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Afrooz Golestanian

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Structural and biophysical insights into the unique RNase YicC

Ruoxi Wu, Harsha Venkatesh, Carisse Lansiquot, Sarah A. Barnes, Afrooz Golestanian, Olga Rechkoblit, Alisha N. Jones, David H. Bechhofer, Michael B. Lazarus

This study reveals the structural and biophysical mechanisms of YicC, a novel bacterial RNase, showing its RNA binding and cleavage mechanism involving Mg2+ ions and dimeric conformations.

bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry