Structural dynamics govern substrate recruitment and catalytic turnover in H/ACA RNP pseudouridylation

Autor: Gerd Hanspach, Andreas U. Schmidt, Martin Hengesbach
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: RNA Biol
ISSN: 1555-8584
Popis: H/ACA ribonucleoproteins catalyse the sequence-dependent pseudouridylation of ribosomal and spliceosomal RNAs. Here, we reconstitute site-specifically fluorophore labelled H/ACA complexes and analyse their structural dynamics using single-molecule FRET spectroscopy. Our results show that the guide RNA is distorted into a substrate-binding competent conformation by specific protein interactions. Analysis of the reaction pathway using atomic mutagenesis establishes a new model how individual protein domains contribute to catalysis. Taken together, these results identify and characterize individual roles for all accessory proteins on the assembly and function of H/ACA RNPs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE