4A4F

Solution structure of SPF30 Tudor domain in complex with symmetrically dimethylated arginine

Summary for 4A4F

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb4a4f/pdb
• Related: 4A4E 4A4G 4A4H
• NMR Information: BMRB: 18006
• Descriptor: SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON-RELATED-SPLICING FACTOR 30, N3, N4-DIMETHYLARGININE (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: rna binding protein
• Biological source: HOMO SAPIENS (HUMAN)
• Cellular location: Nucleus speckle: O75940
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 7137.77

Authors

Tripsianes, K.,Madl, T.,Machyna, M.,Fessas, D.,Englbrecht, C.,Fischer, U.,Neugebauer, K.M.,Sattler, M. (deposition date: 2011-10-12, release date: 2011-11-30, Last modification date: 2024-05-15)

Primary citation

Tripsianes, K.,Madl, T.,Machyna, M.,Fessas, D.,Englbrecht, C.,Fischer, U.,Neugebauer, K.M.,Sattler, M.
Structural Basis for Dimethyl-Arginine Recognition by the Tudor Domains of Human Smn and Spf30 Proteins
Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol., 18:1414-, 2011

PubMed Abstract: Arginine dimethylation plays critical roles in the assembly of ribonucleoprotein complexes in pre-mRNA splicing and piRNA pathways. We report solution structures of SMN and SPF30 Tudor domains bound to symmetric and asymmetric dimethylated arginine (DMA) that is inherent in the RNP complexes. An aromatic cage in the Tudor domain mediates dimethylarginine recognition by electrostatic stabilization through cation-π interactions. Distinct from extended Tudor domains, dimethylarginine binding by the SMN and SPF30 Tudor domains is independent of proximal residues in the ligand. Yet, enhanced micromolar affinities are obtained by external cooperativity when multiple methylation marks are presented in arginine- and glycine-rich peptide ligands. A hydrogen bond network in the SMN Tudor domain, including Glu134 and a tyrosine hydroxyl of the aromatic cage, enhances cation-π interactions and is impaired by a mutation causing an E134K substitution associated with spinal muscular atrophy. Our structural analysis enables the design of an optimized binding pocket and the prediction of DMA binding properties of Tudor domains.

PubMed: 22101937
DOI: 10.1038/NSMB.2185

Experimental method

SOLUTION NMR