Reconstitution and structure of a bacterial Pnkp1RnlHen1 RNA repair complex
- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Ribotoxins cleave essential RNAs for cell killing, and RNA repair neutralizes the damage inflicted by ribotoxins for cell survival. We report a new bacterial RNA repair complex that performs RNA repair linked to immunity. This new RNA repair complex is a 270-kDa heterohexamer composed of three proteins—Pnkp1, Rnl and Hen1—that are required to repair ribotoxin-cleaved RNA in vitro. The crystal structure of the complex reveals the molecular architecture of the heterohexamer as two rhomboid-shaped ring structures of Pnkp1–Rnl–Hen1 heterotrimer fused at the Pnkp1 dimer interface. The four active sites required for RNA repair are located on the inner rim of each ring. Furthermore, the architecture and the locations of the active sites of the Pnkp1–Rnl–Hen1 heterohexamer suggest an ordered series of repair reactions at the broken RNA ends that confer immunity to recurrent damage.
- Research Organization:
- Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA (United States); National Institute of Health, New York, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 1229908
- Journal Information:
- Nat. Commun., Journal Name: Nat. Commun. Journal Issue: 04 Vol. 6; ISSN 2041-1723
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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