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Structural basis for telomerase RNA recognition and RNP assembly by the holoenzyme La family protein p65.


ABSTRACT: Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex essential for maintenance of telomere DNA at linear chromosome ends. The catalytic core of Tetrahymena telomerase comprises a ternary complex of telomerase RNA (TER), telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), and the essential La family protein p65. NMR and crystal structures of p65 C-terminal domain and its complex with stem IV of TER reveal that RNA recognition is achieved by a combination of single- and double-stranded RNA binding, which induces a 105° bend in TER. The domain is a cryptic, atypical RNA recognition motif with a disordered C-terminal extension that forms an ? helix in the complex necessary for hierarchical assembly of TERT with p65-TER. This work provides the first structural insight into biogenesis and assembly of TER with a telomerase-specific protein. Additionally, our studies define a structurally homologous domain (xRRM) in genuine La and LARP7 proteins and suggest a general mode of RNA binding for biogenesis of their diverse RNA targets.

SUBMITTER: Singh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3398246 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural basis for telomerase RNA recognition and RNP assembly by the holoenzyme La family protein p65.

Singh Mahavir M   Wang Zhonghua Z   Koo Bon-Kyung BK   Patel Anooj A   Cascio Duilio D   Collins Kathleen K   Feigon Juli J  

Molecular cell 20120614 1


Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex essential for maintenance of telomere DNA at linear chromosome ends. The catalytic core of Tetrahymena telomerase comprises a ternary complex of telomerase RNA (TER), telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), and the essential La family protein p65. NMR and crystal structures of p65 C-terminal domain and its complex with stem IV of TER reveal that RNA recognition is achieved by a combination of single- and double-stranded RNA binding, which induces a 105°  ...[more]

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