Structural highlights
Function
ENDA_ARCFU Endonuclease that removes tRNA introns. Cleaves pre-tRNA at the 5'- and 3'-splice sites to release the intron. The products are an intron and two tRNA half-molecules bearing 2',3' cyclic phosphate and 5'-OH termini. Recognizes a pseudosymmetric substrate in which 2 bulged loops of 3 bases are separated by a stem of 4 bp.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The RNA splicing endonuclease cleaves two phosphodiester bonds within folded precursor RNAs during intron removal, producing the functional RNAs required for protein synthesis. Here we describe at a resolution of 2.85 angstroms the structure of a splicing endonuclease from Archaeglobus fulgidus bound with a bulge-helix-bulge RNA containing a noncleaved and a cleaved splice site. The endonuclease dimer cooperatively recognized a flipped-out bulge base and stabilizes sharply bent bulge backbones that are poised for an in-line RNA cleavage reaction. Cooperativity arises because an arginine pair from one catalytic domain sandwiches a nucleobase within the bulge cleaved by the other catalytic domain.
RNA recognition and cleavage by a splicing endonuclease.,Xue S, Calvin K, Li H Science. 2006 May 12;312(5775):906-10. PMID:16690865[1]
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References
- ↑ Xue S, Calvin K, Li H. RNA recognition and cleavage by a splicing endonuclease. Science. 2006 May 12;312(5775):906-10. PMID:16690865 doi:http://dx.doi.org/312/5775/906
