Novel insights into guide RNA 5ʹ-Nucleoside/Tide binding by human argonaute 2

Abstract

The human Argonaute 2 (hAgo2) protein is a key player of RNA interference (RNAi). Upon complex formation with small non-coding RNAs, the protein initially interacts with the 51-end of a given guide RNA through multiple interactions within the MID domain. This interaction has been reported to show a strong bias for U and A over C and G at the 5ʹ-position. Performing molecular dynamics simulations of binary hAgo2/OH–guide–RNA complexes, we show that hAgo2 is a highly flexible protein capable of binding to guide strands with all four possible 51-bases. Especially, in the case of C and G this is associated with rather large individual conformational rearrangements affecting the MID, PAZ and even the N-terminal domains to different degrees. Moreover, a 5ʹ-G induces domain motions in the protein, which trigger a previously unreported interaction between the 51-base and the L2 linker domain. Combining our in silico analyses with biochemical studies of recombinant hAgo2, we find that, contrary to previous observations, hAgo2 is capable of functionally accommodating guide strands regardless of the 5ʹ-base.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17010022
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Additional Information: © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Enzyme kinetics,Fluorescence spectroscopy,MD,Pre-steady-state kinetics,RNAi,Catalysis,Molecular Biology,Spectroscopy,Computer Science Applications,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry
Publication ISSN: 1422-0067
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2024 08:15
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2018 09:34
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Published Date: 2015-12-24
Authors: Kalia, Munishikha
Willkomm, Sarah
Claussen, Jens Christian (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-9870-4924)
Restle, Tobias
Bonvin, Alexandre M.J.J.

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