La protein binding to telomerase RNA supports an evolutionary relationship between plant and ciliate telomerase pathways
Leon P. Jenner, Dzmitry Pruchkouski, Barbora Štefanovie, Olga Nováková, Monika Kubíčková, Petr Fajkus, Marie Brázdová, Jan Josef Palecek, Eva Sýkorová
The paper shows that AtLa1 binds to telomerase RNA in Arabidopsis, similar to LARP7 in ciliates, suggesting conserved RNA biogenesis pathways between plants and ciliates.
Nucleic Acids Research · Feb 24, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics