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==The structure of Csa5 from Sulfolobus solfataricus.==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3zc4]] is a 9 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharolobus_solfataricus Saccharolobus solfataricus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3ZC4 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3ZC4 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.72&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=MSE:SELENOMETHIONINE'>MSE</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PEG:DI(HYDROXYETHYL)ETHER'>PEG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3zc4 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3zc4 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3zc4 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3zc4 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3zc4 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3zc4 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/CSA5A_SACS2 CSA5A_SACS2] CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat) is an adaptive immune system that provides protection against mobile genetic elements (viruses, transposable elements and conjugative plasmids). CRISPR clusters contain spacers, sequences complementary to antecedent mobile elements, and target invading nucleic acids. CRISPR clusters are transcribed and processed into CRISPR RNA (crRNA).
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The Cascade complex for CRISPR-mediated antiviral immunity uses CRISPR RNA (crRNA) to target invading DNA species from mobile elements such as viruses, leading to their destruction. The core of the Cascade effector complex consists of the Cas5 and Cas7 subunits, which are widely conserved in prokaryotes. Cas7 binds crRNA and forms the helical backbone of Cascade. Many archaea encode a version of the Cascade complex (denoted Type I-A) that includes a Csa5 (or small) subunit, which interacts weakly with the core proteins. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Csa5 protein from Sulfolobus solfataricus. Csa5 comprises a conserved alpha-helical domain with a small insertion consisting of a weakly conserved beta-strand domain. In the crystal, the Csa5 monomers have multimerized into infinite helical threads. At each interface is a strictly conserved intersubunit salt bridge, deletion of which disrupts multimerization. Structural analysis indicates a shared evolutionary history among the small subunits of the CRISPR effector complexes. The same alpha-helical domain is found in the C-terminal domain of Cse2 (from Type I-E Cascade), while the N-terminal domain of Cse2 is found in Cmr5 of the CMR (Type III-B) effector complex. As Cmr5 shares no match with Csa5, two possibilities present themselves: selective domain loss from an ancestral Cse2 to create two new subfamilies or domain fusion of two separate families to create a new Cse2 family. A definitive answer awaits structural studies of further small subunits from other CRISPR effector complexes.

Structure of the archaeal Cascade subunit Csa5: Relating the small subunits of CRISPR effector complexes.,Reeks J, Graham S, Anderson L, Liu H, White MF, Naismith JH RNA Biol. 2013 May 1;10(5):762-9. doi: 10.4161/rna.23854. Epub 2013 Apr 22. PMID:23846216<ref>PMID:23846216</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Saccharolobus solfataricus]]
[[Category: Anderson L]]
[[Category: Naismith JH]]
[[Category: Reeks J]]
[[Category: White MF]]