Thermodynamic analysis of a multifunctional RNA-binding protein, PhoRpp38, in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

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The protein component PhoRpp38 of Pyrococcus horikoshii ribonuclease P (RNase P) is known to be a multifunctional RNA-binding protein. Previous biochemical data indicate that it binds to two stem-loops in RNase P RNA (PhopRNA). Thermodynamic analysis revealed that PhoRpp38 and PhopRNA interact with each other with an association constant (Ka) of 1.56 × 10 7 M -1. It was further found that PhoRpp38 simultaneously binds two stem-loop structures in PhopRNA with approximately equal affinity. Crystals of PhoRpp38 in complex with the stem-loop were grown and diffracted to a resolution of 7.0Å on a synchrotron X-ray source.

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Oshima, K., Nakashima, T., Kakuta, Y., Tsumoto, K., & Kimura, M. (2012). Thermodynamic analysis of a multifunctional RNA-binding protein, PhoRpp38, in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 76(6), 1252–1255. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.120272

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