Abstract:
:In bacteria, incorporation of selenocysteine, the 21(st) amino acid, into proteins requires elongation factor SelB, which has the unusual property of binding to both transfer RNA (tRNA) and mRNA. SelB binds to an mRNA hairpin formed by the selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) with extremely high specificity, the molecular basis of which has been unknown. We have determined the crystal structure of the mRNA-binding domain of SelB in complex with SECIS RNA at a resolution of 2.3 A. This is the first example of a complex between an RNA and a winged-helix (WH) domain, a motif found in many DNA-binding proteins and recently discovered in RNA-binding proteins. Notably, RNA binding does not induce a major conformational change in the WH motif. The structure reveals a new mode of RNA recognition with a geometry that allows the complex to wrap around the small ribosomal subunit.
journal_name
Nat Struct Mol Bioljournal_title
Nature structural & molecular biologyauthors
Yoshizawa S,Rasubala L,Ose T,Kohda D,Fourmy D,Maenaka Kdoi
10.1038/nsmb890keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2005-02-01 00:00:00pages
198-203issue
2eissn
1545-9993issn
1545-9985pii
nsmb890journal_volume
12pub_type
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