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SUBMITTER: Lu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3045611 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Cheng C Ranjith-Kumar C T CT Hao Lujiang L Kao C Cheng CC Li Pingwei P
Nucleic acids research 20101020 4
RIG-I recognizes molecular patterns in viral RNA to regulate the induction of type I interferons. The C-terminal domain (CTD) of RIG-I exhibits high affinity for 5' triphosphate (ppp) dsRNA as well as blunt-ended dsRNA. Structures of RIG-I CTD bound to 5'-ppp dsRNA showed that RIG-I recognizes the termini of dsRNA and interacts with the ppp through electrostatic interactions. However, the structural basis for the recognition of non-phosphorylated dsRNA by RIG-I is not fully understood. Here, we ...[more]