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A left-handed RNA double helix bound by the Z alpha domain of the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1.


ABSTRACT: The A form RNA double helix can be transformed to a left-handed helix, called Z-RNA. Currently, little is known about the detailed structural features of Z-RNA or its involvement in cellular processes. The discovery that certain interferon-response proteins have domains that can stabilize Z-RNA as well as Z-DNA opens the way for the study of Z-RNA. Here, we present the 2.25 A crystal structure of the Zalpha domain of the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 (double-stranded RNA adenosine deaminase) complexed to a dUr(CG)(3) duplex RNA. The Z-RNA helix is associated with a unique solvent pattern that distinguishes it from the otherwise similar conformation of Z-DNA. Based on the structure, we propose a model suggesting how differences in solvation lead to two types of Z-RNA structures. The interaction of Zalpha with Z-RNA demonstrates how the interferon-induced isoform of ADAR1 could be targeted toward selected dsRNAs containing purine-pyrimidine repeats, possibly of viral origin.

SUBMITTER: Placido D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2082211 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A left-handed RNA double helix bound by the Z alpha domain of the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1.

Placido Diana D   Brown Bernard A BA   Lowenhaupt Ky K   Rich Alexander A   Athanasiadis Alekos A  

Structure (London, England : 1993) 20070401 4


The A form RNA double helix can be transformed to a left-handed helix, called Z-RNA. Currently, little is known about the detailed structural features of Z-RNA or its involvement in cellular processes. The discovery that certain interferon-response proteins have domains that can stabilize Z-RNA as well as Z-DNA opens the way for the study of Z-RNA. Here, we present the 2.25 A crystal structure of the Zalpha domain of the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 (double-stranded RNA adenosine deaminase) complexe  ...[more]

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