Specific mutations near the amino terminus of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) differentially affect its double-stranded RNA binding and dimerization properties - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1996 Oct 11;271(41):25657-63.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.271.41.25657.
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- PMID: 8810342
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.41.25657
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Specific mutations near the amino terminus of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) differentially affect its double-stranded RNA binding and dimerization properties
R C Patel et al. J Biol Chem. 1996.
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Abstract
The amino-terminal region of the double-stranded (ds) RNA-dependent protein kinase, PKR, has been shown to mediate both dsRNA binding and protein dimerization. To critically examine if PKR dimerization is dependent on dsRNA binding, we generated a series of mutants that are incapable of binding dsRNA. Some, but not all, of these mutants retained the ability to dimerize, as shown by a two-hybrid transcriptional activation assay in vivo and a chemical cross-linking assay in vitro. These mutants were used further to demonstrate that the translational inhibitory activity of PKR in vivo requires dsRNA binding; PKR mutants that dimerized but did not bind dsRNA could not inhibit the translation of a transfected reporter gene.
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