Jirka Peschek

Jirka Peschek

Alumni Postdoctoral Fellow

jirka@walterlab.ucsf.edu

Scientific Interest

Biomolecular interactions and mechanisms involved in protein folding and cellular homeostasis

Current Research Interests

Structure-function relationship of the ER stress sensor Ire1, organization of unconventional splicing during Ire1-mediated signaling

Former Lab Affiliations

2007 Prof. Johannes Buchner – Master Student, Technische Universität München
2008-2012 Prof. Johannes Buchner – Ph.D Student, Technische Universität München

Education

2002-2005 B.S. Biochemistry – Technische Universität München, Germany
2005-2007 MS Biochemistry – Technische Universität München, Germany
2008-2012 Ph.D Biochemistry – Technische Universität München,

Selected Publications

Li W, Crotty K, Garrido Ruiz D, Voorhies M, Rivera C, Sil A, Mullins RD, Jacobson MP, Peschek J, Walter PProtomer alignment modulates specificity of RNA substrate recognition by Ire1. eLife 10:e6742, 2021
(PMID: 33904404) (PDF)

Li W, Crotty K, Ruiz DG, Voorhies M, Rivera C, Sil A, Mullins RD, Jacobson MP, Peschek J, Walter PProtomer alignment modulates specificity of RNA substrate recognition by Ire1. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.10.430655, 2021
(PMID: not available) (PDF)

Peschek J, Walter PtRNA ligase structure reveals kinetic competition between non-conventional mRNA splicing and mRNA decay. eLife 8:e44199, 2019
(PMID: 31237564) (PDF)

Li W, Okreglak V, Peschek J, Kimmig P, Zubradt M, Weissman J, Walter PEngineering ER-stress dependent non-conventional mRNA splicing. eLife 7:e35388, 2018
(PMID: 29985129) (PDF)

Peschek J, Acosta-Alvear D, Mendez AS, Walter PA conformational RNA zipper promotes intron ejection during non‐conventional XBP1 mRNA splicing. EMBO Rep 16:1688–1698, 2015
(PMID: 26483401) (PDF)