1w94
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF MIL (MTH680), AN ARCHAEAL IMP4-LIKE PROTEIN
Overview
Proteins of the Imp4/Brix superfamily are involved in ribosomal RNA, processing, an essential function in all cells. We report the first, structure of an Imp4/Brix superfamily protein, the Mil (for, Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Imp4-like) protein (gene product, Mth680), from the archaeon M. thermautotrophicus. The amino- and, carboxy-terminal halves of Mil show significant structural similarity to, one another, suggesting an origin by means of an ancestral duplication., Both halves show the same fold as the anticodon-binding domain of class, IIa aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, with greater conservation seen in the, N-terminal half. This structural similarity, together with the charge, distribution in Mil, suggests that Imp4/Brix superfamily proteins could, bind single-stranded segments of RNA along a concave surface formed by the, N-terminal half of their beta-sheet and a central alpha-helix. The crystal, structure of Mil is incompatible with the presence, in the Imp4/Brix, domain, of a helix-turn-helix motif that was proposed to comprise the, RNA-binding moiety of the Imp4/Brix proteins.
About this Structure
1W94 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of Mil (Mth680): internal duplication and similarity between the Imp4/Brix domain and the anticodon-binding domain of class IIa aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases., Ng CL, Waterman D, Koonin EV, Antson AA, Ortiz-Lombardia M, EMBO Rep. 2005 Feb;6(2):140-6. PMID:15654320
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