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PDBsum entry 5f9h

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Hydrolase/RNA PDB id
5f9h
Contents
Protein chains
(+ 0 more) 646 a.a.
DNA/RNA
Ligands
GTP ×6
Metals
_MG ×8
_ZN ×6

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Key reference
Title Structural basis for m7g recognition and 2'-O-Methyl discrimination in capped rnas by the innate immune receptor rig-I.
Authors S.C.Devarkar, C.Wang, M.T.Miller, A.Ramanathan, F.Jiang, A.G.Khan, S.S.Patel, J.Marcotrigiano.
Ref. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2016, 113, 596-601. [DOI no: 10.1073/pnas.1515152113]
PubMed id 26733676
Note: In the PDB file this reference is annotated as "TO BE PUBLISHED". The citation details given above have been manually determined.
Abstract
RNAs with 5'-triphosphate (ppp) are detected in the cytoplasm principally by the innate immune receptor Retinoic Acid Inducible Gene-I (RIG-I), whose activation triggers a Type I IFN response. It is thought that self RNAs like mRNAs are not recognized by RIG-I because 5'ppp is capped by the addition of a 7-methyl guanosine (m7G) (Cap-0) and a 2'-O-methyl (2'-OMe) group to the 5'-end nucleotide ribose (Cap-1). Here we provide structural and mechanistic basis for exact roles of capping and 2'-O-methylation in evading RIG-I recognition. Surprisingly, Cap-0 and 5'ppp double-stranded (ds) RNAs bind to RIG-I with nearly identical Kd values and activate RIG-I's ATPase and cellular signaling response to similar extents. On the other hand, Cap-0 and 5'ppp single-stranded RNAs did not bind RIG-I and are signaling inactive. Three crystal structures of RIG-I complexes with dsRNAs bearing 5'OH, 5'ppp, and Cap-0 show that RIG-I can accommodate the m7G cap in a cavity created through conformational changes in the helicase-motif IVa without perturbing the ppp interactions. In contrast, Cap-1 modifications abrogate RIG-I signaling through a mechanism involving the H830 residue, which we show is crucial for discriminating between Cap-0 and Cap-1 RNAs. Furthermore, m7G capping works synergistically with 2'-O-methylation to weaken RNA affinity by 200-fold and lower ATPase activity. Interestingly, a single H830A mutation restores both high-affinity binding and signaling activity with 2'-O-methylated dsRNAs. Our work provides new structural insights into the mechanisms of host and viral immune evasion from RIG-I, explaining the complexity of cap structures over evolution.
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