title: RNA recognition by the Vts1p SAM domain.
abstract: The putative yeast post-transcriptional regulator Vts1p and its related protein Smaug, from Drosophila melanogaster, each use a sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain to bind an RNA hairpin termed the Smaug recognition element (SRE). Here, we present the NMR structures of the Vts1p-SRE complex and the free SRE. Structural highlights include the direct recognition of a guanine base and the formation or stabilization of a base pair in the SRE loop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3. pjohnson@yorku.ca <pjohnson@yorku.ca>
authors.forename: Philip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Logan W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Donaldson
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C508663:Vts1 protein, S cerevisiae; D012313:RNA