Henri Grosjean

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways. 2008 update (2009)

Czerwoniec, Anna, Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Purta, Elzbieta, Kaminska, Katarzyna H., Kasprzak, Joanna M., Bujnicki, Janusz M., ...

MODOMICS, a database devoted to the systems biology of RNA modification, has been subjected to substantial improvements. It provides comprehensive information on the chemical structure of modified...

RNomics and Modomics in the halophilic archaea Haloferax volcanii: identification of RNA modification genes (2008)

Grosjean, Henri, Gaspin, Christine, Marck, Christian, Decatur, Wayne A

Abstract Background Naturally occurring RNAs contain numerous enzymatically altered nucleosides. Differences in RNA populations (RNomics) and pattern of RNA modifications (Modomics) depends on the...

The crystal structure of Pyrococcus abyssi tRNA (uracil-54, C5)-methyltransferase provides insights into its tRNA specificity (2008)

Walbott, Hélène, Leulliot, Nicolas, Grosjean, Henri, Golinelli-Pimpaneau, Béatrice

The 5-methyluridine is invariably found at position 54 in the TΨC loop of tRNAs of most organisms. In Pyrococcus abyssi, its formation is catalyzed by the S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent tRNA...

The various strategies of codon decoding in organisms of the three domains of Life: evolutionary implications (2007)

Grosjean, Henri, Marck, Christian

Over a thousand of cytoplasmic, non organellar tRNA genes were extracted from the whole-genomes of more than 100 organisms spanning the Bacteria, Eukarya and Archaea (tRNomics). Also, whenever...

THUMP from archaeal tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase, a genuine autonomously folding domain (2006)

Gabant, Guillaume, Auxilien, Sylvie, Tuszynska, Irina, Locard, Marie, Gajda, Michal J., Chaussinand, Guylaine, ...

The tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase of Pyrococus abyssi (PAB1283, a member of COG1041) catalyzes the N2,N2-dimethylation of guanosine at position 10 in tRNA. Boundaries of its THUMP (THioUridine...

Formation of the conserved pseudouridine at position 55 in archaeal tRNA (2006)

Roovers, Martine, Hale, Caryn, Tricot, Catherine, Terns, Michael P., Terns, Rebecca M., Grosjean, Henri, ...

Pseudouridine (Ψ) located at position 55 in tRNA is a nearly universally conserved RNA modification found in all three domains of life. This modification is catalyzed by TruB in bacteria and by Pus4...

Formation of the conserved pseudouridine at position 55 in archaeal tRNA (2006)

Roovers, Martine, Hale, Caryn, Tricot, Catherine, Terns, Michael P., Terns, Rebecca M., Grosjean, Henri, ...

Pseudouridine (Ψ) located at position 55 in tRNA is a nearly universally conserved RNA modification found in all three domains of life. This modification is catalyzed by TruB in bacteria and by Pus4...

The RNA polymerase III-dependent family of genes in hemiascomycetes: comparative RNomics, decoding strategies, transcription and evolutionary implications (2006)

Marck, Christian, Kachouri-Lafond, Rym, Lafontaine, Ingrid, Westhof, Eric, Dujon, Bernard, Grosjean, Henri

We present the first comprehensive analysis of RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribed genes in ten yeast genomes. This set includes all tRNA genes (tDNA) and genes coding for SNR6 (U6), SNR52, SCR1...

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways (2006)

Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Czerwoniec, Anna, Gajda, Michal J., Feder, Marcin, Grosjean, Henri, Bujnicki, Janusz M.

MODOMICS is the first comprehensive database resource for systems biology of RNA modification. It integrates information about the chemical structure of modified nucleosides, their localization in...

Formation of the conserved pseudouridine at position 55 in archaeal tRNA (2006)

Roovers, Martine, Hale, Caryn, Tricot, Catherine, Terns, Michael P., Terns, Rebecca M., Grosjean, Henri, ...

Pseudouridine (Ψ) located at position 55 in tRNA is a nearly universally conserved RNA modification found in all three domains of life. This modification is catalyzed by TruB in bacteria and by Pus4...

Identification of a novel gene encoding a flavin-dependent tRNA:m5U methyltransferase in bacteria--evolutionary implications (2005)

Urbonavicius, Jaunius, Skouloubris, Stéphane, Myllykallio, Hannu, Grosjean, Henri

Formation of 5-methyluridine (ribothymidine) at position 54 of the T-psi loop of tRNA is catalyzed by site-specific tRNA methyltransferases (tRNA:m5U-54 MTase). In all Eukarya and many Gram-negative...

A primordial RNA modification enzyme: the case of tRNA (m1A) methyltransferase (2004)

Roovers, Martine, Wouters, Johan, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Stalon, Victor, Grosjean, Henri, ...

The modified nucleoside 1‐methyladenosine (m1A) is found in the T‐loop of many tRNAs from organisms belonging to the three domains of life (Eukaryota, Bacteria, Archaea). In the T‐loop...

Cloning and characterization of tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase (TrmI) from Thermus thermophilus HB27, a protein required for cell growth at extreme temperatures (2003)

Droogmans, Louis, Roovers, Martine, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Hartsch, Thomas, Stalon, Victor, ...

N1‐methyladenosine (m1A) is found at position 58 in the T‐loop of many tRNAs. In yeast, the formation of this modified nucleoside is catalyzed by the essential tRNA (m1A58)...

Cloning and characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe tRNA:pseudouridine synthase Pus1p (2000)

Hellmuth, Klaus, Grosjean, Henri, Motorin, Yuri, Deinert, Karina, Hurt, Ed, Simos, George

Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells that carry deletions in both the LOS1 (a tRNA export receptor) and the PUS1 (a tRNA:pseudouridine synthase) genes exhibit a thermosensitive growth defect. A...

Modified nucleotides in Bacillus subtilis tRNATrp hyperexpressed in Escherichia coli (1993)

Xue, Hong, Glasser, Anne-Lise, Desgres, Jean, Grosjean, Henri

In the present study, modified nucleotides in the B.subtilis tRNATrp cloned and hyperexpressed In E.coll have been identified by TLC and HPLC analyses. The modification patterns of the two...

Pleiotrophic effects of point mutations in yeast tRNAAsp on the base modification pattern (1993)

Edqvist, Johan, Sträby, Kerstin B., Grosjean, Henri

The base-modification pattern has been studied in several synthetic variants of yeast tRNAAsp injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes. Certain point mutations in the D-stem and the varlabie loop of the...

Identity elements for N2-dimethylation of guanosine-26 in yeast tRNAs (1992)

Edqvist, Johan, Grosjean, Henri, Stråby, Kerstin B.

N2, N2-=dimethylguanosine (m2/2G) is a characteristic nucleoside that is found in the bend between the dihydro-uridine (D) stem and the anticodon (AC) stem in over 80% of the eukaryotic tRNA species...

Enzymatic conversion of adenosine to inosine in the wobble position of yeast tRNAAsp: the dependence on the anticodon sequence (1984)

Haumont, Etienne, Fournier, Michel, Henau, Suzy De, Grosjean, Henri

We have investigated the specificity of the tRNA modifying enzyme that transforms the adenosine at position 34 (wobble position) into inosine in the anticodon of several tRNAs. For this purpose, we...

Post-transcriptlonal modification of the wobble nucletide in anticodon-substituted yeast tRNAIIArg after microinjection into xenopus laevis oocytes (1983)

Fournier, Michel, Haumont, Etienne, Henau, Suzy De, Gangloff, Jean, Grosjean, Henri

An enzymatic procedure for the replacement of the ICG anticodon of yeast tRNAλJg by NCG tnnucleotide (N=A, C, G or U) is described. Partial digestion with Si-nuclease and Ti-RNAase provides...

Nonsense suppression in eukaryotes: the use of the Xenopus oocyte as an in vivo assay system (1980)

Bienz, Mariann, Kubli, Eric, Jürg, Kohli, De Henau, Suzanne, Grosjean, Henri

Amber, ochre, and opal nonsense suppressor tRNAs isolated from yeast were injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes together with purified mRNAs (globin mRNA from rabbit, tobacco mosaic virus-RNA). Yeast...

Pseudouridine Mapping in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spliceosomal U Small Nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) Reveals that Pseudouridine Synthase Pus1p Exhibits a Dual Substrate Specificity for U2 snRNA and tRNA

Massenet, Séverine, Motorin, Yuri, Lafontaine, Denis L. J., Hurt, Eduard C., Grosjean, Henri, Branlant, Christiane

Pseudouridine (Ψ) residues were localized in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosomal U small nuclear RNAs (UsnRNAs) by using the chemical mapping method. In contrast to vertebrate UsnRNAs, S....

Cloning and characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe tRNA:pseudouridine synthase Pus1p

Hellmuth, Klaus, Grosjean, Henri, Motorin, Yuri, Deinert, Karina, Hurt, Ed, Simos, George

Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells that carry deletions in both the LOS1 (a tRNA export receptor) and the PUS1 (a tRNA:pseudouridine synthase) genes exhibit a thermosensitive growth defect. A...

Trm7p catalyses the formation of two 2′-O-methylriboses in yeast tRNA anticodon loop

Pintard, Lionel, Lecointe, François, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Bonnerot, Claire, Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes three close homologues of the Escherichia coli 2′-O-rRNA methyltransferase FtsJ/RrmJ, designated Trm7p, Spb1p and Mrm2p. We present evidence that...

Cloning and characterization of tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase (TrmI) from Thermus thermophilus HB27, a protein required for cell growth at extreme temperatures

Droogmans, Louis, Roovers, Martine, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Hartsch, Thomas, Stalon, Victor, ...

N1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found at position 58 in the T-loop of many tRNAs. In yeast, the formation of this modified nucleoside is catalyzed by the essential tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase, a...

A primordial RNA modification enzyme: the case of tRNA (m1A) methyltransferase

Roovers, Martine, Wouters, Johan, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Stalon, Victor, Grosjean, Henri, ...

The modified nucleoside 1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found in the T-loop of many tRNAs from organisms belonging to the three domains of life (Eukaryota, Bacteria, Archaea). In the T-loop of eukaryotic...

Trm11p and Trm112p Are both Required for the Formation of 2-Methylguanosine at Position 10 in Yeast tRNA†

Purushothaman, Suresh K., Bujnicki, Janusz M., Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

N2-Monomethylguanosine-10 (m2G10) and N2,N2-dimethylguanosine-26 (m22G26) are the only two guanosine modifications that have been detected in tRNA from nearly all archaea and eukaryotes but not in...

Identification of a novel gene encoding a flavin-dependent tRNA:m5U methyltransferase in bacteria—evolutionary implications

Urbonavičius, Jaunius, Skouloubris, Stéphane, Myllykallio, Hannu, Grosjean, Henri

Formation of 5-methyluridine (ribothymidine) at position 54 of the T-psi loop of tRNA is catalyzed by site-specific tRNA methyltransferases (tRNA:m5U-54 MTase). In all Eukarya and many Gram-negative...

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways

Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Czerwoniec, Anna, Gajda, Michal J., Feder, Marcin, Grosjean, Henri, Bujnicki, Janusz M.

MODOMICS is the first comprehensive database resource for systems biology of RNA modification. It integrates information about the chemical structure of modified nucleosides, their localization in...

tRNomics: analysis of tRNA genes from 50 genomes of Eukarya, Archaea, and Bacteria reveals anticodon-sparing strategies and domain-specific features.

Marck, Christian, Grosjean, Henri

From 50 genomes of the three domains of life (7 eukarya, 13 archaea, and 30 bacteria), we extracted, analyzed, and compared over 4,000 sequences corresponding to cytoplasmic, nonorganellar tRNAs. For...

Identification of BHB splicing motifs in intron-containing tRNAs from 18 archaea: evolutionary implications

MARCK, CHRISTIAN, GROSJEAN, HENRI

Most introns of archaeal tRNA genes (tDNAs) are located in the anticodon loop, between nucleotides 37 and 38, the unique location of their eukaryotic counterparts. However, in several Archaea, mostly...

The RNA polymerase III-dependent family of genes in hemiascomycetes: comparative RNomics, decoding strategies, transcription and evolutionary implications

Marck, Christian, Kachouri-Lafond, Rym, Lafontaine, Ingrid, Westhof, Eric, Dujon, Bernard, Grosjean, Henri

We present the first comprehensive analysis of RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribed genes in ten yeast genomes. This set includes all tRNA genes (tDNA) and genes coding for SNR6 (U6), SNR52, SCR1...

THUMP from archaeal tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase, a genuine autonomously folding domain

Gabant, Guillaume, Auxilien, Sylvie, Tuszynska, Irina, Locard, Marie, Gajda, Michal J., Chaussinand, Guylaine, ...

The tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase of Pyrococus abyssi (PAB1283, a member of COG1041) catalyzes the N2,N2-dimethylation of guanosine at position 10 in tRNA. Boundaries of its THUMP (THioUridine...

Formation of the conserved pseudouridine at position 55 in archaeal tRNA

Roovers, Martine, Hale, Caryn, Tricot, Catherine, Terns, Michael P., Terns, Rebecca M., Grosjean, Henri, ...

Pseudouridine (Ψ) located at position 55 in tRNA is a nearly universally conserved RNA modification found in all three domains of life. This modification is catalyzed by TruB in bacteria and by Pus4...

Pseudouridine Mapping in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Spliceosomal U Small Nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) Reveals that Pseudouridine Synthase Pus1p Exhibits a Dual Substrate Specificity for U2 snRNA and tRNA

Massenet, Séverine, Motorin, Yuri, Lafontaine, Denis L. J., Hurt, Eduard C., Grosjean, Henri, Branlant, Christiane

Pseudouridine (Ψ) residues were localized in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosomal U small nuclear RNAs (UsnRNAs) by using the chemical mapping method. In contrast to vertebrate UsnRNAs, S....

Cloning and characterization of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe tRNA:pseudouridine synthase Pus1p

Hellmuth, Klaus, Grosjean, Henri, Motorin, Yuri, Deinert, Karina, Hurt, Ed, Simos, George

Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells that carry deletions in both the LOS1 (a tRNA export receptor) and the PUS1 (a tRNA:pseudouridine synthase) genes exhibit a thermosensitive growth defect. A...

Trm7p catalyses the formation of two 2′-O-methylriboses in yeast tRNA anticodon loop

Pintard, Lionel, Lecointe, François, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Bonnerot, Claire, Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes three close homologues of the Escherichia coli 2′-O-rRNA methyltransferase FtsJ/RrmJ, designated Trm7p, Spb1p and Mrm2p. We present evidence that...

Cloning and characterization of tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase (TrmI) from Thermus thermophilus HB27, a protein required for cell growth at extreme temperatures

Droogmans, Louis, Roovers, Martine, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Hartsch, Thomas, Stalon, Victor, ...

N1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found at position 58 in the T-loop of many tRNAs. In yeast, the formation of this modified nucleoside is catalyzed by the essential tRNA (m1A58) methyltransferase, a...

A primordial RNA modification enzyme: the case of tRNA (m1A) methyltransferase

Roovers, Martine, Wouters, Johan, Bujnicki, Janusz M., Tricot, Catherine, Stalon, Victor, Grosjean, Henri, ...

The modified nucleoside 1-methyladenosine (m1A) is found in the T-loop of many tRNAs from organisms belonging to the three domains of life (Eukaryota, Bacteria, Archaea). In the T-loop of eukaryotic...

Trm11p and Trm112p Are both Required for the Formation of 2-Methylguanosine at Position 10 in Yeast tRNA†

Purushothaman, Suresh K., Bujnicki, Janusz M., Grosjean, Henri, Lapeyre, Bruno

N2-Monomethylguanosine-10 (m2G10) and N2,N2-dimethylguanosine-26 (m22G26) are the only two guanosine modifications that have been detected in tRNA from nearly all archaea and eukaryotes but not in...

Identification of a novel gene encoding a flavin-dependent tRNA:m5U methyltransferase in bacteria—evolutionary implications

Urbonavičius, Jaunius, Skouloubris, Stéphane, Myllykallio, Hannu, Grosjean, Henri

Formation of 5-methyluridine (ribothymidine) at position 54 of the T-psi loop of tRNA is catalyzed by site-specific tRNA methyltransferases (tRNA:m5U-54 MTase). In all Eukarya and many Gram-negative...

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways

Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Czerwoniec, Anna, Gajda, Michal J., Feder, Marcin, Grosjean, Henri, Bujnicki, Janusz M.

MODOMICS is the first comprehensive database resource for systems biology of RNA modification. It integrates information about the chemical structure of modified nucleosides, their localization in...

tRNomics: analysis of tRNA genes from 50 genomes of Eukarya, Archaea, and Bacteria reveals anticodon-sparing strategies and domain-specific features.

Marck, Christian, Grosjean, Henri

From 50 genomes of the three domains of life (7 eukarya, 13 archaea, and 30 bacteria), we extracted, analyzed, and compared over 4,000 sequences corresponding to cytoplasmic, nonorganellar tRNAs. For...

Identification of BHB splicing motifs in intron-containing tRNAs from 18 archaea: evolutionary implications

MARCK, CHRISTIAN, GROSJEAN, HENRI

Most introns of archaeal tRNA genes (tDNAs) are located in the anticodon loop, between nucleotides 37 and 38, the unique location of their eukaryotic counterparts. However, in several Archaea, mostly...

The RNA polymerase III-dependent family of genes in hemiascomycetes: comparative RNomics, decoding strategies, transcription and evolutionary implications

Marck, Christian, Kachouri-Lafond, Rym, Lafontaine, Ingrid, Westhof, Eric, Dujon, Bernard, Grosjean, Henri

We present the first comprehensive analysis of RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribed genes in ten yeast genomes. This set includes all tRNA genes (tDNA) and genes coding for SNR6 (U6), SNR52, SCR1...

THUMP from archaeal tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase, a genuine autonomously folding domain

Gabant, Guillaume, Auxilien, Sylvie, Tuszynska, Irina, Locard, Marie, Gajda, Michal J., Chaussinand, Guylaine, ...

The tRNA:m22G10 methyltransferase of Pyrococus abyssi (PAB1283, a member of COG1041) catalyzes the N2,N2-dimethylation of guanosine at position 10 in tRNA. Boundaries of its THUMP (THioUridine...

Formation of the conserved pseudouridine at position 55 in archaeal tRNA

Roovers, Martine, Hale, Caryn, Tricot, Catherine, Terns, Michael P., Terns, Rebecca M., Grosjean, Henri, ...

Pseudouridine (Ψ) located at position 55 in tRNA is a nearly universally conserved RNA modification found in all three domains of life. This modification is catalyzed by TruB in bacteria and by Pus4...

The crystal structure of Pyrococcus abyssi tRNA (uracil-54, C5)-methyltransferase provides insights into its tRNA specificity

Walbott, Hélène, Leulliot, Nicolas, Grosjean, Henri, Golinelli-Pimpaneau, Béatrice

The 5-methyluridine is invariably found at position 54 in the TΨC loop of tRNAs of most organisms. In Pyrococcus abyssi, its formation is catalyzed by the S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent tRNA...

MODOMICS: a database of RNA modification pathways. 2008 update

Czerwoniec, Anna, Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Purta, Elzbieta, Kaminska, Katarzyna H., Kasprzak, Joanna M., Bujnicki, Janusz M., ...

MODOMICS, a database devoted to the systems biology of RNA modification, has been subjected to substantial improvements. It provides comprehensive information on the chemical structure of modified...