Crystal structure of Sulfolobus solfataricus C/D RNP assembled with Nop5, fibrillarin, L7Ae and a split half C/D RNACrystal structure of Sulfolobus solfataricus C/D RNP assembled with Nop5, fibrillarin, L7Ae and a split half C/D RNA

Structural highlights

3id5 is a 8 chain structure with sequence from Saccharolobus solfataricus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 4.01Å
Ligands:
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Function

Q97ZH3_SACS2

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Box C/D guide RNAs are abundant noncoding RNAs that primarily function to direct the 2'-O-methylation of specific nucleotides by base-pairing with substrate RNAs. In archaea, a bipartite C/D RNA assembles with L7Ae, Nop5, and the methyltransferase fibrillarin into a modification enzyme with unique substrate specificity. Here, we determined the crystal structure of an archaeal C/D RNA-protein complex (RNP) composed of all 3 core proteins and an engineered half-guide RNA at 4 A resolution, as well as 2 protein substructures at higher resolution. The RNP structure reveals that the C-terminal domains of Nop5 in the dimeric complex provide symmetric anchoring sites for 2 L7Ae-associated kink-turn motifs of the C/D RNA. A prominent protrusion in Nop5 seems to be important for guide RNA organization and function and for discriminating the structurally related U4 snRNA. Multiple conformations of the N-terminal domain of Nop5 and its associated fibrillarin in different structures indicate the inherent flexibility of the catalytic module, suggesting that a swinging motion of the catalytic module is part of the enzyme mechanism. We also built a model of a native C/D RNP with substrate and fibrillarin in an active conformation. Our results provide insight into the overall organization and mechanism of action of C/D RNA-guided RNA methyltransferases.

Structural organization of box C/D RNA-guided RNA methyltransferase.,Ye K, Jia R, Lin J, Ju M, Peng J, Xu A, Zhang L Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Aug 5. PMID:19666563[1]

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References

  1. Ye K, Jia R, Lin J, Ju M, Peng J, Xu A, Zhang L. Structural organization of box C/D RNA-guided RNA methyltransferase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Aug 5. PMID:19666563

3id5, resolution 4.01Å

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