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MOLECULAR CELL
卷 33, 期 2, 页码 204-214出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.12.012
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- Wellcome Trust, MRC
- Cancer Research UK
- MRC [G0600097] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0600097] Funding Source: researchfish
Target recognition in RNA silencing is governed by the seed sequence of a guide RNA strand associated with the PIWI/MID domain of an Argonaute protein in RISC. Using a reconstituted in vitro target recognition system, we show that a model PIWI/MID domain protein confers position-dependent tightening and loosening of guide-strand-target interactions. Over the seed sequence, the interaction affinity is enhanced up to similar to 300-fold. Enhancement is achieved through a reduced entropy penalty for the interaction. In contrast, interactions 3' of the seed are inhibited. We quantified mismatched target recognition inside and outside the seed, revealing amplified discrimination at the third position in the seed mediated by the PIWI/MID domain. Thus, association of the guide strand with the PIWI/MID domain generates an enhanced affinity anchor site over the seed that can promote fidelity in target recognition and stabilize and guide the assembly of the active silencing complex.
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