Human Argonaute2 and Argoanute3 are catalytically activated by different lengths of guide RNA
Park MS, Sim GY, Kehling AC, & Nakanishi K.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 117, 28576-28578 (2020)
bioRxiv
Human Argonaute3 has slicer activity
Park MS, Phan HD, Busch F, Hinckley SH, Brackbill JA, Wysocki VH. & Nakanishi K.
Nucleic Acids Research, 45, 11867-11877 (2017)
Conformational and chemical selection by a trans-acting editing domain
Danhart EM, Bakhtina M, Cantara WA, Kuzmishin AB, Ma X, Sanford BL, Košutić M, Goto Y, Suga H, Nakanishi K, Micura R, Foster MP. & Musier-Forsyth K.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114, (33) E6774-E6783 (2017)
Anatomy of RISC: How do small RNAs and chaperones activate Argonaute proteins?
Nakanishi K.
Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. RNA. 7, 637-60 (2016).
Postdoctroral and graduate publications
Eukaryote-Specific Insertion Elements Control Human ARGONAUTE Slicer Activity.
Nakanishi K, Ascano M, Gogakos T, Ishibe-Murakami S, Serganov AA, Briskin D, Morozov P, Tuschl T. & Patel DJ.
Cell Rep. 3, 1893-1900 (2013).
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