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PDBsum entry 3luj

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3luj

 

 

 

 

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Protein chains
134 a.a. *
Ligands
U5P ×3
Waters ×313
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
3luj
Name: RNA binding protein
Title: Crystal structure of mid domain from hago2 in complex with ump
Structure: Protein argonaute-2. Chain: a, b, c. Fragment: mid domain. Synonym: argonaute2, hago2, protein slicer, paz piwi domain protein, ppd, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2c 2, eif-2c 2, eif2c 2. Engineered: yes
Source: Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Gene: eif2c2, ago2. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562
Resolution:
1.80Å     R-factor:   0.197     R-free:   0.234
Authors: F.Frank,N.Sonenberg,B.Nagar
Key ref: F.Frank et al. (2010). Structural basis for 5'-nucleotide base-specific recognition of guide RNA by human AGO2. Nature, 465, 818-822. PubMed id: 20505670
Date:
17-Feb-10     Release date:   26-May-10    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
Q9UKV8  (AGO2_HUMAN) -  Protein argonaute-2 from Homo sapiens
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
859 a.a.
134 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: E.C.3.1.26.n2  - ?????
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]

 

 
Nature 465:818-822 (2010)
PubMed id: 20505670  
 
 
Structural basis for 5'-nucleotide base-specific recognition of guide RNA by human AGO2.
F.Frank, N.Sonenberg, B.Nagar.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) mediate post-transcriptional gene regulation through association with Argonaute proteins (AGOs). Crystal structures of archaeal and bacterial homologues of AGOs have shown that the MID (middle) domain mediates the interaction with the phosphorylated 5' end of the miRNA guide strand and this interaction is thought to be independent of the identity of the 5' nucleotide in these systems. However, analysis of the known sequences of eukaryotic miRNAs and co-immunoprecipitation experiments indicate that there is a clear bias for U or A at the 5' position. Here we report the crystal structure of a MID domain from a eukaryotic AGO protein, human AGO2. The structure, in complex with nucleoside monophosphates (AMP, CMP, GMP, and UMP) mimicking the 5' end of miRNAs, shows that there are specific contacts made between the base of UMP or AMP and a rigid loop in the MID domain. Notably, the structure of the loop discriminates against CMP and GMP and dissociation constants calculated from NMR titration experiments confirm these results, showing that AMP (0.26 mM) and UMP (0.12 mM) bind with up to 30-fold higher affinity than either CMP (3.6 mM) or GMP (3.3 mM). This study provides structural evidence for nucleotide-specific interactions in the MID domain of eukaryotic AGO proteins and explains the observed preference for U or A at the 5' end of miRNAs.
 

Literature references that cite this PDB file's key reference

  PubMed id Reference
23241849 G.A.Mackie (2012).
RNase E: at the interface of bacterial RNA processing and decay.
  Nat Rev Microbiol, 11, 45-57.  
22767235 H.M.Sasaki, and Y.Tomari (2012).
The true core of RNA silencing revealed.
  Nat Struct Mol Biol, 19, 657-660.  
23064227 J.J.Ipsaro, A.D.Haase, S.R.Knott, L.Joshua-Tor, and G.J.Hannon (2012).
The structural biochemistry of Zucchini implicates it as a nuclease in piRNA biogenesis.
  Nature, 491, 279-283.
PDB codes: 4ggj 4ggk
22722195 K.Nakanishi, D.E.Weinberg, D.P.Bartel, and D.J.Patel (2012).
Structure of yeast Argonaute with guide RNA.
  Nature, 486, 368-374.
PDB code: 4f1n
22233755 P.B.Kwak, and Y.Tomari (2012).
The N domain of Argonaute drives duplex unwinding during RISC assembly.
  Nat Struct Mol Biol, 19, 145-151.  
21116305 B.Czech, and G.J.Hannon (2011).
Small RNA sorting: matchmaking for Argonautes.
  Nat Rev Genet, 12, 19-31.  
21353615 C.Fellmann, J.Zuber, K.McJunkin, K.Chang, C.D.Malone, R.A.Dickins, Q.Xu, M.O.Hengartner, S.J.Elledge, G.J.Hannon, and S.W.Lowe (2011).
Functional identification of optimized RNAi triggers using a massively parallel sensor assay.
  Mol Cell, 41, 733-746.  
20978039 D.J.Obbard, F.M.Jiggins, N.J.Bradshaw, and T.J.Little (2011).
Recent and recurrent selective sweeps of the antiviral RNAi gene Argonaute-2 in three species of Drosophila.
  Mol Biol Evol, 28, 1043-1056.  
21481235 E.Koscianska, J.Starega-Roslan, L.J.Sznajder, M.Olejniczak, P.Galka-Marciniak, and W.J.Krzyzosiak (2011).
Northern blotting analysis of microRNAs, their precursors and RNA interference triggers.
  BMC Mol Biol, 12, 14.  
21475248 F.Frank, M.R.Fabian, J.Stepinski, J.Jemielity, E.Darzynkiewicz, N.Sonenberg, and B.Nagar (2011).
Structural analysis of 5'-mRNA-cap interactions with the human AGO2 MID domain.
  EMBO Rep, 12, 415-420.
PDB codes: 3qx8 3qx9
21496644 H.Zhu, F.Hu, R.Wang, X.Zhou, S.H.Sze, L.W.Liou, A.Barefoot, M.Dickman, and X.Zhang (2011).
Arabidopsis Argonaute10 specifically sequesters miR166/165 to regulate shoot apical meristem development.
  Cell, 145, 242-256.  
20739353 J.Starega-Roslan, J.Krol, E.Koscianska, P.Kozlowski, W.J.Szlachcic, K.Sobczak, and W.J.Krzyzosiak (2011).
Structural basis of microRNA length variety.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 39, 257-268.  
20864449 K.P.Jensen, and J.Covault (2011).
Human miR-1271 is a miR-96 paralog with distinct non-conserved brain expression pattern.
  Nucleic Acids Res, 39, 701-711.  
21292970 S.Djuranovic, A.Nahvi, and R.Green (2011).
A parsimonious model for gene regulation by miRNAs.
  Science, 331, 550-553.  
21106652 S.L.Ameres, J.H.Hung, J.Xu, Z.Weng, and P.D.Zamore (2011).
Target RNA-directed tailing and trimming purifies the sorting of endo-siRNAs between the two Drosophila Argonaute proteins.
  RNA, 17, 54-63.  
20643829 A.Schaefer, H.I.Im, M.T.Venø, C.D.Fowler, A.Min, A.Intrator, J.Kjems, P.J.Kenny, D.O'Carroll, and P.Greengard (2010).
Argonaute 2 in dopamine 2 receptor-expressing neurons regulates cocaine addiction.
  J Exp Med, 207, 1843-1851.  
20634804 C.R.Faehnle, and L.Joshua-Tor (2010).
Argonaute MID domain takes centre stage.
  EMBO Rep, 11, 564-565.  
20661255 J.Krol, I.Loedige, and W.Filipowicz (2010).
The widespread regulation of microRNA biogenesis, function and decay.
  Nat Rev Genet, 11, 597-610.  
21078115 S.P.Walton, M.Wu, J.A.Gredell, and C.Chan (2010).
Designing highly active siRNAs for therapeutic applications.
  FEBS J, 277, 4806-4813.  
The most recent references are shown first. Citation data come partly from CiteXplore and partly from an automated harvesting procedure. Note that this is likely to be only a partial list as not all journals are covered by either method. However, we are continually building up the citation data so more and more references will be included with time. Where a reference describes a PDB structure, the PDB codes are shown on the right.

 

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