PMID- 24703949 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140723 LR - 20211021 IS - 1097-4164 (Electronic) IS - 1097-2765 (Print) IS - 1097-2765 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 3 DP - 2014 May 8 TI - Structure of a eukaryotic RNase III postcleavage complex reveals a double-ruler mechanism for substrate selection. PG - 431-44 LID - S1097-2765(14)00211-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.03.006 [doi] AB - Ribonuclease III (RNase III) enzymes are a family of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-specific endoribonucleases required for RNA maturation and gene regulation. Prokaryotic RNase III enzymes have been well characterized, but how eukaryotic RNase IIIs work is less clear. Here, we describe the structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNase III (Rnt1p) postcleavage complex and explain why Rnt1p binds to RNA stems capped with an NGNN tetraloop. The structure shows specific interactions between a structural motif located at the end of the Rnt1p dsRNA-binding domain (dsRBD) and the guanine nucleotide in the second position of the loop. Strikingly, structural and biochemical analyses indicate that the dsRBD and N-terminal domains (NTDs) of Rnt1p function as two rulers that measure the distance between the tetraloop and the cleavage site. These findings provide a framework for understanding eukaryotic RNase IIIs. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Liang, Yu-He AU - Liang YH AD - Biomolecular Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. FAU - Lavoie, Mathieu AU - Lavoie M AD - RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Departement de microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada. FAU - Comeau, Marc-Andre AU - Comeau MA AD - RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Departement de microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada. FAU - Abou Elela, Sherif AU - Abou Elela S AD - RNA Group/Groupe ARN, Departement de microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1E 4K8, Canada. Electronic address: sherif.abou.elela@usherbrooke.ca. FAU - Ji, Xinhua AU - Ji X AD - Biomolecular Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. Electronic address: jix@mail.nih.gov. LA - eng SI - PDB/4OOG GR - Z99 CA999999/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - ZIA BC010326-14/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - CAPMC/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140403 PL - United States TA - Mol Cell JT - Molecular cell JID - 9802571 RN - 0 (RNA, Fungal) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - EC 3.1.26.3 (RNT1 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - EC 3.1.26.3 (Ribonuclease III) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Catalytic Domain MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Hydrogen Bonding MH - Models, Molecular MH - Protein Binding MH - RNA Cleavage MH - RNA, Fungal/chemistry MH - Ribonuclease III/*chemistry MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*enzymology MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*chemistry MH - Substrate Specificity PMC - PMC4019767 MID - NIHMS576154 EDAT- 2014/04/08 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/24 06:00 PMCR- 2015/05/08 CRDT- 2014/04/08 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/02/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/05/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1097-2765(14)00211-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.03.006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell. 2014 May 8;54(3):431-44. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.03.006. Epub 2014 Apr 3.