期刊
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS
卷 1829, 期 8, 页码 866-877出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.01.012
关键词
DEAD-box RNA helicase; Escherichia coli; Ribosome assembly; mRNA degradation; Translation initiation; Cold-adaptation
资金
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche [08-BLAN-0086-02, 2010 BLAN 1503 01, ANR-12-BSV6-0007-01]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-12-BSV6-0007] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
DEAD-box proteins are RNA-dependent ATPases that are widespread in all three kingdoms of life. They are thought to rearrange the structures of RNA or ribonucleoprotein complexes but their exact mechanism of action is rarely known. Whereas in yeast most DEAD-box proteins are essential, no example of an essential bacterial DEAD-box protein has been reported so far; at most, their absence results in cold-sensitive growth. Moreover, whereas yeast DEAD-box proteins are implicated in virtually all reactions involving RNA, in E. coli (the bacterium where DEAD-box proteins have been mostly studied) their role is limited to ribosome biogenesis, mRNA degradation, and possibly translation initiation. Plausible reasons for these differences are discussed here. In spite of their dispensability, E. coli DEAD-box proteins are valuable models for the mechanism of action of DEAD-box proteins in general because the reactions in which they participate can be reproduced in vitro. Here we review our present understanding of this mechanism of action. Using selected examples for which information is available: (i) we describe how, by interacting directly with a particular RNA motif or by binding to proteins that themselves recognize such a motif, DEAD-box proteins are brought to their specific RNA substrate(s); (ii) we discuss the nature of the structural transitions that DEAD-box proteins induce on their substrates; and (iii) we analyze the reasons why these proteins are mostly important at low temperatures. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The Biology of RNA helicases-Modulation for life. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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