Structural highlights
Function
[RL7A_ARCFU] Multifunctional RNA-binding protein that recognizes the K-turn motif in ribosomal RNA, box H/ACA and box C/D sRNAs.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
We have determined and refined a crystal structure of the initial assembly complex of archaeal box C/D sRNPs comprising the Archaeoglobus fulgidus (AF) L7Ae protein and a box C/D RNA. The box C/D RNA forms a classical kink-turn (K-turn) structure and the resulting protein-RNA complex serves as a distinct platform for recruitment of the fibrillarin-Nop5p complex. The cocrystal structure confirms previously proposed secondary structure of the box C/D RNA that includes a protruded U, a UU mismatch, and two sheared tandem GA base pairs. Detailed structural comparisons of the AF L7Ae-box C/D RNA complex with previously determined crystal structures of L7Ae homologs in complex with functionally distinct K-turn RNAs revealed a set of remarkably conserved principles in protein-RNA interactions. These analyses provide a structural basis for interpreting the functional roles of the box C/D sequences in directing specific assembly of box C/D sRNPs.
Molecular basis of box C/D RNA-protein interactions; cocrystal structure of archaeal L7Ae and a box C/D RNA.,Moore T, Zhang Y, Fenley MO, Li H Structure. 2004 May;12(5):807-18. PMID:15130473[2]
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References
- ↑ Rozhdestvensky TS, Tang TH, Tchirkova IV, Brosius J, Bachellerie JP, Huttenhofer A. Binding of L7Ae protein to the K-turn of archaeal snoRNAs: a shared RNA binding motif for C/D and H/ACA box snoRNAs in Archaea. Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Feb 1;31(3):869-77. PMID:12560482
- ↑ Moore T, Zhang Y, Fenley MO, Li H. Molecular basis of box C/D RNA-protein interactions; cocrystal structure of archaeal L7Ae and a box C/D RNA. Structure. 2004 May;12(5):807-18. PMID:15130473 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2004.02.033