title: Proteins binding to duplexed RNA: one motif, multiple functions.
abstract: Highly structured and double-stranded (ds) RNAs are adaptable and potent biochemical entities. They interact with dsRNA-binding proteins (RBPs), the great majority of which contain a sequence called the dsRNA-binding motif (dsRBM). This approximately 70-amino-acid sequence motif forms a tertiary structure that interacts with dsRNA, with partially duplexed RNA and, in some cases, with RNA-DNA hybrids, generally without obvious RNA sequence specificity. At least nine families of functionally diverse proteins contain one or more dsRBMs. The motif also participates in complex formation through protein-protein interactions.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ 07103-2714, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fierro-Monti
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Mathews
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins