{"title":"Gas-sensing riboceptors.","authors":"Savani Anbalagan","doi":"10.1080/15476286.2024.2379607","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding how cells sense gases or gaseous solutes is a fundamental question in biology and is pivotal for the evolution of molecular and organismal life. In numerous organisms, gases can diffuse into cells, be transported, generated, and sensed. Controlling gases in the cellular environment is essential to prevent cellular and molecular damage due to interactions with gas-dependent free radicals. Consequently, the mechanisms governing acute gas sensing are evolutionarily conserved and have been experimentally elucidated in various organisms. However, the scientific literature on direct gas sensing is largely based on hemoprotein-based gasoreceptors (or sensors). As RNA-based G-quadruplex (G4) structures can also bind to heme, I propose that some ribozymes can act as gas-sensing riboceptors (<b>ribo</b>nucleic acid re<b>ceptors</b>). Additionally, I present a few other ideas for non-heme metal ion- or metal cluster-based gas-sensing riboceptors. Studying riboceptors can help understand the evolutionary origins of cellular and gasocrine signaling.</p>","PeriodicalId":21351,"journal":{"name":"RNA Biology","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11259077/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"RNA Biology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15476286.2024.2379607","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/7/17 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Understanding how cells sense gases or gaseous solutes is a fundamental question in biology and is pivotal for the evolution of molecular and organismal life. In numerous organisms, gases can diffuse into cells, be transported, generated, and sensed. Controlling gases in the cellular environment is essential to prevent cellular and molecular damage due to interactions with gas-dependent free radicals. Consequently, the mechanisms governing acute gas sensing are evolutionarily conserved and have been experimentally elucidated in various organisms. However, the scientific literature on direct gas sensing is largely based on hemoprotein-based gasoreceptors (or sensors). As RNA-based G-quadruplex (G4) structures can also bind to heme, I propose that some ribozymes can act as gas-sensing riboceptors (ribonucleic acid receptors). Additionally, I present a few other ideas for non-heme metal ion- or metal cluster-based gas-sensing riboceptors. Studying riboceptors can help understand the evolutionary origins of cellular and gasocrine signaling.
期刊介绍：
RNA has played a central role in all cellular processes since the beginning of life: decoding the genome, regulating gene expression, mediating molecular interactions, catalyzing chemical reactions. RNA Biology, as a leading journal in the field, provides a platform for presenting and discussing cutting-edge RNA research.
RNA Biology brings together a multidisciplinary community of scientists working in the areas of:
Transcription and splicing
Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression
Non-coding RNAs
RNA localization
Translation and catalysis by RNA
Structural biology
Bioinformatics
RNA in disease and therapy
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