1ytu
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Structural basis for 5'-end-specific recognition of the guide RNA strand by the A. fulgidus PIWI protein
Overview
RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved sequence-specific gene regulatory, mechanism mediated by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which is, composed of a single-stranded guide RNA and an Argonaute protein. The PIWI, domain, a highly conserved motif within Argonaute, has been shown to adopt, an RNase H fold critical for the endonuclease cleavage activity of RISC., Here we report the crystal structure of Archaeoglobus fulgidus Piwi, protein bound to double-stranded RNA, thereby identifying the binding, pocket for guide-strand 5'-end recognition and providing insight into, guide-strand-mediated messenger RNA target recognition. The phosphorylated, 5' end of the guide RNA is anchored within a highly conserved basic, pocket, supplemented by the carboxy-terminal carboxylate and a bound, divalent cation. The first nucleotide from the 5' end of the guide RNA is, unpaired and stacks over a conserved tyrosine residue, whereas successive, nucleotides form a four-base-pair RNA duplex. Mutation of the, corresponding amino acids that contact the 5' phosphate in human Ago2, resulted in attenuated mRNA cleavage activity. Our structure of the, Piwi-RNA complex, and that determined elsewhere, provide direct support, for the 5' region of the guide RNA serving as a nucleation site for, pairing with target mRNA and for a fixed distance separating the, RISC-mediated mRNA cleavage site from the anchored 5' end of the guide, RNA.
About this Structure
1YTU is a Single protein structure of sequence from Archaeoglobus fulgidus dsm 4304 with MG as ligand. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural basis for 5'-end-specific recognition of guide RNA by the A. fulgidus Piwi protein., Ma JB, Yuan YR, Meister G, Pei Y, Tuschl T, Patel DJ, Nature. 2005 Mar 31;434(7033):666-70. PMID:15800629
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