Structural highlights
6tuo is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304 and Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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Method: | X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.8Å |
Ligands: | , , , , |
Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
PIWI_ARCFU Required for RNA-mediated gene silencing (RNAi). Binds to short RNAs such as short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and may cleave or repress the translation of mRNAs which are complementary to them (By similarity).