RNA Interference
RNA Interference (RNAi) is a system in living cells that helps control the level of activity of genes. In RNAi, a long double stranded RNA is cleaved into shorter strands. One strand known as the guide strand is complimentary to the mRNA gene product of a gene of interest. This guide strand is incorporated into an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) and subsequently binds the mRNA of the gene of interest. After binding, the RNA/RISC complex subsequently silences the mRNA of interest via cleavage of the mRNA strand.
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| guide-strand-containing Argonaute protein silencing complex 3dlh, resolution 3.00Å (initial scene) | |||||||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||||||
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| viral silencing suppressor bound to a siRNA (1rpu), resolution 2.50Å (initial scene) | |||||||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||||||
Articles in Proteopedia concerning RNA Interference include:
- Suppression of RNA Silencing by Viruses
- Plant Viral Protein p19 Supression of RNA Silencing
- Tomato aspermy virus protein 2b Suppression of RNA Silencing
- Flock house virus B2 protein Suppression of RNA Silencing
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