Pumilio is an RNA-binding protein originally identified in Drosophila, with a Puf domain made up of eight Puf repeats, three helix bundles arranged in a rainbow architecture, where each repeat recognizes a single base of the RNA-binding sequence. The eight-base recognition sequence can therefore be modified simply via mutation of the repeat that recognizes the base to be changed and this is understood in detail via high-resolution crystal structures. The binding mechanism is also altered in a variety of homologues from different species, with bases flipped out from the binding site to regenerate a consensus sequence. Thus Pumilios can be designed with bespoke RNA recognition sequences and can be fused to nucleases, split GFP, etc. as tools in vitro and in cells.
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Bespoke RNA recognition by Pumilios
Thomas A. Edwards
Thomas A. Edwards
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*School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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April 14 2015
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© 2015 Authors; published by Portland Press Limited
2015
Biochem Soc Trans (2015) 43 (5): 801–806.
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Thomas A. Edwards; Bespoke RNA recognition by Pumilios. Biochem Soc Trans 1 October 2015; 43 (5): 801–806. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20150072
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