Structural highlights
Function
[MS116_YEAST] ATP-dependent RNA helicase required for mitochondrial splicing of group I and II introns. Specifically involved in the ATP-dependent splicing of the bl1 intron of COB. Also required for efficient mitochondrial translation.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The yeast DEAD box protein Mss116p is a general RNA chaperone that functions in mitochondrial group I and II intron splicing, translational activation, and RNA end processing. Here we determined high-resolution X-ray crystal structures of Mss116p complexed with an RNA oligonucleotide and ATP analogs AMP-PNP, ADP-BeF(3)(-), or ADP-AlF(4)(-). The structures show the entire helicase core acting together with a functionally important C-terminal extension. In all structures, the helicase core is in a closed conformation with a wedge alpha helix bending RNA 3' of the central bound nucleotides, as in previous DEAD box protein structures. Notably, Mss116p's C-terminal extension also bends RNA 5' of the central nucleotides, resulting in RNA crimping. Despite reported functional differences, we observe few structural changes in ternary complexes with different ATP analogs. The structures constrain models of DEAD box protein function and reveal a strand separation mechanism in which a protein uses two wedges to act as a molecular crimper.
Structure of the Yeast DEAD box protein Mss116p reveals two wedges that crimp RNA.,Del Campo M, Lambowitz AM Mol Cell. 2009 Sep 11;35(5):598-609. PMID:19748356[5]
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See Also
References
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- ↑ Niemer I, Schmelzer C, Borner GV. Overexpression of DEAD box protein pMSS116 promotes ATP-dependent splicing of a yeast group II intron in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res. 1995 Sep 11;23(17):2966-72. PMID:7567443
- ↑ Minczuk M, Dmochowska A, Palczewska M, Stepien PP. Overexpressed yeast mitochondrial putative RNA helicase Mss116 partially restores proper mtRNA metabolism in strains lacking the Suv3 mtRNA helicase. Yeast. 2002 Nov;19(15):1285-93. PMID:12402239 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/yea.906
- ↑ Huang HR, Rowe CE, Mohr S, Jiang Y, Lambowitz AM, Perlman PS. The splicing of yeast mitochondrial group I and group II introns requires a DEAD-box protein with RNA chaperone function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jan 4;102(1):163-8. Epub 2004 Dec 23. PMID:15618406 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0407896101
- ↑ Del Campo M, Lambowitz AM. Structure of the Yeast DEAD box protein Mss116p reveals two wedges that crimp RNA. Mol Cell. 2009 Sep 11;35(5):598-609. PMID:19748356 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2009.07.032
