Crystal structure of the human nuclear cap binding complex.
The heterodimeric nuclear cap binding complex (CBC) binds to 5'-capped polymerase II transcripts. It enhances the efficiency of several mRNA maturation steps and is essential for U snRNA nuclear export in multicellular eukaryotes. The 2A crystal structure of human CBC shows that the large subunit, CBP80, comprises three domains, each ... containing consecutive helical hairpins and resembling the so-called MIF4G domain found in several other proteins involved in RNA metabolism. The small subunit, CPB20, has an RNP fold and associates with the second and third domains of CBP80. Site-directed mutagenesis revealed 4 residues of CBP20 which are critical for cap binding. A model for cap binding is proposed based on these results and the known mode of binding of RNA to RNP domains.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Cross-Linking Reagents, Crystallography, X-Ray, Humans, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Quaternary, Protein Subunits, RNA Cap-Binding Proteins, RNA Caps, RNA-Binding Proteins, Sequence Alignment
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Cross-Linking Reagents, Crystallography, X-Ray, Humans, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Quaternary, Protein Subunits, RNA Cap-Binding Proteins, RNA Caps, RNA-Binding Proteins, Sequence Alignment
Mol. Cell
Date: Aug. 01, 2001
PubMed ID: 11545740
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