FunctionBarnase (BA, BActerial RiboNucleASE) is a bacterial ribonuclease synthesized and secreted by the bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. The inhibitor barstar (BST) binds to it very tightly and prevents it from digestion of the cell’s RNA. [1]
RelevanceBA structure was used extensively for studying protein folding.
Structural highlightsBA hydrolyzes RNA at GpN sites where the active site positively charged Lys and Arg coordinate the RNA phosphate group.
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3D Structures of Barnase3D Structures of Barnase
Updated on 09-November-2015
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- Barnase
- 3kch, 2f4y – BA cross-linked
- 2f56 - BA cross-linked + urea
- 2f5w - BA cross-linked + thiourea
- 2f5m - BA cross-linked + Bromo-ethanol
- 1fw7, 1bnr – BA - NMR
- 2kf3 – BA (mutant) – NMR
- 2kf4, 1b2x, 1a2p, 1bni, 1bnj – BA
- 1yvs – BA domain swapped
- 1b20, 1b21, 1b2z, 1bne, 1bnf, 1bng, 1brh, 1bri, 1brj, 1brk, 1bns, 1brg, 1bsa, 1bsb, 1bsc, 1bsd, 1bse, 1ban, 1bao – BA (mutant)
- 2kf5, 2kf6, 1brn, 1rnb – BA + polynucleotide
- Barnase + BST
ReferencesReferences
- ↑ Buckle AM, Fersht AR. Subsite binding in an RNase: structure of a barnase-tetranucleotide complex at 1.76-A resolution. Biochemistry. 1994 Feb 22;33(7):1644-53. PMID:8110767
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