title: YxiN is a modular protein combining a DEx(D/H) core and a specific RNA-binding domain.
abstract: DEx(D/H) proteins, typically described as RNA helicases, participate in rearrangement of RNA-RNA and possibly RNA-protein complexes in the cell. Aside from the conserved DEx(D/H) core, members of this protein family often contain N- and C-terminal extensions that are responsible for additional functions. The Bacillus subtilis DEx(D/H)-box protein YxiN and its Escherichia coli ortholog DbpA contain an approximately 80 amino acid C-terminal extension that has been proposed to specifically interact with a region of 23 S ribosomal RNA including hairpin 92. In this study, the DEx(D/H)-box core and the C-terminal domain of YxiN were expressed and characterized as separate proteins. The isolated DEx(D/H)-box core, YxCat, had weak, nonspecific RNA binding activity and showed RNA-stimulated ATPase activity with a Km(ATP) that resembled several non-specific DEx(D/H) proteins. The isolated C-terminal domain, YxRBD, bound RNA with the high affinity and specificity seen with full-length YxiN. Thus, YxiN is a modular protein combining the activities of the YxCat and YxRBD domains. Footprinting of YxiN and YxRBD on a 172-nucleotide fragment of 23 S rRNA was used to identify the sites of interaction of the C-terminal and helicase domains with the RNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Fedor V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Karginov
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Caruthers
authors.forename: YaoXiong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Olke C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Uhlenbeck
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000737:chemistry; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002384:Catalysis; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry; D020365:RNA Helicases / Q000737:chemistry*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012313:RNA; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C401542:yxiN protein, Bacillus subtilis; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C065908:dbpA protein, E coli; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D020365:RNA Helicases