Thermodynamic Analysis of a Multifunctional RNA-Binding Protein, PhoRpp38, in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

Autor: Makoto Kimura, Kosuke Oshima, Kouhei Tsumoto, Yoshimitsu Kakuta, Takashi Nakashima
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 76:1252-1255
ISSN: 1347-6947
0916-8451
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120272
Popis: The protein component PhoRpp38 of Pyrococcus horikoshii ribonuclease P (RNase P) is known to be a multifunctional RNA-binding protein. Previous biochemical data indicate that it binds to two stem-loops in RNase P RNA (PhopRNA). Thermodynamic analysis revealed that PhoRpp38 and PhopRNA interact with each other with an association constant (Ka) of 1.56 × 107 M−1. It was further found that PhoRpp38 simultaneously binds two stem-loop structures in PhopRNA with approximately equal affinity. Crystals of PhoRpp38 in complex with the stem-loop were grown and diffracted to a resolution of 7.0 A on a synchrotron X-ray source.
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