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2008

Chernyakov I, Whipple JM, Kotelawala L, Grayhack EJ, Phizicky EM (2008) Degradation of several hypomodified mature tRNA species in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is mediated by Met22 and the 5'-3' exonucleases Rat1 and Xrn1. Genes Dev, 22:1369-80 Link to PubMed

Jackman JE, Phizicky EM (2008) Identification of Critical Residues for G-1 Addition and Substrate Recognition by tRNA(His) Guanylyltransferase. Biochemistry Link to PubMed

Kotelawala L, Grayhack EJ, Phizicky EM (2008) Identification of yeast tRNA Um(44) 2'-O-methyltransferase (Trm44) and demonstration of a Trm44 role in sustaining levels of specific tRNA(Ser) species. Rna, 14:158-69 Link to PubMed

2007

Wilkinson ML, Crary SM, Jackman JE, Grayhack EJ, Phizicky EM (2007) The 2'-O-methyltransferase responsible for modification of yeast tRNA at position 4.Rna, 13:404-13 Link to PubMed

Malkowski MG, Quartley E, Friedman AE, Babulski J, Kon Y, Wolfley J, Said M, Luft JR, Phizicky EM, DeTitta GT, Grayhack EJ (2007) Blocking S-adenosylmethionine synthesis in yeast allows selenomethionine incorporation and multiwavelength anomalous dispersion phasing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104:6678-83 Link to PubMed

Jackman JE, Kotelawala L, Grayhack EJ, Phizicky EM (2007) Identification and characterization of modification enzymes by biochemical analysis of the proteome. Methods Enzymol, 425:139-52 Link to PubMed

2006

Phizicky, E.M. and Grayhack, E.J. (2006) Proteome-scale analysis of biochemical activity. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol, 41:315-27 Link to PubMed

Jackman, J.E. and Phizicky, E.M. (2006) tRNAHis guanylyltransferase catalyzes a 3'-5' polymerization reaction that is distinct from G-1 addition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103:8640-5 Link to PubMed

Jackman, J.E. and Phizicky, E.M. (2006) tRNAHis guanylyltransferase adds G-1 to the 5' end of tRNAHis by recognition of the anticodon, one of several features unexpectedly shared with tRNA synthetases. Rna, 12:1007-14 Link to PubMed

Alexandrov, A., Chernyakov, I., Gu, W., Hiley, S.L., Hughes, T.R., Grayhack, E.J. and Phizicky, E.M. (2006) Rapid tRNA decay can result from lack of nonessential modifications. Mol Cell, 21:87-96 Link to PubMed

2005

Gu, W., Hurto, R.L., Hopper, A.K., Grayhack, E.J. and Phizicky, E.M. (2005) Depletion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNA(His) guanylyltransferase Thg1p leads to uncharged tRNAHis with additional m(5)C. Mol Cell Biol, 25:8191-201 Link to PubMed

Cartlidge, R.A., Knebel, A., Peggie, M., Alexandrov, A., Phizicky, E.M. and Cohen, P. (2005) The tRNA methylase METTL1 is phosphorylated and inactivated by PKB and RSK in vitro and in cells. Embo J, 24:1696-705 Link to PubMed

Alexandrov, A., Grayhack, E.J. and Phizicky, E.M. (2005) tRNA m7G methyltransferase Trm8p/Trm82p: evidence linking activity to a growth phenotype and implicating Trm82p in maintaining levels of active Trm8p. Rna, 11:821-30 Link to PubMed

Gelperin, D.M., White, M.A., Wilkinson, M.L., Kon, Y., Kung, L.A., Wise, K.J., Lopez-Hoyo, N., Jiang, L., Piccirillo, S., Yu, H., Gerstein, M., Dumont, M.E., Phizicky, E.M., Snyder, M. and Grayhack, E.J. (2005) Biochemical and genetic analysis of the yeast proteome with a movable ORF collection. Genes Dev, 19:2816-26 Link to PubMed

Phizicky, E.M. (2005) Have tRNA, will travel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102:11127-8 Link to PubMed

Steiger M.A., Jackman J.E., Phizicky E.M. (2005) Analysis of 2'-phosphotransferase (Tpt1p) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae: evidence for a conserved two-step reaction mechanism. Rna, 11:99-106 Link to PubMed

Shull N.P., Spinelli S.L., Phizicky E.M. (2005) A highly specific phosphatase that acts on ADP-ribose 1''-phosphate, a metabolite of tRNA splicing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res, 33:650-60 Link to PubMed

2004

Alexandrov A., Vignali M., LaCount D.J., Quartley E., de Vries C., De Rosa D., Babulski J., Mitchell S.F., Schoenfeld L.W., Fields S., Hol W.G., Dumont M.E., Phizicky E.M., Grayhack E.J. (2004) A facile method for high-throughput co-expression of protein pairs. Mol Cell Proteomics, 3:934-8 Link to PubMed

Xing F., Hiley S.L., Hughes T.R., Phizicky E.M. (2004) The specificities of four yeast dihydrouridine synthases for cytoplasmic tRNAs. J Biol Chem, 279:17850-60 Link to PubMed

2003

Jackman J.E., Montange R.K., Malik H.S., Phizicky E.M. (2003) Identification of the yeast gene encoding the tRNA m1G methyltransferase responsible for modification at position 9. Rna, 9:574-85 Link to PubMed

Phizicky E., Bastiaens P.I., Zhu H., Snyder M., Fields S. (2003) Protein analysis on a proteomic scale. Nature, 422:208-15 Link to PubMed

Hopper A.K., Phizicky E.M. (2003) tRNA transfers to the limelight. Genes Dev, 17:162-80 Link to PubMed

Gu W, Jackman JE, Lohan AJ, Gray MW, Phizicky EM (2003) tRNAHis maturation: an essential yeast protein catalyzes addition of a guanine nucleotide to the 5' end of tRNAHis. Genes Dev, 17:2889-901 Link to PubMed

2002

Alexandrov A., Martzen M.R., Phizicky E.M. (2002) Two proteins that form a complex are required for 7-methylguanosine modification of yeast tRNA. Rna, 8:1253-66i Link to PubMed

Xing F., Martzen M.R., Phizicky E.M. (2002) A conserved family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae synthases effects dihydrouridine modification of tRNA. Rna, 8:370-81 Link to PubMed

Phizicky E.M., Martzen M.R., McCraith S.M., Spinelli S.L., Xing F., Shull N.P., Van Slyke C., Montagne R.K., Torres F.M., Fields S., Grayhack E.J. (2002) Biochemical genomics approach to map activities to genes. Methods Enzymol. 350:546-59 Link to PubMed

2001

Grayhack, E. J. and Phizicky, E. M.(2001) Genomic Analysis of biochemical function. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 5:34-39. Link to PubMed

Steiger MA, Kierzek R, Turner DH, Phizicky EM. (2001) Substrate recognition by a yeast 2'-phosphotransferase involved in tRNA splicing and by its Escherichia coli homolog. Biochemistry. 40:14098-105. Link to PubMed

2000

Kierzek R, Steiger MA, Spinelli SL, Turner DH, Phizicky EM. (2000) The chemical synthesis of oligoribonucleotides with selectively placed 2'-O-phosphates. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 19:917-33. Link to PubMed

Polevoda B, Martzen MR, Das B, Phizicky EM, Sherman F. (2000) Cytochrome c methyltransferase, Ctm1p, of yeast. J Biol Chem. 275:20508-13. Link to PubMed

1999

M. R. Martzen, S. M. McCraith, S. L. Spinelli, F. M. Torres, S. Fields, E. J. Grayhack and E. M. Phizicky(1999) A biochemical genomics approach for identifying genes by the activity of their products. Science 286: 1153-5 Link to PubMed

Spinelli, S. L., Kierzek, R., Turner, D. H. and Phizicky, E. M. (1999) Transient ADP-ribosylation of a 2'-phosphate implicated in its removal from ligated tRNA during splicing in yeast. J. Biol. Chem. 274:2637-2644. Link to PubMed

1998

Spinelli, S. L., Malik, H. S., Consaul, S. A. and Phizicky, E. M. (1998) A functional homolog of a yeast tRNA splicing enzyme is conserved in higher eukaryotes and in E. coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:14136-14141. Link to PubMed

Robinson MK, Phizicky EM. (1998) Purification and assay of the Ptc1/Tpd1 protein phosphatase 2C from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods Mol Biol. 93:235-42. Link to PubMed

1997

Spinelli, S. L., Consaul, S. A. and Phizicky, E. M. (1997) A conditional lethal yeast phosphotransferase (tpt1) mutant accumulates tRNAs with a 2'-phosphate and an undermodified base at the splice junction. RNA 3:1388-1400. Link to PubMed

Culver GM, McCraith SM, Consaul SA, Stanford DR, Phizicky EM. (1997) A 2'-phosphotransferase implicated in tRNA splicing is essential in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem. 272:13203-10. Link to PubMed

1995

Phizicky EM, Fields S. (1995) Protein-protein interactions: methods for detection and analysis. Microbiol Rev. 59:94-123. Review. Link to PubMed

1994

Culver GM, Consaul SA, Tycowski KT, Filipowicz W, Phizicky EM. (1994) tRNA splicing in yeast and wheat germ. A cyclic phosphodiesterase implicated in the metabolism of ADP-ribose 1",2"-cyclic phosphate. J Biol Chem. 269:24928-34. Link to PubMed

Robinson MK, van Zyl WH, Phizicky EM, Broach JR. (1994) TPD1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a protein phosphatase 2C-like activity implicated in tRNA splicing and cell separation. Mol Cell Biol. 14:3634-45. Link to PubMed

1993

Culver GM, McCraith SM, Zillmann M, Kierzek R, Michaud N, LaReau RD, Turner DH, Phizicky EM. (1993) An NAD derivative produced during transfer RNA splicing: ADP-ribose 1"-2" cyclic phosphate. Science. 261:206-8. Link to PubMed

Phizicky EM, Greer CL. (1993) Pre-tRNA splicing: variation on a theme or exception to the rule? Trends Biochem Sci. 18:31-4. Review. Link to PubMed