1B7F

SXL-LETHAL PROTEIN/RNA COMPLEX

Summary for 1B7F

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1b7f/pdb
• Descriptor: RNA (5'-R(P*GP*UP*UP*GP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*U)-3'), PROTEIN (SXL-LETHAL PROTEIN) (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: splicing regulation, rnp domain, rna complex, riken structural genomics/proteomics initiative, rsgi, structural genomics, rna-binding protein-rna complex, rna-binding protein/rna
• Biological source: Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly); More
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 45357.38

Authors

Handa, N.,Nureki, O.,Kurimoto, K.,Kim, I.,Sakamoto, H.,Shimura, Y.,Muto, Y.,Yokoyama, S.,RIKEN Structural Genomics/Proteomics Initiative (RSGI) (deposition date: 1999-01-23, release date: 1999-05-03, Last modification date: 2023-12-27)

Primary citation

Handa, N.,Nureki, O.,Kurimoto, K.,Kim, I.,Sakamoto, H.,Shimura, Y.,Muto, Y.,Yokoyama, S.
Structural basis for recognition of the tra mRNA precursor by the Sex-lethal protein.
Nature, 398:579-585, 1999

PubMed Abstract: The Sex-lethal (Sxl) protein of Drosophila melanogaster regulates alternative splicing of the transformer (tra) messenger RNA precursor by binding to the tra polypyrimidine tract during the sex-determination process. The crystal structure has now been determined at 2.6 A resolution of the complex formed between two tandemly arranged RNA-binding domains of the Sxl protein and a 12-nucleotide, single-stranded RNA derived from the tra polypyrimidine tract. The two RNA-binding domains have their beta-sheet platforms facing each other to form a V-shaped cleft. The RNA is characteristically extended and bound in this cleft, where the UGUUUUUUU sequence is specifically recognized by the protein. This structure offers the first insight, to our knowledge, into how a protein binds specifically to a cognate RNA without any intramolecular base-pairing.

PubMed: 10217141
DOI: 10.1038/19242

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.6 Å)