1xk5
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Crystal structure of the m3G-cap-binding domain of snurportin1 in complex with a m3GpppG-cap dinucleotide
Overview
In higher eukaryotes the biogenesis of spliceosomal UsnRNPs involves a, nucleocytoplasmic shuttling cycle. After the m7G-cap-dependent export of, the snRNAs U1, U2, U4 and U5 to the cytoplasm, each of these snRNAs, associates with seven Sm proteins. Subsequently, the m7G-cap is, hypermethylated to the 2,2,7-trimethylguanosine (m3G)-cap. The import, adaptor snurportin1 recognises the m3G-cap and facilitates the nuclear, import of the UsnRNPs by binding to importin-beta. Here we report the, crystal structure of the m3G-cap-binding domain of snurportin1 with bound, m3GpppG at 2.4 A resolution, revealing a structural similarity to the, mRNA-guanyly-transferase. Snurportin1 binds both the hypermethylated cap, and the first nucleotide of the RNA in a stacked conformation. This, binding mode differs significantly from that of the m7G-cap-binding, proteins Cap-binding protein 20 (CBP20), eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, (eIF4E) and viral protein 39 (VP39). The specificity of the m3G-cap, recognition by snurportin1 was evaluated by fluorescence spectroscopy, demonstrating the importance of a highly solvent exposed tryptophan for, the discrimination of m7G-capped RNAs. The critical role of this, tryptophan and as well of a tryptophan continuing the RNA base stack was, confirmed by nuclear import assays and cap-binding activity tests using, several snurportin1 mutants.
About this Structure
1XK5 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens with TPG as ligand. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural basis for m3G-cap-mediated nuclear import of spliceosomal UsnRNPs by snurportin1., Strasser A, Dickmanns A, Luhrmann R, Ficner R, EMBO J. 2005 Jul 6;24(13):2235-43. Epub 2005 May 26. PMID:15920472
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