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J Mol Biol ; 432(4): 978-990, 2020 02 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31877323

RESUMO

RNA helicases play various roles in ribosome biogenesis depending on the ribosome assembly pathway and stress state of the cell. However, it is unclear how most RNA helicases interact with ribosome assembly intermediates or participate in other cell processes to regulate ribosome assembly. SrmB is a DEAD-box helicase that acts early in the ribosome assembly process, although very little is known about its mechanism of action. Here, we use a combined quantitative mass spectrometry/cryo-electron microscopy approach to detail the protein inventory, rRNA modification state, and structures of 40S ribosomal intermediates that form upon SrmB deletion. We show that the binding site of SrmB is unperturbed by SrmB deletion, but the peptidyl transferase center, the uL7/12 stalk, and 30S contact sites all show severe assembly defects. Taking into account existing data on SrmB function and the experiments presented here, we propose several mechanisms by which SrmB could guide assembling particles from kinetic traps to competent subunits during the 50S ribosome assembly process.


Assuntos
RNA Helicases DEAD-box/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Sítios de Ligação/genética , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , RNA Helicases DEAD-box/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Espectrometria de Massas , Mutação/genética , Peptidil Transferases/genética , Peptidil Transferases/metabolismo , Ribonucleoproteínas/química , Ribonucleoproteínas/metabolismo , Subunidades Ribossômicas Maiores de Arqueas/genética , Subunidades Ribossômicas Maiores de Arqueas/metabolismo , Subunidades Ribossômicas Maiores de Arqueas/ultraestrutura , Ribossomos/metabolismo , Ribossomos/ultraestrutura
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Cell ; 150(1): 100-10, 2012 Jul 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22682761

RESUMO

Argonaute proteins lie at the heart of the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), wherein they use small RNA guides to recognize targets. Initial insight into the architecture of Argonautes came from studies of prokaryotic proteins, revealing a crescent-shaped base made up of the amino-terminal, PAZ, middle, and PIWI domains. The recently reported crystal structure of human Argonaute-2 (hAgo2), the "slicer" in RNA interference, in complex with a mixed population of RNAs derived from insect cells provides insight into the architecture of a eukaryotic Argonaute protein with defined biochemical and biological functions. Here, we report the structure of human Ago2 bound to a physiologically relevant microRNA, microRNA-20a, at 2.2 Å resolution. The miRNA is anchored at both ends by the Mid and PAZ domains and makes several kinks and turns along the binding groove. Interestingly, miRNA binding confers remarkable stability on hAgo2, locking this otherwise flexible enzyme into a stable conformation.


Assuntos
Proteínas Argonautas/química , Proteínas Argonautas/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/química , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Proteínas Argonautas/isolamento & purificação , Cristalografia por Raios X , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 39(8): 3482-95, 2011 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21183463

RESUMO

Various chemical modifications are currently being evaluated for improving the efficacy of short interfering RNA (siRNA) duplexes as antisense agents for gene silencing in vivo. Among the 2'-ribose modifications assessed to date, 2'deoxy-2'-fluoro-RNA (2'-F-RNA) has unique properties for RNA interference (RNAi) applications. Thus, 2'-F-modified nucleotides are well tolerated in the guide (antisense) and passenger (sense) siRNA strands and the corresponding duplexes lack immunostimulatory effects, enhance nuclease resistance and display improved efficacy in vitro and in vivo compared with unmodified siRNAs. To identify potential origins of the distinct behaviors of RNA and 2'-F-RNA we carried out thermodynamic and X-ray crystallographic analyses of fully and partially 2'-F-modified RNAs. Surprisingly, we found that the increased pairing affinity of 2'-F-RNA relative to RNA is not, as commonly assumed, the result of a favorable entropic contribution ('conformational preorganization'), but instead primarily based on enthalpy. Crystal structures at high resolution and osmotic stress demonstrate that the 2'-F-RNA duplex is less hydrated than the RNA duplex. The enthalpy-driven, higher stability of the former hints at the possibility that the 2'-substituent, in addition to its important function in sculpting RNA conformation, plays an underappreciated role in modulating Watson-Crick base pairing strength and potentially π-π stacking interactions.


Assuntos
Flúor/química , RNA de Cadeia Dupla/química , Cristalografia por Raios X , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Pressão Osmótica , Estabilidade de RNA , Termodinâmica , Água/química
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