RNA structural rearrangement via unwinding and annealing by the cyanobacterial RNA helicase, CrhR - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2005 Jan 21;280(3):2036-44.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M409700200. Epub 2004 Nov 12.
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RNA structural rearrangement via unwinding and annealing by the cyanobacterial RNA helicase, CrhR
Danuta Chamot et al. J Biol Chem. 2005.
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Abstract
Rearrangement of RNA secondary structure is crucial for numerous biological processes. RNA helicases participate in these rearrangements through the unwinding of duplex RNA. We report here that the redox-regulated cyanobacterial RNA helicase, CrhR, is a bona fide RNA helicase possessing both RNA-stimulated ATPase and bidirectional ATP-stimulated RNA helicase activity. The processivity of the unwinding reaction appears to be low, because RNA substrates containing duplex regions of 41 bp are not unwound. CrhR also catalyzes the annealing of complementary RNA into intermolecular duplexes. Uniquely and in contrast to other proteins that perform annealing, the CrhR-catalyzed reactions require ATP hydrolysis. Through a combination of the unwinding and annealing activities, CrhR also catalyzes RNA strand exchange resulting in the formation of RNA secondary structures that are too stable to be resolved by helicase activity. RNA strand exchange most probably occurs through the CrhR-dependent formation and resolution of an RNA branch migration structure. Demonstration that another cyanobacterial RNA helicase, CrhC, does not catalyze annealing indicates that this activity is not a general biochemical characteristic of RNA helicases. Biochemically, CrhR resembles RecA and related proteins that catalyze strand exchange and branch migration on DNA substrates, a characteristic that is reflected in the recently reported structural similarities between these proteins. The data indicate the potential for CrhR to catalyze dynamic RNA secondary structure rearrangements through a combination of RNA helicase and annealing activities.
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