Volpon Laurent, Lievre Carine, Osborne Michael J, Gandhi Shaifali, Iannuzzi Pietro, Larocque Robert, Cygler Miroslaw, Gehring Kalle, Ekiel Irena
Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6, Canada.
J Bacteriol. 2003 Jul;185(14):4204-10. doi: 10.1128/JB.185.14.4204-4210.2003.
The structure of the recombinant Escherichia coli protein YbcJ, a representative of a conserved family of bacterial proteins (COG2501), was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance. The fold of YbcJ identified it as a member of the larger family of S4-like RNA binding domains. These domains bind to structured RNA, such as that found in tRNA, rRNA, and a pseudoknot of mRNA. The structure of YbcJ revealed a highly conserved patch of basic residues, comprising amino acids K26, K38, R55, K56, and K59, which likely participate in RNA binding.
通过核磁共振确定了重组大肠杆菌蛋白YbcJ的结构,它是细菌蛋白保守家族(COG2501)的代表。YbcJ的折叠结构表明它是更大的S4样RNA结合结构域家族的成员。这些结构域与结构化RNA结合,如tRNA、rRNA和mRNA假结中的RNA。YbcJ的结构揭示了一个高度保守的碱性残基区域,包括氨基酸K26、K38、R55、K56和K59,它们可能参与RNA结合。