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ArticleImmunity2012

Structure and functional characterization of the RNA-binding element of the NLRX1 innate immune modulator.

Minsun Hong, Sung-il Yoon, Ian A Wilson

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Article in Immunity, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phenotypic CRISPR screens identify NLRX1 as an essential activator of the human mitochondrial permeability transition.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Pattern Recognition by NOD-Like Receptors.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  9. The NLR gene family: from discovery to present day.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2023
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  16. Focusing on the Cell Type Specific Regulatory Actions of NLRX1.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  17. Innate Immune Responses and Pulmonary Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Minsun HongDepartment of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Sung-il Yoon
Ian A Wilson
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Structural Basis of T Cell Receptor RecognitionR37AI042266 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILSON, IAN A · 2003 to 2012
$5.8M
Structural basis of TLR and NLR recognition and signalingR01AI042266 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILSON, IAN A · 1998 to 2017
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS Y1-CO-1020NIAID NIH HHS AI042266NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI042266NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI042266NIGMS NIH HHS Y1-GM-1104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial NLRX1 is a member of the family of nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich-repeat-containing proteins (NLRs) that mediate host innate immunity as intracellular surveillance sensors against common molecular patterns of invading pathogens. NLRX1 functions in antiviral immunity, but the molecular mechanism of its ligand-induced activation is largely unknown. The crystal structure of the C-terminal fragment (residues 629-975) of human NLRX1 (cNLRX1) at 2.65 Å resolution reveals that cNLRX1 consists of an N-terminal helical (LRRNT) domain, central leucine-rich repeat modules (LRRM), and a C-terminal three-helix bundle (LRRCT). cNLRX1 assembles into a compact hexameric architecture that is stabilized by intersubunit and interdomain interactions of LRRNT and LRRCT in the trimer and dimer components of the hexamer, respectively. Furthermore, we find that cNLRX1 interacts directly with RNA and supports a role for NLRX1 in recognition of intracellular viral RNA in antiviral immunity.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayHumansMitochondrial ProteinsModels, MolecularPeptide FragmentsProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein Structure, QuaternaryRecombinant ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralMitochondrial ProteinsNLRX1 protein, humanPeptide FragmentsRecombinant ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID22386589
PMCPMC3368889
OpenAlexW2000023984

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