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An Assay for Quantifying Protein-RNA Binding in Bacteria
Published on: June 12, 2019
Cold shock domain protein from Philosamia ricini prefers single-stranded nucleic acids binding
Ashutosh Mani1, P K Yadava, Dwijendra K Gupta
1Center of Bioinformatics, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India.
Abstract:
The cold shock proteins are evolutionarily conserved nucleic acid-binding proteins. Their eukaryotic homologs are present as cold shock domain (CSD) in Y-box proteins. CSDs too share striking similarity among different organisms and show nucleic acid binding properties. The purpose of the study was to investigate the preferential binding affinity of CSD protein for nucleic acids in Philosamia ricini. We have cloned and sequenced the first cDNA coding for Y-box protein in P. ricini; the sequence has been deposited in GenBank. Comparative genomics and phylogenetic analytics further confirmed that the deduced amino acid sequence belongs to the CSD protein family. A comparative study employing molecular docking was performed with P. ricini CSD, human CSD, and bacterial cold shock protein with a range of nucleic acid entities. The results indicate that CSD per se exhibits preferential binding affinity for single-stranded RNA and DNA. Possibly, the flanking N- and C-terminal domains are additionally involved in interactions with dsDNA or in conferring extra stability to CSD for improved binding.
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