2cjk
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STRUCTURE OF THE RNA BINDING DOMAIN OF HRP1 IN COMPLEX WITH RNA
Overview
The recognition of specific signals encoded within the 3'-untranslated region of the newly transcribed mRNA triggers the assembly of a multiprotein machine that modifies its 3'-end. Hrp1 recognises one of such signals, the so-called polyadenylation enhancement element (PEE), promoting the recruitment of other polyadenylation factors in yeast. The molecular bases of this interaction are revealed here by the solution structure of a complex between Hrp1 and an oligonucleotide mimicking the PEE. Six consecutive bases (AUAUAU) are specifically recognised by two RNA-binding domains arranged in tandem. Both protein and RNA undergo significant conformational changes upon complex formation with a concomitant large surface burial of RNA bases. Key aspects of RNA specificity can be explained by the presence of intermolecular aromatic-aromatic contacts and hydrogen bonds. Altogether, the Hrp1-PEE structure represents one of the first steps towards understanding of the assembly of the cleavage and polyadenylation machinery at the atomic level.
About this Structure
2CJK is a Single protein structure of sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Grabbing the message: structural basis of mRNA 3'UTR recognition by Hrp1., Perez-Canadillas JM, EMBO J. 2006 Jul 12;25(13):3167-78. Epub 2006 Jun 22. PMID:16794580
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