| Literature DB >> 20223220 |
Christine Beuck1, Blair R Szymczyna, Donald E Kerkow, Andrew B Carmel, Linda Columbus, Robyn L Stanfield, James R Williamson.
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Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression is an important mechanism for modulating protein levels in eukaryotes, especially in developmental pathways. The highly conserved homodimeric STAR/GSG proteins play a key role in regulating translation by binding bipartite consensus sequences in the untranslated regions of target mRNAs, but the exact mechanism remains unknown. Structures of STAR protein RNA binding subdomains have been determined, but structural information is lacking for the homodimerization subdomain. Here, we present the structure of the C. elegans GLD-1 homodimerization domain dimer, determined by a combination of X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, revealing a helix-turn-helix monomeric fold with the two protomers stacked perpendicularly. Structure-based mutagenesis demonstrates that the dimer interface is not easily disrupted, but the structural integrity of the monomer is crucial for GLD-1 dimerization. Finally, an improved model for STAR-mediated translational regulation of mRNA, based on the GLD-1 homodimerization domain structure, is presented.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20223220 PMCID： PMC2837851 DOI： 10.1016/j.str.2009.12.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Structure ISSN： 0969-2126 Impact factor: 5.006