Combined computational and experimental analysis of a complex of ribonuclease III and the regulatory macrodomain protein, YmdB.
Combined computational and experimental analysis of a complex of ribonuclease III and the regulatory macrodomain protein, YmdB.
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对核糖核酸酶 III 和调节性大结构域蛋白 YmdB 的复合物进行计算和实验结合分析。
DOI:
10.1002/prot.24751
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发表时间:
2015
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2.9
通讯作者:
Nicholson,AllenW
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作者:
Paudyal,Samridhdi;Alfonso-Prieto,Mercedes;Carnevale,Vincenzo;Redhu,ShivK;Klein,MichaelL;Nicholson,AllenW
Ribonuclease III is a conserved bacterial endonuclease that cleaves double‐stranded(ds) structures in diverse coding and noncoding RNAs. RNase III is subject to multiple levels of control that in turn confer global post‐transcriptional regulation. TheEscherichia colimacrodomain protein YmdB directly interacts with RNase III, and an increase in YmdB amountin vivocorrelates with a reduction in RNase III activity. Here, a computational‐based structural analysis was performed to identify atomic‐level features of the YmdB‐RNase III interaction. The docking of monomericE. coliYmdB with a homology model of theE. coliRNase III homodimer yields a complex that exhibits an interaction of the conserved YmdB residue R40 with specific RNase III residues at the subunit interface. Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) analysis provided aKDof 61 nMfor the complex, corresponding to a binding free energy (ΔG) of −9.9 kcal/mol. YmdB R40 and RNase III D128 were identified byin silicoalanine mutagenesis as thermodynamically important interacting partners. Consistent with the prediction, the YmdB R40A mutation causes a 16‐fold increase inKD(ΔΔG= +1.8 kcal/mol), as measured by SPR, and the D128A mutation in both RNase III subunits (D128A/D128′A) causes an 83‐fold increase inKD(ΔΔG= +2.7 kcal/mol). The greater effect of the D128A/D128′A mutation may reflect an altered RNase III secondary structure, as revealed by CD spectroscopy, which also may explain the significant reduction in catalytic activityin vitro. The features of the modeled complex relevant to potential RNase III regulatory mechanisms are discussed. Proteins 2015; 83:459–472. © 2014 The Authors. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.