Structural highlights
Function
[RIP1_PHYAM] Inhibits viral infection of plants, and protein synthesis in vitro.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP) is a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP), which enzymatically removes a single adenine base from a conserved, surface exposed loop sequence of ribosomal rRNA. We now present unprecedented experimental evidence that PAP can release not only adenine but guanine as well from Escherichia coli rRNA, albeit at a rate 20 times slower than for adenine. We also report X-ray structure analysis and supporting modeling studies for the interactions of PAP with guanine. Our modeling studies indicated that PAP can accommodate a guanine base in the active site pocket without large conformational changes. This prediction was experimentally confirmed, since a guanine base was visible in the active site pocket of the crystal structure of the PAP-guanine complex.
X-ray crystallographic analysis of the structural basis for the interaction of pokeweed antiviral protein with guanine residues of ribosomal RNA.,Kurinov IV, Rajamohan F, Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM Protein Sci. 1999 Nov;8(11):2399-405. PMID:10595542[1]
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References
- ↑ Kurinov IV, Rajamohan F, Venkatachalam TK, Uckun FM. X-ray crystallographic analysis of the structural basis for the interaction of pokeweed antiviral protein with guanine residues of ribosomal RNA. Protein Sci. 1999 Nov;8(11):2399-405. PMID:10595542
