Philip Bevilacqua

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Chemistry

Research Summary

Biological chemistry of RNA, characterization of RNA catalysis and folding, characterization of the RNA-dependent regulation of human viral response and RNA folding in plants as a response to environmental stress.

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Recent Publications

Rock, scissors, paper: How RNA structure informs function

Assmann, S. M., Chou, H. L. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jun 2023, In: Plant Cell. 35, 6, p. 1671-1707 37 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

MeltR software provides facile determination of nucleic acid thermodynamics

Sieg, J. P., Arteaga, S. J., Znosko, B. M. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jun 14 2023, In: Biophysical Reports. 3, 2, 100101.

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Regulatory Mechanisms through RNA Conformational Switching and Dynamics

Bevilacqua, P. C. & Tolbert, B. S., Sep 30 2022, In: Journal of Molecular Biology. 434, 18, 167794.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

RNA multimerization as an organizing force for liquid–liquid phase separation

Bevilacqua, P. C., Williams, A. M., Chou, H. L. & Assmann, S. M., Jan 2022, In: RNA. 28, 1, p. 16-26 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Phase-specific RNA accumulation and duplex thermodynamics in multiphase coacervate models for membraneless organelles

Choi, S., Meyer, M. C. O., Bevilacqua, P. C. & Keating, C. D., Oct 2022, In: Nature Chemistry. 14, 10, p. 1110-1117 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Experimental demonstration and pan-structurome prediction of climate-associated riboSNitches in Arabidopsis

Ferrero-Serrano, Á., Sylvia, M. M., Forstmeier, P. C., Olson, A. J., Ware, D., Bevilacqua, P. C. & Assmann, S. M., Dec 2022, In: Genome biology. 23, 1, 101.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Upstream Flanking Sequence Assists Folding of an RNA Thermometer

Jolley, E. A., Bormes, K. M. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Sep 30 2022, In: Journal of Molecular Biology. 434, 18, 167786.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The Metabolome Weakens RNA Thermodynamic Stability and Strengthens RNA Chemical Stability

Sieg, J. P., McKinley, L. N., Huot, M. J., Yennawar, N. H. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Nov 15 2022, In: Biochemistry. 61, 22, p. 2579-2591 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Biological solution conditions and flanking sequence modulate LLPS of RNA G-quadruplex structures

Williams, A. M., Dickson, T. M., Lagoa-Miguel, C. A. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Sep 2022, In: RNA. 28, 9, p. 1197-1209 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Genome-wide analysis of the in vivo tRNA structurome reveals RNA structural and modification dynamics under heat stress

Yamagami, R., Sieg, J. P., Assmann, S. M. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jun 21 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 25, e2201237119.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

RNA sequence and structure control assembly and function of RNA condensates

Poudyal, R. R., Sieg, J. P., Portz, B., Keating, C. D. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Dec 1 2021, In: RNA (New York, N.Y.). 27, 12, p. 1589-1601 13 p.

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Investigation of the pKa of the nucleophilic O2' of the hairpin ribozyme

Veenis, A. J., Li, P., Soudackov, A. V., Hammes-Schiffer, S. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Nov 4 2021, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125, 43, p. 11869-11883 15 p.

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Long Tracts of Guanines Drive Aggregation of RNA G-Quadruplexes in the Presence of Spermine

Williams, A. M., Poudyal, R. R. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Sep 14 2021, In: Biochemistry. 60, 36, p. 2715-2726 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Functional Roles of Chelated Magnesium Ions in RNA Folding and Function

Yamagami, R., Sieg, J. P. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Aug 10 2021, In: Biochemistry. 60, 31, p. 2374-2386 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Efficient construction of long DNA duplexes with internal non-Watson-Crick motifs and modifications

Zheng, X. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Jan 1 2021, In: Nucleic acids research. 29, 2, e6.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review