This document summarizes Carl Woese's contributions to science, particularly his discovery of the third domain of life (Archaea) through analysis of rRNA sequences. It describes how his work established the use of comparative analysis to determine rRNA secondary structure and identify structural motifs. It highlights that he envisioned comparative analysis providing details about RNA structure and energetics. The summary discusses Woese's seminal concepts regarding the need for a universal phylogenetic framework and how analysis of rRNA satisfied criteria to reconstruct evolutionary relationships across all life.
Gutell 123.app environ micro_2013_79_1803Robin Gutell
This document summarizes a study examining the host specificity of Lactobacillus bacteria associated with different hymenopteran (bee and ant) hosts. The researchers compiled nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences of Lactobacillus from public databases and used these to construct phylogenetic trees. They also included shorter 16S sequences from surveys of bacteria associated with sweat bees, fungus-growing ants, and fire ants. The results showed that lactobacilli associated with honey bees and bumble bees are highly host specific, while sweat bees and ants associate with lactobacilli more closely related to those found in diverse environments or vertebrate hosts. The high host specificity seen in corbiculate bees (honey bees
Gutell R.R. (2013).
Comparative Analysis of the Higher-Order Structure of RNA.
in: Biophysics of RNA Folding. Volume editor: Rick Russell. Series title: Biophysics for the Life Sciences. Series editors: Norma Allewell, Ivan Rayment, Bertrand Garcia-Moreno, Jonathan Dinman, and Michael McCarthy. pp. 11-22. Publisher: Springer, New York, NY.
Gardner D.P., Xu W., Miranker D.P., Ozer S., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2012).
An Accurate Scalable Template-based Alignment Algorithm.
Proceedings of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2012), Philadelphia, PA. October 4-7, 2012. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA. pp. 237-243.
Lee J.C. and Gutell R.R. (2012).
A Comparison of the Crystal Structures of the Eukaryotic and Bacterial SSU Ribosomal RNAs Reveals Common Structural Features in the Hypervariable Regions.
PLoS ONE, 7(5):e38203.
Gardner D.P., Ren P., Ozer S., and Gutell R.R. (2011).
Statistical Potentials for Hairpin and Internal Loops Improve the Accuracy of the Predicted RNA Structure.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 413(2):473-483.2011. pp 15-22.
This document summarizes Carl Woese's contributions to science, particularly his discovery of the third domain of life (Archaea) through analysis of rRNA sequences. It describes how his work established the use of comparative analysis to determine rRNA secondary structure and identify structural motifs. It highlights that he envisioned comparative analysis providing details about RNA structure and energetics. The summary discusses Woese's seminal concepts regarding the need for a universal phylogenetic framework and how analysis of rRNA satisfied criteria to reconstruct evolutionary relationships across all life.
Gutell 123.app environ micro_2013_79_1803Robin Gutell
This document summarizes a study examining the host specificity of Lactobacillus bacteria associated with different hymenopteran (bee and ant) hosts. The researchers compiled nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences of Lactobacillus from public databases and used these to construct phylogenetic trees. They also included shorter 16S sequences from surveys of bacteria associated with sweat bees, fungus-growing ants, and fire ants. The results showed that lactobacilli associated with honey bees and bumble bees are highly host specific, while sweat bees and ants associate with lactobacilli more closely related to those found in diverse environments or vertebrate hosts. The high host specificity seen in corbiculate bees (honey bees
Gutell R.R. (2013).
Comparative Analysis of the Higher-Order Structure of RNA.
in: Biophysics of RNA Folding. Volume editor: Rick Russell. Series title: Biophysics for the Life Sciences. Series editors: Norma Allewell, Ivan Rayment, Bertrand Garcia-Moreno, Jonathan Dinman, and Michael McCarthy. pp. 11-22. Publisher: Springer, New York, NY.
Gardner D.P., Xu W., Miranker D.P., Ozer S., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2012).
An Accurate Scalable Template-based Alignment Algorithm.
Proceedings of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2012), Philadelphia, PA. October 4-7, 2012. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA. pp. 237-243.
Lee J.C. and Gutell R.R. (2012).
A Comparison of the Crystal Structures of the Eukaryotic and Bacterial SSU Ribosomal RNAs Reveals Common Structural Features in the Hypervariable Regions.
PLoS ONE, 7(5):e38203.
Gardner D.P., Ren P., Ozer S., and Gutell R.R. (2011).
Statistical Potentials for Hairpin and Internal Loops Improve the Accuracy of the Predicted RNA Structure.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 413(2):473-483.2011. pp 15-22.
Ozer S., Doshi K.J., Xu W., and Gutell R.R. (2011).
rCAD: A Novel Database Schema for the Comparative Analysis of RNA.
7th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Stockholm, Sweden. December 5-8, 2011. pp 15-22.
Jiang Y., Xu W., Thompson L.P., Gutell R., and Miranker D. (2011).
R-PASS: A Fast Structure-based RNA Sequence Alignment Algorithm.
Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2011), Atlanta, GA. November 12-15, 2011. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA. pp. 618-622.
Xu W., Wongsa A., Lee J., Shang L., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2011).
RNA2DMap: A Visual Exploration Tool of the Information in RNA's Higher-Order Structure.
Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2011), Atlanta, GA. November 12-15, 2011. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA. pp. 613-617.
Muralidhara C., Gross A.M., Gutell R.R., and Alter O. (2011).
Tensor Decomposition Reveals Concurrent Evolutionary Convergences and Divergences and Correlations with Structural Motifs in Ribosomal RNA.
PLoS ONE, 6(4):e18768.
Xia Z., Gardner D.P., Gutell R.R., and Ren P. (2010).
Coarse-Grained Model for Simulation of RNA Three-Dimensional Structures.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114(42):13497-13506.
The document describes research on fragmentation of the large subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU rRNA) gene in oyster mitochondrial genomes. Key findings include:
1) The LSU rRNA gene is split into two fragments separated by thousands of nucleotides in three species of oysters.
2) RT-PCR and EST analysis showed the two fragments are transcribed separately in Crassostrea virginica and are not spliced together.
3) Secondary structure models of the fragmented LSU rRNA genes were predicted for C. virginica, C. gigas, and C. hongkongensis based on comparative sequence analysis. This fragmentation represents a novel phenomenon in bilateral metazoan mitochondrial genomes.
Mueller U.G., Ishak H., Lee J.C., Sen R., and Gutell R.R. (2010).
Placement of attine ant-associated Pseudonocardia in a global phylogeny (Pseudonocardiaceae, Actinomycetales): a test of two symbiont-association models.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 98(2):195-212.
Theriot E.C., Cannone J.J., Gutell R.R., and Alverson A.J. (2009).
The limits of nuclear encoded SSU rDNA for resolving the diatom phylogeny.
European Journal of Phycology, 44(3):277-290.
Wu J.C., Gardner D.P., Ozer S., Gutell R.R. and Ren P. (2009).
Correlation of RNA Secondary Structure Statistics with Thermodynamic Stability and Applications to Folding.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 391(4):769-783.
Xu W., Ozer S., and Gutell R.R. (2009).
Covariant Evolutionary Event Analysis for Base Interaction Prediction Using a Relational Database Management System for RNA.
21st International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management. June 2-4, 2009. Springer-Verlag. pp. 200-216.
Chen Y.P., Evans J.D., Murphy C., Gutell R., Zuker M., Gundersen-Rindal D., and Pettis J.S. (2009).
Morphological, Molecular, and Phylogenetic Characterization of Nosema cerenae, a Microsporidian Parasite Isolated from the European Honey Bee, Apis mellifera.
The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 56(2):142-147.
Maddison D.R., Moore W., Baker M.D., Ellis T.M., Ober K.A., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2009).
Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae).
Zoologica Scripta, 38(1):43-62.
The document discusses the origin and evolution of the ribosome. It finds:
1) There is no single self-folding RNA segment that defines the small subunit's decoding site, while the large subunit's peptidyl transfer center is defined by one self-folding RNA segment.
2) The proteins contacting the small subunit's decoding site use universally alignable sequence blocks, while the large subunit's contact proteins use bacterial- or archaeal-specific blocks.
3) These differences support an earlier origin for the large subunit's peptidyl transfer center, with the small subunit's decoding site evolving later as an addition to the ribosome. The implications are that a single self-folding
Chandramouli P., Topf M., Ménétret J.-F., Eswar N., Cannone J.J., Gutell R.R., Sali A., and Akey C.W. (2008).
Structure of the Mammalian 80S Ribosome at 8.7 Å Resolution.
Structure, 16(4):535-548.
This document describes a new method called BlockMSA for performing local multiple sequence alignment (MSA) of non-coding RNA sequences. BlockMSA uses a biclustering approach that simultaneously clusters sequences and identifies conserved subsequences within the clusters. The authors test BlockMSA on benchmark RNA datasets and two large biological datasets, finding it outperforms other MSA tools for larger problems with highly variable sequences. BlockMSA is able to scale to larger datasets while identifying functionally conserved regions missed by other methods.
Lee C.-Y., Lee J.C., and Gutell R.R. (2007).
Networks of interactions in the secondary and tertiary structure of ribosomal RNA.
Physica A, 386(1):564-572.
Gillespie J.J., Johnston J.S., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2006).
Characteristics of the nuclear (18S, 5.8S, 28S and 5S) and mitochondrial (12S and 16S) rRNA genes of Apis mellifera (Insecta:Hymenoptera): structure, organization, and retrotransposable elements.
Insect Molecular Biology, 15(5):657-686.
Weinstock et al. (81 authors), Gillespie J.J., Cannone J.J., Gutell R.R., et al. (100 authors) (2006).
Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera.
Nature, 443(7114):931-949.
Lee J.C., Gutell R.R., and Russell R. (2006).
The UAA/GAN internal loop motif: a new RNA structural element that forms a cross-strand AAA stack and long-range tertiary interactions.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 360(5):978-988.
Ozer S., Doshi K.J., Xu W., and Gutell R.R. (2011).
rCAD: A Novel Database Schema for the Comparative Analysis of RNA.
7th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Stockholm, Sweden. December 5-8, 2011. pp 15-22.
Jiang Y., Xu W., Thompson L.P., Gutell R., and Miranker D. (2011).
R-PASS: A Fast Structure-based RNA Sequence Alignment Algorithm.
Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2011), Atlanta, GA. November 12-15, 2011. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA. pp. 618-622.
Xu W., Wongsa A., Lee J., Shang L., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2011).
RNA2DMap: A Visual Exploration Tool of the Information in RNA's Higher-Order Structure.
Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2011), Atlanta, GA. November 12-15, 2011. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA. pp. 613-617.
Muralidhara C., Gross A.M., Gutell R.R., and Alter O. (2011).
Tensor Decomposition Reveals Concurrent Evolutionary Convergences and Divergences and Correlations with Structural Motifs in Ribosomal RNA.
PLoS ONE, 6(4):e18768.
Xia Z., Gardner D.P., Gutell R.R., and Ren P. (2010).
Coarse-Grained Model for Simulation of RNA Three-Dimensional Structures.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114(42):13497-13506.
The document describes research on fragmentation of the large subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU rRNA) gene in oyster mitochondrial genomes. Key findings include:
1) The LSU rRNA gene is split into two fragments separated by thousands of nucleotides in three species of oysters.
2) RT-PCR and EST analysis showed the two fragments are transcribed separately in Crassostrea virginica and are not spliced together.
3) Secondary structure models of the fragmented LSU rRNA genes were predicted for C. virginica, C. gigas, and C. hongkongensis based on comparative sequence analysis. This fragmentation represents a novel phenomenon in bilateral metazoan mitochondrial genomes.
Mueller U.G., Ishak H., Lee J.C., Sen R., and Gutell R.R. (2010).
Placement of attine ant-associated Pseudonocardia in a global phylogeny (Pseudonocardiaceae, Actinomycetales): a test of two symbiont-association models.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 98(2):195-212.
Theriot E.C., Cannone J.J., Gutell R.R., and Alverson A.J. (2009).
The limits of nuclear encoded SSU rDNA for resolving the diatom phylogeny.
European Journal of Phycology, 44(3):277-290.
Wu J.C., Gardner D.P., Ozer S., Gutell R.R. and Ren P. (2009).
Correlation of RNA Secondary Structure Statistics with Thermodynamic Stability and Applications to Folding.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 391(4):769-783.
Xu W., Ozer S., and Gutell R.R. (2009).
Covariant Evolutionary Event Analysis for Base Interaction Prediction Using a Relational Database Management System for RNA.
21st International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management. June 2-4, 2009. Springer-Verlag. pp. 200-216.
Chen Y.P., Evans J.D., Murphy C., Gutell R., Zuker M., Gundersen-Rindal D., and Pettis J.S. (2009).
Morphological, Molecular, and Phylogenetic Characterization of Nosema cerenae, a Microsporidian Parasite Isolated from the European Honey Bee, Apis mellifera.
The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 56(2):142-147.
Maddison D.R., Moore W., Baker M.D., Ellis T.M., Ober K.A., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2009).
Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae).
Zoologica Scripta, 38(1):43-62.
The document discusses the origin and evolution of the ribosome. It finds:
1) There is no single self-folding RNA segment that defines the small subunit's decoding site, while the large subunit's peptidyl transfer center is defined by one self-folding RNA segment.
2) The proteins contacting the small subunit's decoding site use universally alignable sequence blocks, while the large subunit's contact proteins use bacterial- or archaeal-specific blocks.
3) These differences support an earlier origin for the large subunit's peptidyl transfer center, with the small subunit's decoding site evolving later as an addition to the ribosome. The implications are that a single self-folding
Chandramouli P., Topf M., Ménétret J.-F., Eswar N., Cannone J.J., Gutell R.R., Sali A., and Akey C.W. (2008).
Structure of the Mammalian 80S Ribosome at 8.7 Å Resolution.
Structure, 16(4):535-548.
This document describes a new method called BlockMSA for performing local multiple sequence alignment (MSA) of non-coding RNA sequences. BlockMSA uses a biclustering approach that simultaneously clusters sequences and identifies conserved subsequences within the clusters. The authors test BlockMSA on benchmark RNA datasets and two large biological datasets, finding it outperforms other MSA tools for larger problems with highly variable sequences. BlockMSA is able to scale to larger datasets while identifying functionally conserved regions missed by other methods.
Lee C.-Y., Lee J.C., and Gutell R.R. (2007).
Networks of interactions in the secondary and tertiary structure of ribosomal RNA.
Physica A, 386(1):564-572.
Gillespie J.J., Johnston J.S., Cannone J.J., and Gutell R.R. (2006).
Characteristics of the nuclear (18S, 5.8S, 28S and 5S) and mitochondrial (12S and 16S) rRNA genes of Apis mellifera (Insecta:Hymenoptera): structure, organization, and retrotransposable elements.
Insect Molecular Biology, 15(5):657-686.
Weinstock et al. (81 authors), Gillespie J.J., Cannone J.J., Gutell R.R., et al. (100 authors) (2006).
Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera.
Nature, 443(7114):931-949.
Lee J.C., Gutell R.R., and Russell R. (2006).
The UAA/GAN internal loop motif: a new RNA structural element that forms a cross-strand AAA stack and long-range tertiary interactions.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 360(5):978-988.