Structural highlights
Function
[RNC_AQUAE] Digests double-stranded RNA. Involved in the processing of primary rRNA transcript to yield the immediate precursors to the large and small rRNAs (23S and 16S). Also processes some mRNAs, and tRNAs when they are encoded in the rRNA operon.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Bacterial ribonuclease III (RNase III) can affect RNA structure and gene expression in either of two ways: as a processing enzyme that cleaves double-stranded (ds) RNA, or as a binding protein that binds but does not cleave dsRNA. We previously proposed a model of the catalytic complex of RNase III with dsRNA based on three crystal structures, including the endonuclease domain of RNase III with and without bound metal ions and a dsRNA binding protein complexed with dsRNA. We also reported a noncatalytic assembly observed in the crystal structure of an RNase III mutant, which binds but does not cleave dsRNA, complexed with dsRNA. We hypothesize that the RNase III*dsRNA complex can exist in two functional forms, a catalytic complex and a noncatalytic assembly, and that in between the two forms there may be intermediate states. Here, we present four crystal structures of RNase III complexed with dsRNA, representing possible intermediates.
Intermediate states of ribonuclease III in complex with double-stranded RNA.,Gan J, Tropea JE, Austin BP, Court DL, Waugh DS, Ji X Structure. 2005 Oct;13(10):1435-42. PMID:16216575[3]
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References
- ↑ Shi Z, Nicholson RH, Jaggi R, Nicholson AW. Characterization of Aquifex aeolicus ribonuclease III and the reactivity epitopes of its pre-ribosomal RNA substrates. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Apr;39(7):2756-68. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq1030. Epub 2010, Dec 7. PMID:21138964 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkq1030
- ↑ Gan J, Tropea JE, Austin BP, Court DL, Waugh DS, Ji X. Structural insight into the mechanism of double-stranded RNA processing by ribonuclease III. Cell. 2006 Jan 27;124(2):355-66. PMID:16439209 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.11.034
- ↑ Gan J, Tropea JE, Austin BP, Court DL, Waugh DS, Ji X. Intermediate states of ribonuclease III in complex with double-stranded RNA. Structure. 2005 Oct;13(10):1435-42. PMID:16216575 doi:10.1016/j.str.2005.06.014
