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STRUCTURE
卷 19, 期 9, 页码 1252-1261出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2011.06.018
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- CNRS [UPR 9073]
- Universite Paris VII-Denis Diderot
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
RNase J is a key member of the beta-CASP family of metallo-beta-lactamases involved in the maturation and turnover of RNAs in prokaryotes. The B. subtilis enzyme possesses both 5'-3' exoribonucleolytic and endonucleolytic activity, an unusual property for a ribonuclease. Here, we present the crystal structure of T. thermophilus RNase J bound to a 4 nucleotide RNA. The structure reveals an RNA-binding channel that illustrates how the enzyme functions in 5'-3' exoribonucleolytic mode and how it can function as an endonuclease. A second, negatively charged tunnel leads from the active site, and is ideally located to evacuate the cleaved nucleotide in 5'-3' exonucleolytic mode. We show that B. subtilis RNase J1, which shows processive behavior on long RNAs, behaves distributively for substrates less than 5 nucleotides in length. We propose a model involving the binding of the RNA to the surface of the beta-CASP domain to explain the enzyme's processive action.
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