Crystal structure at 1.92 A resolution of the RNA-binding domain of the U1A spliceosomal protein complexed with an RNA hairpin

Nature. 1994 Dec 1;372(6505):432-8. doi: 10.1038/372432a0.

Abstract

The crystal structure of the RNA-binding domain of the small nuclear ribonucleoprotein U1A bound to a 21-nucleotide RNA hairpin has been determined at 1.92 A resolution. The ten-nucleotide RNA loop binds to the surface of the beta-sheet as an open structure, and the AUUGCAC sequence of the loop interacts extensively with the conserved RNP1 and RNP2 motifs and the C-terminal extension of the RNP domain. These interactions include stacking of RNA bases with aromatic side chains of proteins and many direct and water-mediated hydrogen bonds. The structure reveals the stereochemical basis for sequence-specific RNA recognition by the RNP domain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • RNA, Small Nuclear / chemistry*
  • RNA, Small Nuclear / metabolism
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear / chemistry*
  • Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear / metabolism
  • Spliceosomes / chemistry*

Substances

  • RNA, Small Nuclear
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear
  • U1A protein