Structural highlights
Function
[TUD_DROME] Required during oogenesis for the formation of primordial germ cells and for normal abdominal segmentation.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Piwi proteins are modified by symmetric dimethylation of arginine (sDMA), and the methylarginine-dependent interaction with Tudor domain proteins is critical for their functions in germline development. Cocrystal structures of an extended Tudor domain (eTud) of Drosophila Tudor with methylated peptides of Aubergine, a Piwi family protein, reveal that sDMA is recognized by an asparagine-gated aromatic cage. Furthermore, the unexpected Tudor-SN/p100 fold of eTud is important for sensing the position of sDMA. The structural information provides mechanistic insights into sDMA-dependent Piwi-Tudor interaction, and the recognition of sDMA by Tudor domains in general.
Structural basis for methylarginine-dependent recognition of Aubergine by Tudor.,Liu H, Wang JY, Huang Y, Li Z, Gong W, Lehmann R, Xu RM Genes Dev. 2010 Sep 1;24(17):1876-81. Epub 2010 Aug 16. PMID:20713507[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
- ↑ Liu H, Wang JY, Huang Y, Li Z, Gong W, Lehmann R, Xu RM. Structural basis for methylarginine-dependent recognition of Aubergine by Tudor. Genes Dev. 2010 Sep 1;24(17):1876-81. Epub 2010 Aug 16. PMID:20713507 doi:10.1101/gad.1956010
