1W9H

The Structure of a Piwi protein from Archaeoglobus fulgidus.

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.95 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.237 
  • R-Value Work: 0.192 

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Literature

Crystal Structure of a Piwi Protein Suggests Mechanisms for Sirna Recognition and Slicer Activity

Parker, J.S., Roe, S.M., Barford, D.

(2004) Embo J. 23: 4727

  • DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600488
  • Also Cited By: 2BGG

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • RNA silencing regulates gene expression through mRNA degradation, translation repression and chromatin remodelling. The fundamental engines of RNA silencing are RISC and RITS complexes, whose common components are 21-25 nt RNA and an Argonaute protei ...

    RNA silencing regulates gene expression through mRNA degradation, translation repression and chromatin remodelling. The fundamental engines of RNA silencing are RISC and RITS complexes, whose common components are 21-25 nt RNA and an Argonaute protein containing a PIWI domain of unknown function. The crystal structure of an archaeal Piwi protein (AfPiwi) is organised into two domains, one resembling the sugar-binding portion of the lac repressor and another with similarity to RNase H. Invariant residues and a coordinated metal ion lie in a pocket that surrounds the conserved C-terminus of the protein, defining a key functional region in the PIWI domain. Furthermore, two Asp residues, conserved in the majority of Argonaute sequences, align spatially with the catalytic Asp residues of RNase H-like catalytic sites, suggesting that in eukaryotic Argonaute proteins the RNase H-like domain may possess nuclease activity. The conserved region around the C-terminus of the PIWI domain, which is required for small interfering RNA (siRNA) binding to AfPiwi, may function as the receptor site for the obligatory 5' phosphate of siRNAs, thereby specifying the cleavage position of the target mRNA.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Section of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, UK.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
HYPOTHETICAL PROTEIN AF1318
A
427Archaeoglobus fulgidus (strain ATCC 49558 / VC-16 / DSM 4304 / JCM 9628 / NBRC 100126)Mutation(s): 0 
Find proteins for O28951 (Archaeoglobus fulgidus (strain ATCC 49558 / VC-16 / DSM 4304 / JCM 9628 / NBRC 100126))
Go to UniProtKB:  O28951
Small Molecules
Ligands 3 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
CL
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A
CHLORIDE ION
Cl
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
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NI
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A
NICKEL (II) ION
Ni
VEQPNABPJHWNSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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CD
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A
CADMIUM ION
Cd
WLZRMCYVCSSEQC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.95 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.237 
  • R-Value Work: 0.192 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 69.090α = 90.00
b = 137.863β = 90.00
c = 51.663γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
SHARPphasing
MOSFLMdata reduction
REFMACrefinement
SnBphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2005-01-13
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-05-08
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Type: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-07-05
    Type: Refinement description