGN codons as arginine in Mycoplasmas and other Mollicutes

(2013) Shin-ichi Yokobori et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Decoding system for the AUA codon by tRNA Ile with the UAU anticodon in Mycoplasma mobile

(2013) Takaaki Taniguchi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Reconstitution and characterization of eukaryotic N6-threonylcarbamoylation of tRNA using a minimal enzyme system

(2013) Leo C. K. Wan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Association of RNAs with Bacillus subtilis Hfq

(2013) Michael Dambach et al.   PLoS One

Bacillus subtilis RNA deprotection enzyme RppH recognizes guanosine in the second position of its substrates

(2013) J. Piton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RNA-methyltransferase TrmA is a dual-specific enzyme responsible forC5-methylation of uridine in both tmRNA and tRNA

(2013) Ehsan Ranaei-Siadat et al.   RNA Biology

Biosynthesis and Function of Posttranscriptional Modifications of Transfer RNAs

(2012) Basma El Yacoubi et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The ribosome modulates the structural dynamics of the conserved GTPase HflX and triggers tight nucleotide binding

(2012) Jeffrey J. Fischer et al.   BIOCHIMIE

A Whole-Cell Computational Model Predicts Phenotype from Genotype

(2012) Jonathan R. Karr et al.   CELL

Structural aspects of mitochondrial translational apparatus

(2012) Rajendra K Agrawal et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Inactivation of Ribosomal Protein Genes in Bacillus subtilis Reveals Importance of Each Ribosomal Protein for Cell Proliferation and Cell Differentiation

(2012) G. Akanuma et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Novel One-step Mechanism for tRNA 3′-End Maturation by the Exoribonuclease RNase R ofMycoplasma genitalium

(2012) Ravi K. Alluri et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Biosynthesis of Threonylcarbamoyl Adenosine (t6A), a Universal tRNA Nucleoside

(2012) Christopher Deutsch et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Comprehensive Proteome of Mycoplasma genitalium

(2012) Noemí Párraga-Niño et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Concerted Action of the Ribosome and the Associated Chaperone Trigger Factor Confines Nascent Polypeptide Folding

(2012) Anja Hoffmann et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Conserved Bacterial RNase YbeY Plays Key Roles in 70S Ribosome Quality Control and 16S rRNA Maturation

(2012) Asha Ivy Jacob et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

RNA degradation in Bacillus subtilis: an interplay of essential endo- and exoribonucleases

(2012) Martin Lehnik-Habrink et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Superresolution imaging of ribosomes and RNA polymerase in live Escherichia coli cells

(2012) Somenath Bakshi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Lys34 of translation elongation factor EF-P is hydroxylated by YfcM

(2012) Lauri Peil et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

One core, two shells: bacterial and eukaryotic ribosomes

(2012) Sergey Melnikov et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Selection of tRNA charging quality control mechanisms that increase mistranslation of the genetic code

(2012) Srujana S. Yadavalli et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways—2013 update

(2012) Magdalena A. Machnicka et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Phylogenomics of Prokaryotic Ribosomal Proteins

(2012) Natalya Yutin et al.   PLoS One

Drift-barrier hypothesis and mutation-rate evolution

(2012) W. Sung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RNA helicases

(2012) George W. Owttrim   RNA Biology

From essential to persistent genes: a functional approach to constructing synthetic life

(2012) Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

DnaK Functions as a Central Hub in the E. coli Chaperone Network

(2012) Giulia Calloni et al.   Cell Reports

Ultrafast Evolution and Loss of CRISPRs Following a Host Shift in a Novel Wildlife Pathogen, Mycoplasma gallisepticum

(2012) Nigel F. Delaney et al.   PLoS Genetics

Assembly of Bacterial Ribosomes

(2011) Zahra Shajani et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Gene gain and loss events in Rickettsia and Orientia species

(2011) Kalliopi Georgiades et al.   Biology Direct

Leaderless genes in bacteria: clue to the evolution of translation initiation mechanisms in prokaryotes

(2011) Xiaobin Zheng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Bacterial genomes: from regulatory complexity to engineering

(2011) Rotem Sorek et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bacillus subtilisMazF-bs (EndoA) is a UACAU-specific mRNA interferase

(2011) Jung-Ho Park et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Mechanistic characterization of sulfur transfer from cysteine desulfurase SufS to the iron-sulfur scaffold SufU inBacillus subtilis

(2011) Alexander G. Albrecht et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Systematic Chromosomal Deletion of Bacterial Ribosomal Protein Genes

(2011) Shinichiro Shoji et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dissection of the Network of Interactions That Links RNA Processing with Glycolysis in the Bacillus subtilis Degradosome

(2011) Joseph A. Newman et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Distribution and Evolutionary History of Bacterial DEAD-Box Proteins

(2011) Varinia López-Ramírez et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The Universally Conserved Prokaryotic GTPases

(2011) N. Verstraeten et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An RNA Pyrophosphohydrolase Triggers 5′-Exonucleolytic Degradation of mRNA in Bacillus subtilis

(2011) Jamie Richards et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Quantification of mRNA and protein and integration with protein turnover in a bacterium

(2011) T. Maier et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

The tRNA synthetase paralog PoxA modifies elongation factor-P with (R)-β-lysine

(2011) Hervé Roy et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

A single methyltransferase YefA (RlmCD) catalyses both m5U747 and m5U1939 modifications in Bacillus subtilis 23S rRNA

(2011) Benoit Desmolaize et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The RelA/SpoT Homolog (RSH) Superfamily: Distribution and Functional Evolution of ppGpp Synthetases and Hydrolases across the Tree of Life

(2011) Gemma C. Atkinson et al.   PLoS One

Rational design of an evolutionary precursor of glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase

(2011) P. O'Donoghue et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Naturally occurring aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases editing-domain mutations that cause mistranslation in Mycoplasma parasites

(2011) L. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Era GTPase recognizes the GAUCACCUCC sequence and binds helix 45 near the 3' end of 16S rRNA

(2011) C. Tu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elongation factor 4 (EF4/LepA) accelerates protein synthesis at increased Mg2+ concentrations

(2011) M. Pech et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The proteome of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a supposedly “simple” cell

(2011) Ina Catrein et al.   PROTEOMICS

Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the 30S subunit in complex with the YjeQ biogenesis factor

(2011) A. Jomaa et al.   RNA

Characterization of NrnA homologs from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae

(2011) G. Postic et al.   RNA

The polypeptide tunnel exit of the mitochondrial ribosome is tailored to meet the specific requirements of the organelle

(2010) Steffi Gruschke et al.   BIOESSAYS

Count: evolutionary analysis of phylogenetic profiles with parsimony and likelihood

(2010) M. Csuos   BIOINFORMATICS

RsgA releases RbfA from 30S ribosome during a late stage of ribosome biosynthesis

(2010) Simon Goto et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Fewer essential genes in mycoplasmas than previous studies suggest

(2010) Kevin Dybvig et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

The Effect of Ribosome Assembly Cofactors on In Vitro 30S Subunit Reconstitution

(2010) Anne E. Bunner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Proteomic and Transcriptomic Approach Reveals New Insight into β-methylthiolation ofEscherichia coliRibosomal Protein S12

(2010) Michael Brad Strader et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology

(2010) I. M. Keseler et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

CDD: a Conserved Domain Database for the functional annotation of proteins

(2010) A. Marchler-Bauer et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Deciphering the Catalytic Machinery in 30S Ribosome Assembly GTPase YqeH

(2010) Baskaran Anand et al.   PLoS One

Cell-specific differences in the requirements for translation quality control

(2010) N. M. Reynolds et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crowding and function reunite: Fig. 1.

(2010) Gary J. Pielak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic evolution of translation initiation mechanisms in prokaryotes

(2010) S. Nakagawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome

(2010) D. G. Gibson et al.   SCIENCE

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A Novel Domain in Translational GTPase BipA Mediates Interaction with the 70S Ribosome and Influences GTP Hydrolysis

(2009) Megan A. deLivron et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The many levels of control on bacterial selenoprotein synthesis

(2009) Satoko Yoshizawa et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Widespread Distribution of Cell Defense against d-Aminoacyl-tRNAs

(2009) Sandra Wydau et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

CpgA, EF-Tu and the stressosome protein YezB are substrates of the Ser/Thr kinase/phosphatase couple, PrkC/PrpC, in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) C. Absalon et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The evolutionary consequences of erroneous protein synthesis

(2009) D. Allan Drummond et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Degradation of nanoRNA is performed by multiple redundant RNases in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) Ming Fang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Proteome Organization in a Genome-Reduced Bacterium

(2009) S. Kuhner et al.   SCIENCE

Impact of Genome Reduction on Bacterial Metabolism and Its Regulation

(2009) E. Yus et al.   SCIENCE

Transcriptome Complexity in a Genome-Reduced Bacterium

(2009) M. Guell et al.   SCIENCE

Life on Arginine for Mycoplasma hominis: Clues from Its Minimal Genome and Comparison with Other Human Urogenital Mycoplasmas

(2009) Sabine Pereyre et al.   PLoS Genetics

Iron-Sulfur (Fe/S) Protein Biogenesis: Phylogenomic and Genetic Studies of A-Type Carriers

(2009) Daniel Vinella et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mycoplasma gallisepticum as the first analyzed bacterium in which RNA is not polyadenylated

(2008) Victoria Portnoy et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Gene content of LUCA, the last universal common ancestor

(2008) Arcady Mushegian   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Genome of Mycoplasma arthritidis

(2008) K. Dybvig et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Large-scale transposon mutagenesis ofMycoplasma pulmonis

(2008) Christopher T. French et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

From one amino acid to another: tRNA-dependent amino acid biosynthesis

(2008) K. Sheppard et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist

(2008) A. Dereeper et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Genomics of bacteria and archaea: the emerging dynamic view of the prokaryotic world

(2008) E. V. Koonin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH