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Saccharide-RNA recognition in the neomycin B / RNA aptamer complex
Overview
BACKGROUND: Aminoglycoside antibiotics can target RNA folds with micromolar affinity and inhibit biological processes ranging from protein biosynthesis to ribozyme action and viral replication. Specific features of aminoglycoside antibiotic-RNA recognition have been probed using chemical, biochemical, spectroscopic and computational approaches on both natural RNA targets and RNA aptamers identified through in vitro selection. Our previous studies on tobramycin-RNA aptamer complexes are extended to neomycin B bound to its selected RNA aptamer with 100 nM affinity. RESULTS: The neamine moiety (rings I and II) of neomycin B is sandwiched between the major groove floor of a 'zippered-up' G.U mismatch aligned segment and a looped-out purine base that flaps over the bound antibiotic. Specific intermolecular hydrogen bonds are observed between the charged amines of neomycin B and base mismatch edges and backbone phosphates. These interactions anchor 2-deoxystreptamine ring I and pyranose ring II within the RNA-binding pocket. CONCLUSIONS: The RNA aptamer complexes with tobramycin and neomycin B utilize common architectural principles to generate RNA-binding pockets for the bound aminoglycoside antibiotics. In each case, the 2-deoxystreptamine ring I and an attached pyranose ring are encapsulated within the major groove binding pocket, which is lined with mismatch pairs. The bound antibiotic within the pocket is capped over by a looped-out base and anchored in place through intermolecular hydrogen bonds involving charged amine groups of the antibiotic.
About this Structure
1NEM is a Protein complex structure of sequences from [1]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Saccharide-RNA recognition in a complex formed between neomycin B and an RNA aptamer., Jiang L, Majumdar A, Hu W, Jaishree TJ, Xu W, Patel DJ, Structure. 1999 Jul 15;7(7):817-27. PMID:10425683
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Categories: Protein complex | Hu, W. | Jaishree, T J. | Jiang, L. | Majumdar, A. | Patel, D J. | Xu, W. | BDG | NEB | Aminoglycoside | Antibiotic | Rna aptamer
