A second binding site for double-stranded RNA in TLR3 and consequences for interferon activation.
We show that substrate specificity of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) is due to the presence of two binding sites in the ectodomain, separated by 50 A. This corresponds to two turns of a double-stranded RNA duplex, allowing differentiation between nucleic acids in the A- or B-type conformation. We propose that there are different arrangements of TLR3 ectodomains along the double-stranded RNA that could modulate the strength of the interferon response.
Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nina
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Pirher
Karolina
K
Ivicak
Jelka
J
Pohar
Mojca
M
Bencina
Roman
R
Jerala
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D019281:Dimerization; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051196:Toll-Like Receptor 3 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; C495344:TLR3 protein, human; D051196:Toll-Like Receptor 3; D007372:Interferons