3ND3

Uhelix 16-mer dsRNA

  • Classification: RNA
  • Mutation(s): No 

  • Deposited: 2010-06-07 Released: 2011-09-21 
  • Deposition Author(s): Mooers, B.H., Singh, A.

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.37 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.229 
  • R-Value Work: 0.182 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.187 

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Literature

The crystal structure of an oligo(U):pre-mRNA duplex from a trypanosome RNA editing substrate.

Mooers, B.H., Singh, A.

(2011) RNA 17: 1870-1883

  • DOI: 10.1261/rna.2880311
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3ND3, 3ND4

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Guide RNAs bind antiparallel to their target pre-mRNAs to form editing substrates in reaction cycles that insert or delete uridylates (Us) in most mitochondrial transcripts of trypanosomes. The 5' end of each guide RNA has an anchor sequence that binds to the pre-mRNA by base-pair complementarity ...

    Guide RNAs bind antiparallel to their target pre-mRNAs to form editing substrates in reaction cycles that insert or delete uridylates (Us) in most mitochondrial transcripts of trypanosomes. The 5' end of each guide RNA has an anchor sequence that binds to the pre-mRNA by base-pair complementarity. The template sequence in the middle of the guide RNA directs the editing reactions. The 3' ends of most guide RNAs have ∼15 contiguous Us that bind to the purine-rich unedited pre-mRNA upstream of the editing site. The resulting U-helix is rich in G·U wobble base pairs. To gain insights into the structure of the U-helix, we crystallized 8 bp of the U-helix in one editing substrate for the A6 mRNA of Trypanosoma brucei. The fragment provides three samples of the 5'-AGA-3'/5'-UUU-3' base-pair triple. The fusion of two identical U-helices head-to-head promoted crystallization. We obtained X-ray diffraction data with a resolution limit of 1.37 Å. The U-helix had low and high twist angles before and after each G·U wobble base pair; this variation was partly due to shearing of the wobble base pairs as revealed in comparisons with a crystal structure of a 16-nt RNA with all Watson-Crick base pairs. Both crystal structures had wider major grooves at the junction between the poly(U) and polypurine tracts. This junction mimics the junction between the template helix and the U-helix in RNA-editing substrates and may be a site of major groove invasion by RNA editing proteins.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5419, USA. blaine-mooers@ouhsc.edu



Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsLengthOrganismImage
5'-R(*AP*GP*AP*GP*AP*AP*GP*AP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*U)-3'A 16N/A
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
K
Query on K
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B [auth A]POTASSIUM ION
K
NPYPAHLBTDXSSS-UHFFFAOYSA-N		 Ligand Interaction
NA
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C [auth A]SODIUM ION
Na
FKNQFGJONOIPTF-UHFFFAOYSA-N		 Ligand Interaction
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.37 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.229 
  • R-Value Work: 0.182 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.187 
  • Space Group: H 3 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 42.735α = 90
b = 42.735β = 90
c = 126.358γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
MOLREPphasing
PHENIXrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
Blu-Icedata collection
XDSdata reduction

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2011-09-21
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-11-30
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2017-11-08
    Changes: Refinement description