title: Interaction of the Escherichia coli DEAD box protein DbpA with 23 S ribosomal RNA.
abstract: The Escherichia coli DEAD box protein DbpA is unique among the DEAD box family in that its ATPase activity is specifically stimulated by bacterial 23 S ribosomal RNA. We have analysed the interaction between DbpA and a specific region within 23 S rRNA (namely nucleotides 2508-2580) which stimulates full ATPase activity. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays we show that DbpA binds to this "specific" region with greater efficiency than to other regions of 23 S rRNA, and is not competed off by a non-specific RNA or a mutant RNA in which one of the stem-loops has been disrupted. These data suggest that the secondary structure within this region of 23 S rRNA is important for its recognition and binding by DbpA. We have also examined the ability of DbpA to unwind RNA and show that the purified protein does not behave as an RNA helicase in vitro with the substrates tested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Ninewells Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Pugh
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nicol
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Fuller-Pace
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D020365:RNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C065908:dbpA protein, E coli; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D020365:RNA Helicases