期刊
CELL CYCLE
卷 7, 期 16, 页码 2562-2569出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.7.16.6461
关键词
A-form; B-form; DNA sliding; minor groove; metal ions; ribose; X-ray crystallography
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM055237] Funding Source: Medline
Ribonuclease HI (RNase H) is a member of the nucleotidyltransferase superfamily and endo-nucleolytically cleaves the RNA portion in RNA/DNA hybrids and removes RNA primers from Okazaki fragments. The enzyme also binds RNA and DNA duplexes but is unable to cleave either. Three-dimensional structures of bacterial and human RNase H catalytic domains bound to RNA/DNA hybrids have revealed the basis for substrate recognition and the mechanism of cleavage. In order to visualize the enzyme's interactions with duplex DNA and to establish the structural differences that afford tighter binding to RNA/DNA hybrids relative to dsDNA, we have determined the crystal structure of Bacillus halodurans RNase H in complex with the B-form DNA duplex [d(CGCGAATTCGCG)](2). The structure demonstrates that the inability of the enzyme to cleave DNA is due to the deviating curvature of the DNA strand relative to the substrate RNA strand and the absence of Mg2+ at the active site. A subset of amino acids engaged in contacts to RNA 2'-hydroxyl groups in the substrate complex instead bind to bridging or non-bridging phosphodiester oxygens in the complex with dsDNA. Qualitative comparison of the enzyme's interactions with the substrate and inhibitor duplexes is consistent with the reduced binding affinity for the latter and sheds light on determinants of RNase H binding and cleavage specificity.
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