Resonance assignments and solution structure of the second RNA-binding domain of sex-lethal determined by multidimensional heteronuclear magnetic resonance.
Resonance assignments and solution structure of the second RNA-binding domain of sex-lethal determined by multidimensional heteronuclear magnetic resonance.
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多维异核磁共振确定的性致死第二个RNA结合域的共振分配和溶液结构。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00250a031
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发表时间:
1994
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Wemmer,DE
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作者:
Lee,AL;Kanaar,R;Rio,DC;Wemmer,DE
Revised Manuscript Received September 12, 1994® abstract: The RNA-binding proteinSex-lethal (Sxl) is a critical regulator of sexual differentiation and dosage compensation in Drosophila. This regulatory activity is a consequence of the ability of Sxl to bind uridine-rich RNA tracts involved in pre-mRNA splicing. Sxl containstwo RNP consensus-type RNA-binding domains (RBDs). A structural study of a portion of Sxl (amino acids 199—294) containing the second RNA-binding domain (RBD-2) using multidimensional heteronuclear NMR is presented here. Nearly complete'H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignments have been obtained from 15N-and 13C/15N-uniformly labeled protein. These assignments were used to analyze 3D 15N-separated NOESY and 13C/13C-separated 4D NOESY spectra which produced 494 total and 169 long-rangeNOE-derived distance restraints. Along with 4l backbone dihedral restraints, these distance restraints were employed to generate an intermediate-resolution familyof calculated stmctures, which exhibits the/fa/3—fiafi tertiary fold found in other RBD-containing proteins. The RMSD to the average structure for the backbone atoms of residues 11—93 is 1.55±0.30 A, while the RMSD for backbone atoms involved in secondary structure is 0.76±0.14 A. A capping box [Harper, E. T., & Rose, G. D.(1993) Biochemistry 32, 7605—7609] was identified at the N-terminus of the first helix and has been characterized by short-and medium-range NOEs. Finally, significant structural similarities and differences between Sxl RBD-2 and otherRBD-containing proteins are discussed.The Drosophila binary switch gene, Sex-lethal (Sxl), 1 plays a central role in directing events during somaticand germline sexual development. Its expression mode, initiated by upstream events involving the X: A ratio early indevelopment, is dependent upon the sexual state of the organism