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ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
Volume 488, Issue 1, Pages 23-33Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.06.008
Keywords
Innate immunity; Nucleic acid receptor; MDA5 CTD; Crystal structure
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- Robert Welch Foundation [A-1687]
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RIG-I, MIDA5 and LGP2 are cytosolic pattern recognition receptors detecting single-stranded or double-stranded RNA in virally infected cells. The activation of RIG-I or MDA5 stimulates the secretion of type I interferons that play key roles in antiviral immune responses. The C-terminal domains (CTD) of RIG-I and LGP2 are responsible for RNA binding; however, it is not clear how MDA5 binds RNA. To understand the structural basis of dsRNA recognition by MDA5, we have determined the 1.45 angstrom resolution structure of the C-terminal domain of human MDA5. The structure revealed a highly conserved fold similar to the Structures of RIG-I and LGP2 CTDs. NMR titration of MDA5 CTD with dsRNA demonstrated that a positively charged surface is involved in dsRNA binding. Mutagenesis and RNA binding studies showed that electrostatic interactions play primary roles in dsRNA recognition by MDA5. Like RIG-I and LGP2, MDA5 CTD preferentially binds dsRNA with blunt ends, but does not associate with dsRNA with either 5' or 3' overhangs. Molecular modeling of MIDA5 CTD/dsRNA complex suggests that MDA5 CTD may recognize the first turn of blunt-ended dsRNA in a similar manner as LGP2. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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