Metazoan Maelstrom is an RNA-binding protein that has evolved from an ancient nuclease active in protists.
Metazoan Maelstrom is an RNA-binding protein that has evolved from an ancient nuclease active in protists.
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10.1261/rna.049437.114
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2015-05
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Pillai RS
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Chen KM;Campbell E;Pandey RR;Yang Z;McCarthy AA;Pillai RS
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) guide Piwi argonautes to their transposon targets for silencing. The highly conserved protein Maelstrom is linked to both piRNA biogenesis and effector roles in this pathway. One defining feature of Maelstrom is the predicted MAEL domain of unknown molecular function. Here, we present the first crystal structure of the MAEL domain from Bombyx Maelstrom, which reveals a nuclease fold. The overall architecture resembles that found in Mg2+- or Mn2+-dependent DEDD nucleases, but a clear distinguishing feature is the presence of a structural Zn2+ ion coordinated by the conserved ECHC residues. Strikingly, metazoan Maelstrom orthologs across the animal kingdom lack the catalytic DEDD residues, and as we show for Bombyx Maelstrom are inactive as nucleases. However, a MAEL domain-containing protein from amoeba having both sequence motifs (DEDD and ECHC) is robustly active as an exoribonuclease. Finally, we show that the MAEL domain of Bombyx Maelstrom displays a strong affinity for single-stranded RNAs. Our studies suggest that the ancient MAEL nuclease domain evolved to function as an RNA-binding module in metazoan Maelstrom.
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DOI:
10.1107/s0907444905036693
发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
2.2
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
5.7
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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DOI:
10.1107/s0907444909042073
发表时间:
2010-01
期刊:
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography
影响因子:
--
作者:
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通讯作者:
Richardson DC
影响因子:
11.4
作者:
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通讯作者:
Bortvin, Alex