Eukaryote-Specific Insertion Elements Control Human ARGONAUTE Slicer Activity

ABSTRACT: We solved the crystal structure of human ARGONAUTE1 (hAGO1) bound to endogenous 5'-phosphorylated guide RNAs. To identify structural changes that evolutionarily rendered hAGO1 inactive, we compared our structure with published structures of guide-RNA-containing and cleavage-active hAGO2. Aside from mutation of a catalytic tetrad residue, proline residues at positions 670 and 675 in hAGO1 introduce a kink in the cS7 loop and thereby forming a convex surface within the hAGO1 nucleic-acid-binding channel near the inactive catalytic site. We predicted that even upon restoration of the catalytic tetrad, hAGO1-cS7 sterically hinders the placement of a fully-paired guide-target RNA duplex into the endonuclease active site. Consistent with this hypothesis, reconstitution of the catalytic tetrad (R

ORGANISM(S): Trichoplusia ni

SUBMITTER: Pavel Morozov 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48076 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress