SRP RNA Remodeling by SRP68 Explains Its Role in Protein Translocation
SRP RNA Remodeling by SRP68 Explains Its Role in Protein Translocation
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1249094
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发表时间:
2014-04-04
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56.9
通讯作者:
Sinning, Irmgard
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作者:
Grotwinkel, Jan Timo;Wild, Klemens;Sinning, Irmgard
The signal recognition particle (SRP) is central to membrane protein targeting; SRP RNA is essential for SRP assembly, elongation arrest, and activation of SRP guanosine triphosphatases. In eukaryotes, SRP function relies on the SRP68-SRP72 heterodimer. We present the crystal structures of the RNA-binding domain of SRP68 (SRP68-RBD) alone and in complex with SRP RNA and SRP19. SRP68-RBD is a tetratricopeptide-like module that binds to a RNA three-way junction, bends the RNA, and inserts an alpha-helical arginine-rich motif (ARM) into the major groove. The ARM opens the conserved 5f RNA loop, which in ribosome-bound SRP establishes a contact to ribosomal RNA. Our data provide the structural basis for eukaryote-specific, SRP68-driven RNA remodeling required for protein translocation.