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'''Structural basis for 5'-end-specific recognition of the guide RNA strand by the A. fulgidus PIWI protein'''
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===Structural basis for 5'-end-specific recognition of the guide RNA strand by the A. fulgidus PIWI protein===
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==Overview==
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved sequence-specific gene regulatory mechanism mediated by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which is composed of a single-stranded guide RNA and an Argonaute protein. The PIWI domain, a highly conserved motif within Argonaute, has been shown to adopt an RNase H fold critical for the endonuclease cleavage activity of RISC. Here we report the crystal structure of Archaeoglobus fulgidus Piwi protein bound to double-stranded RNA, thereby identifying the binding pocket for guide-strand 5'-end recognition and providing insight into guide-strand-mediated messenger RNA target recognition. The phosphorylated 5' end of the guide RNA is anchored within a highly conserved basic pocket, supplemented by the carboxy-terminal carboxylate and a bound divalent cation. The first nucleotide from the 5' end of the guide RNA is unpaired and stacks over a conserved tyrosine residue, whereas successive nucleotides form a four-base-pair RNA duplex. Mutation of the corresponding amino acids that contact the 5' phosphate in human Ago2 resulted in attenuated mRNA cleavage activity. Our structure of the Piwi-RNA complex, and that determined elsewhere, provide direct support for the 5' region of the guide RNA serving as a nucleation site for pairing with target mRNA and for a fixed distance separating the RISC-mediated mRNA cleavage site from the anchored 5' end of the guide RNA.
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Structural basis for 5'-end-specific recognition of the guide RNA strand by the A. fulgidus PIWI protein

Template:ABSTRACT PUBMED 15800629

About this Structure

1YTU is a Single protein structure of sequence from Archaeoglobus fulgidus dsm 4304. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

Structural basis for 5'-end-specific recognition of guide RNA by the A. fulgidus Piwi protein., Ma JB, Yuan YR, Meister G, Pei Y, Tuschl T, Patel DJ, Nature. 2005 Mar 31;434(7033):666-70. PMID:15800629

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