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C2c2 RNaseの活動には2つの遠隔の触媒部位が責任がある
Liang Liu1, Xueyan Li2, Jiuyu Wang1
1Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Cell
|January 14, 2017
まとめ
Leptotrichia shahii C2c2はCRISPR-Casエフェクタであり,RNaseの双重活性を有している. 構造分析は,crRNA結合がRNA処理と標的認識のための構成変化を誘導する方法を明らかにする.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学
- 構造生物学
- 生物化学
背景:
- タイプVIのCRISPR-Casシステムは,RNA誘導DNAまたはRNA干渉のためにC2c2エフェクタータンパク質を使用します.
- C2c2は,標的RNAの分裂とCRISPRRNA (crRNA) 処理のための2つの異なるRNase活動を表しています.
研究 の 目的:
- C2c2の二重RNase活動の構造的基盤を明らかにする.
- crRNA結合のメカニズムとC2c2機能におけるその役割を理解する.
主な方法:
- レプトトリチア・シャヒイ C2c2 の構造をcrRNAフリー状態とcrRNA結合状態の両方で決定するために,X線結晶学を用いた.
- 重要な領域と触媒部位を特定するために,比較的な構造分析が行われました.
主要な成果:
- 構造は,それぞれヘリカル-1と2つのHEPNドメインを含む,RECとNUCの葉を持つ二葉型C2c2タンパク質を明らかにします.
- 前crRNA処理 (ヘリカル-1) と標的RNA分裂 (HEPN) のための独立した触媒ポケットが特定されました.
- crRNAの結合は,重要な形状の変化を誘導し,crRNAの安定性を高め,標的RNAの認識を容易にする.
結論:
- 決定された構造は,C2c2の二重RNase活動の基礎となる分子機構に関する重要な洞察を提供します.
- これらの発見は,新しいRNA編集ツールとしてC2c2を設計するための基礎を築いた.
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