Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada.
EMBO Rep. 2011 May;12(5):415-20. doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.48. Epub 2011 Apr 8.
In RNA silencing, microRNA (miRNA)-mediated translational repression occurs through mechanisms that do not invoke messenger-RNA (mRNA) target cleavage by Argonaute proteins. The nature of these mechanisms is unclear, but several recent studies have proposed that a direct interaction between the mRNA-cap and the middle (MID) domain of Argonautes is involved. Here, we present crystallographic and NMR data demonstrating that cap analogues do not bind significantly to the isolated MID domain of human Argonaute 2 (hAGO2) and are found in the miRNA 5'-nucleotide binding site in an implausible binding mode. Additionally, in vitro pull-down experiments with full-length hAGO2 indicate that the interaction with cap analogues is nonspecific.
在 RNA 沉默中,miRNA(微 RNA)介导的翻译抑制是通过不依赖 Argonaute 蛋白切割信使 RNA(mRNA)靶标的机制发生的。这些机制的性质尚不清楚,但最近的几项研究提出,mRNA 帽和 Argonautes 的中间(MID)结构域之间的直接相互作用涉及其中。在这里,我们展示了晶体学和 NMR 数据,证明帽类似物与分离的人 Argonaute 2(hAGO2)的中间结构域没有显著结合,并且以不合理的结合模式存在于 miRNA 5'-核苷酸结合位点中。此外,全长 hAGO2 的体外下拉实验表明,与帽类似物的相互作用是非特异性的。