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SUBMITTER: Tan D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4125485 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tan Dazhi D Zhou Mi M Kiledjian Megerditch M Tong Liang L
Nature structural & molecular biology 20140713 8
A conserved stem-loop motif of the constitutive decay element (CDE) in the 3' UTR of mRNAs is recognized by the ROQ domain of Roquin, which mediates mRNA degradation. Here we report two crystal structures of the Homo sapiens ROQ domain in complex with CDE RNA. The ROQ domain has an elongated shape with three subdomains. The 19-nt Hmgxb3 CDE is bound as a stem-loop to domain III. The 23-nt TNF RNA is bound as a duplex to a separate site at the interface between domains I and II. Mutagenesis studi ...[more]