2kye

Solution structure of the pseudouridine modified P6.1 hairpin of human telomerase RNA

spinqualitylabelsall models 2kye Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2kye is a 1 chain structure. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Solution NMR Ligands: PSU Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Telomerase extends the 3'-ends of linear chromosomes by adding conserved telomeric DNA repeats and is essential for cell proliferation and genomic stability. Telomerases from all organisms contain a telomerase reverse transcriptase and a telomerase RNA (TER), which together provide the minimal functional elements for catalytic activity in vitro. The RNA component of many functional ribonucleoproteins contains modified nucleotides, including conserved pseudouridines (Psis) that can have subtle effects on structure and activity. We have identified potential Psi modification sites in human TER. Two of the predicted Psis are located in the loop of the essential P6.1 hairpin from the CR4-CR5 domain that is critical for telomerase catalytic activity. We investigated the effect of P6.1 pseudouridylation on its solution NMR structure, thermodynamic stability of folding and telomerase activation in vitro. The pseudouridylated P6.1 has a significantly different loop structure and increase in stability compared to the unmodified P6.1. The extent of loop nucleotide interaction with adjacent residues more closely parallels the extent of loop nucleotide evolutionary sequence conservation in the Psi-modified P6.1 structure. Pseudouridine-modification of P6.1 slightly attenuates telomerase activity but slightly increases processivity in vitro. Our results suggest that Psis could have a subtle influence on human telomerase activity via impact on TER-TERT or TER-TER interactions. Effect of pseudouridylation on the structure and activity of the catalytically essential P6.1 hairpin in human telomerase RNA.,Kim NK, Theimer CA, Mitchell JR, Collins K, Feigon J Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jun 16. PMID:20554853 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Telomerase 3D structures

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