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Compaction of RNA Duplexes in the Cell*.


ABSTRACT: The structure and flexibility of RNA depends sensitively on the microenvironment. Using pulsed electron-electron double-resonance (PELDOR)/double electron-electron resonance (DEER) spectroscopy combined with advanced labeling techniques, we show that the structure of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) changes upon internalization into Xenopus laevis oocytes. Compared to dilute solution, the dsRNA A-helix is more compact in cells. We recapitulate this compaction in a densely crowded protein solution. Atomic-resolution molecular dynamics simulations of dsRNA semi-quantitatively capture the compaction, and identify non-specific electrostatic interactions between proteins and dsRNA as a possible driver of this effect.

SUBMITTER: Collauto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756485 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Compaction of RNA Duplexes in the Cell*.

Collauto Alberto A   von Bülow Sören S   Gophane Dnyaneshwar B DB   Saha Subham S   Stelzl Lukas S LS   Hummer Gerhard G   Sigurdsson Snorri T ST   Prisner Thomas F TF  

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20201013 51


The structure and flexibility of RNA depends sensitively on the microenvironment. Using pulsed electron-electron double-resonance (PELDOR)/double electron-electron resonance (DEER) spectroscopy combined with advanced labeling techniques, we show that the structure of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) changes upon internalization into Xenopus laevis oocytes. Compared to dilute solution, the dsRNA A-helix is more compact in cells. We recapitulate this compaction in a densely crowded protein solution. At  ...[more]

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