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ArticleNucleic acids research2023

Structural and biochemical characterization of Schlafen11 N-terminal domain.

Pengjiao Hou, Wei Hao, Bo Qin, Mengyun Li, Rong Zhao, Sheng Cui

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pengjiao HouNHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China.
Wei HaoNHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China.
Bo QinNHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China.
Mengyun LiNHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China.
Rong ZhaoNHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China.
Sheng CuiNHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China.ORCID 0000-0001-6329-3582
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schlafen11 (SLFN11) is one of the most studied Schlafen proteins that plays vital roles in cancer therapy and virus-host interactions. Herein, we determined the crystal structure of the Sus scrofa SLFN11 N-terminal domain (NTD) to 2.69 Å resolution. sSLFN11-NTD is a pincer-shaped molecule that shares an overall fold with other SLFN-NTDs but exhibits distinct biochemical characteristics. sSLFN11-NTD is a potent RNase cleaving type I and II tRNAs and rRNAs, and with preference to type II tRNAs. Consistent with the codon usage-based translation suppression activity of SLFN11, sSLFN11-NTD cleaves synonymous serine and leucine tRNAs with different efficiencies in vitro. Mutational analysis revealed key determinates of sSLFN11-NTD nucleolytic activity, including the Connection-loop, active site, and key residues essential for substrate recognition, among which E42 constrains sSLFN11-NTD RNase activity, and all nonconservative mutations of E42 stimulated RNase activities. sSLFN11 inhibited the translation of proteins with a low codon adaptation index in cells, which mainly dependent on the RNase activity of the NTD because E42A enhanced the inhibitory effect, but E209A abolished inhibition. Our findings provide structural characterization of an important SLFN11 protein and expand our understanding of the Schlafen family.

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Nuclear ProteinsRibonucleasesRNA, TransferAnimalsCatalytic DomainMutationSus scrofaNuclear ProteinsRibonucleasesRNA, Transfer

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