title: NLRX1 has a tail to tell.
abstract: In this issue of Immunity, Hong et al. (2012) report the first structural analysis of the C-terminal fragment of an NLR (nucleotide-binding domain [NBD] and leucine-rich repeat [LRR]-containing) protein, NLRX1. This fragment forms a hexamer and binds RNA.
authors.affiliation: Structural Immunobiology Unit, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. xiaot@niaid.nih.gov
authors.forename: Tsan Sam
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jenny P-Y
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ting