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Functional Evolution in Orthologous Cell-encoded RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases.
Qian, Xinlei; Hamid, Fursham M; El Sahili, Abbas; Darwis, Dina Amallia; Wong, Yee Hwa; Bhushan, Shashi; Makeyev, Eugene V; Lescar, Julien.
Afiliação
  • Qian X; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore.
  • Hamid FM; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore.
  • El Sahili A; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore.
  • Darwis DA; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore.
  • Wong YH; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore.
  • Bhushan S; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore.
  • Makeyev EV; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore, the Medical Research Council Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom, and eugene.makeyev@kcl.ac.uk.
  • Lescar J; From the Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 138673 Singapore, Singapore, UPMC UMRS CR7-CNRS ERL 8255-INSERM U1135 Centre d' Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Centre Hospi
J Biol Chem ; 291(17): 9295-309, 2016 Apr 22.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26907693
ABSTRACT
Many eukaryotic organisms encode more than one RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) that probably emerged as a result of gene duplication. Such RdRP paralogs often participate in distinct RNA silencing pathways and show characteristic repertoires of enzymatic activities in vitro However, to what extent members of individual paralogous groups can undergo functional changes during speciation remains an open question. We show that orthologs of QDE-1, an RdRP component of the quelling pathway in Neurospora crassa, have rapidly diverged in evolution at the amino acid sequence level. Analyses of purified QDE-1 polymerases from N. crassa (QDE-1(Ncr)) and related fungi, Thielavia terrestris (QDE-1(Tte)) and Myceliophthora thermophila (QDE-1(Mth)), show that all three enzymes can synthesize RNA, but the precise modes of their action differ considerably. Unlike their QDE-1(Ncr) counterpart favoring processive RNA synthesis, QDE-1(Tte) and QDE-1(Mth) produce predominantly short RNA copies via primer-independent initiation. Surprisingly, a 3.19 Å resolution crystal structure of QDE-1(Tte) reveals a quasisymmetric dimer similar to QDE-1(Ncr) Further electron microscopy analyses confirm that QDE-1(Tte) occurs as a dimer in solution and retains this status upon interaction with a template. We conclude that divergence of orthologous RdRPs can result in functional innovation while retaining overall protein fold and quaternary structure.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article