title: Structural Basis for the Discriminative Recognition of N6-Methyladenosine RNA by the Human YT521-B Homology Domain Family of Proteins.
abstract: N(6)-Methyladenosine (m(6)A) is the most abundant internal modification in RNA and is specifically recognized by YT521-B homology (YTH) domain-containing proteins. Recently we reported that YTHDC1 prefers guanosine and disfavors adenosine at the position preceding the m(6)A nucleotide in RNA and preferentially binds to the GG(m(6)A)C sequence. Now we systematically characterized the binding affinities of the YTH domains of three other human proteins and yeast YTH domain protein Pho92 and determined the crystal structures of the YTH domains of human YTHDF1 and yeast Pho92 in complex with a 5-mer m(6)A RNA, respectively. Our binding and structural data revealed that the YTH domain used a conserved aromatic cage to recognize m(6)A. Nevertheless, none of these YTH domains, except YTHDC1, display sequence selectivity at the position preceding the m(6)A modification. Structural comparison of these different YTH domains revealed that among those, only YTHDC1 harbors a distinctly selective binding pocket for the nucleotide preceding the m(6)A nucleotide.
authors: From the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 and xuchaor@gmail.com.
authors: Chao
authors: C
authors: Xu
authors: From the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 and.
authors: Ke
authors: K
authors: Liu
authors: From the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 and.
authors: Hazem
authors: H
authors: Ahmed
authors: From the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 and.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Loppnau
authors: From the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 and.
authors: Matthieu
authors: M
authors: Schapira
authors: From the Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 and the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Canada jr.min@utoronto.ca.
authors: Jinrong
authors: J
authors: Min
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D020365:RNA Helicases; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C587019:Pho92 protein, S cerevisiae; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C490769:YTHDC1 protein, human; C000600306:YTHDF1 protein, human; C585900:YTHDF2 protein, human; D012313:RNA; C010223:N-methyladenosine; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D020365:RNA Helicases; C562343:YTHDC2 protein, human; D000241:Adenosine
keywords: N6-methyladenosine; RNA binding protein; RNA methylation; RNA-protein interaction; crystal structure; isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC)