6e81

Crystal structure of the Corn aptamer in complex with ThT

spinqualitylabelsall models 6e81, resolution 2.72Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 6e81 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Synthetic construct. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.721Å Ligands: K, TFX Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Thioflavin T (ThT) is widely used for the detection of amyloids. Many unrelated DNAs and RNAs that contain G-quadruplex motifs also bind ThT and strongly activate its fluorescence. To elucidate the structural basis of ThT binding to G quadruplexes and its fluorescence turn-on, we determined its co-crystal structure with the homodimeric RNA Corn, which contains two G quadruplexes. We found that two ThT molecules bind in the dimer interface, constrained by a G quartet from each protomer into a maximally fluorescent planar conformation. The unliganded Corn homodimer crystal structure reveals a collapsed fluorophore-binding site. In solution, Corn must fluctuate between this and an open, binding-competent conformation. A co-crystal structure with another benzothiazole derivate, thiazole orange (TO), also shows binding at the Corn homodimer interface. As the bound ThT and TO make no interactions with the RNA backbone, their Corn co-crystal structures likely explain their fluorescence activation upon sequence-independent DNA and RNA G-quadruplex binding. Binding between G Quadruplexes at the Homodimer Interface of the Corn RNA Aptamer Strongly Activates Thioflavin T Fluorescence.,Sjekloca L, Ferre-D'Amare AR Cell Chem Biol. 2019 May 15. pii: S2451-9456(19)30143-6. doi:, 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.04.012. PMID:31178406 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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