4fen

Crystal structure of the A24U/U25A/A46G mutant xpt-pbuX guanine riboswitch aptamer domain in complex with hypoxanthine

spinqualitylabelsall models 4fen, resolution 1.35Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4fen is a 1 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: ACT, HPA, NCO Related: 1u8d, 4fe5, 4fej, 4fel, 4feo, 4fep Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Direct sensing of intracellular metabolite concentrations by riboswitch RNAs provides an economical and rapid means to maintain metabolic homeostasis. Since many organisms employ the same class of riboswitch to control different genes or transcription units, it is likely that functional variation exists in riboswitches such that activity is tuned to meet cellular needs. Using a bioinformatic approach, we have identified a region of the purine riboswitch aptamer domain that displays conservation patterns linked to riboswitch activity. Aptamer domain compositions within this region can be divided into nine classes that display a spectrum of activities. Naturally occurring compositions in this region favor rapid association rate constants and slow dissociation rate constants for ligand binding. Using X-ray crystallography and chemical probing, we demonstrate that both the free and bound states are influenced by the composition of this region and that modest sequence alterations have a dramatic impact on activity. The introduction of non-natural compositions result in the inability to regulate gene expression in vivo, suggesting that aptamer domain activity is highly plastic and thus readily tunable to meet cellular needs. Nucleotides Adjacent to the Ligand-Binding Pocket are Linked to Activity Tuning in the Purine Riboswitch.,Stoddard CD, Widmann J, Trausch JJ, Marcano-Velazquez JG, Knight R, Batey RT J Mol Biol. 2013 Feb 26. pii: S0022-2836(13)00125-3. doi:, 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.02.023. PMID:23485418 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Riboswitch

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