3bx2

Puf4 RNA binding domain bound to HO endonuclease RNA 3' UTR recognition sequence

spinqualitylabelsall models 3bx2, resolution 2.84Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3bx2 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 18824. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: NA, SO4 Related: 1m6w, 1m8x, 1m8y, 1m8z, 1ib2, 3bwt, 3bx3 Gene: PUF4 (ATCC 18824) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function [PUF4_YEAST] Is not essential for haploid growth, but may affect diploid formation. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Pumilio/FBF (PUF) family proteins are found in eukaryotic organisms and regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally by binding to sequences in the 3' untranslated region of target transcripts. PUF proteins contain an RNA binding domain that typically comprises eight alpha-helical repeats, each of which recognizes one RNA base. Some PUF proteins, including yeast Puf4p, have altered RNA binding specificity and use their eight repeats to bind to RNA sequences with nine or ten bases. Here we report the crystal structures of Puf4p alone and in complex with a 9-nucleotide (nt) target RNA sequence, revealing that Puf4p accommodates an 'extra' nucleotide by modest adaptations allowing one base to be turned away from the RNA binding surface. Using structural information and sequence comparisons, we created a mutant Puf4p protein that preferentially binds to an 8-nt target RNA sequence over a 9-nt sequence and restores binding of each protein repeat to one RNA base. Basis of altered RNA-binding specificity by PUF proteins revealed by crystal structures of yeast Puf4p.,Miller MT, Higgin JJ, Hall TM Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Apr;15(4):397-402. Epub 2008 Mar 9. PMID:18327269 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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