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Overview<\/strong> The maintenance of chromosome ends, known as telomeres, is a fundamental process for genome stability in almost all eukaryotes. At the heart of this mechanism is telomerase, a specialized reverse transcriptase that adds telomeric repeats to counter the “end replication problem”. Although telomerase is a prime target for research into cancer and age-related disorders, our understanding of its diverse structural forms across species remained incomplete. <\/p>\n

A new study published by researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke, and Pascal Chartrand of CI2B<\/sup>, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, presents the first structure of the telomerase holoenzyme from budding yeast using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), revealing a molecular architecture that diverges considerably from its human and ciliate counterparts.<\/p>\n\n

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Unlocking the secrets of telomerase with yeast<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A major discovery reveals the architecture of telomerase, an enzyme closely linked to aging and cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pascal Chartrand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Institut Courtois d’innovation biom\u00e9dicale and senior co-author of the study<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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