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Z. Weiss

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:deep learning· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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J. W. Szostak· 2 shared A. Bannan· 1 shared A. Lewicka· 1 shared A. Radakovic· 1 shared A. Worthy· 1 shared B. R. Levin· 1 shared C. Nisler· 1 shared E. Lee· 1 shared

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Evolution of the substrate specificity of an RNA ligase ribozyme from phosphorimidazole- to triphosphate-activation

S. DasGupta, Z. Weiss, C. Nisler, J. W. Szostak

This study shows that an RNA ligase ribozyme evolved from using phosphorimidazole-activated substrates to triphosphate-activated substrates through neutral mutations, leading to a new structure and function.

bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2024Biochemistry

Structure-guided aminoacylation and assembly of chimeric RNAs

A. Radakovic, A. Lewicka, M. Todisco, H. R. M. Aitken, Z. Weiss, S. Kim, A. Bannan, J. A. Piccirilli, J. W. Szostak

The paper shows that specific RNA sequences can be nonenzymatically aminoacylated and ligated to form amino acid-bridged stem-loop RNAs, with structural and functional similarities to modern tRNA.

bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2024 · PreprintBiochemistry

Mucoidy, a general mechanism for maintaining lytic phage in populations of bacteria

W. N. Chaudhry, E. Lee, A. Worthy, Z. Weiss, M. Grabowicz, N. Vega, B. R. Levin

The paper shows that mucoidy in E. coli allows lytic phages to persist in bacterial populations through frequent transitions between mucoid and non-mucoid states.

bioRxiv · Jun 14, 2020Microbiology