Crystal structure of a 9-subunit archaeal exosome in pre-catalytic states of the phosphorolytic reaction.

ABSTRACT: The RNA exosome is an important protein complex that functions in the 3' processing and degradation of RNA in archaeal and eukaryotic organisms. The archaeal exosome is functionally similar to bacterial polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) and RNase PH enzymes as it uses inorganic phosphate (Pi) to processively cleave RNA substrates releasing nucleoside diphosphates. To shed light on the mechanism of catalysis, we have determined the crystal structures of mutant archaeal exosome in complex with either Pi or with both RNA and Pi at resolutions of 1.8 Å and 2.5 Å, respectively. These structures represent views of precatalytic states of the enzyme and allow the accurate determination of the substrate binding geometries. In the structure with both Pi and RNA bound, the Pi closely approaches t

SUBMITTER: Lorentzen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3539426 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature