Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Evolutionary plasticity of the NHL domain underlies distinct solutions to RNA recognition

  • Pooja Kumari,
  • Florian Aeschimann,
  • Dimos Gaidatzis,
  • Jeremy J. Keusch,
  • Pritha Ghosh,
  • Anca Neagu,
  • Katarzyna Pachulska-Wieczorek,
  • Janusz M. Bujnicki,
  • Heinz Gut,
  • Helge Großhans,
  • Rafal Ciosk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03920-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The C. elegans LIN-41 and its homologs, including human TRIM71/LIN41, contain the RNA binding NHL domain. Here the authors combine computational analysis, structural biology and in vivo studies, to explain how these proteins bind RNA and how rapid evolution of NHL domains resulted in different solutions to RNA recognition.