Identification of the human DEAD-box protein p68 as a substrate of Tlk1
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RNA helicases mediate structural rearrangements of RNA or RNA–protein complexes at the expense of ATP hydrolysis. Members of the DEAD box helicase family consist of two flexibly connected helicase domains. They share nine conserved sequence motifs that are involved in nucleotide binding and hydrolysis, RNA binding, and helicase activity. Most of these motifs line the cleft between the two helicase domains, and extensive communication between them is required for RNA unwinding. The two helicase domains of the Bacillus subtilis RNA helicase YxiN were produced separately as intein fusions, and a functional RNA helicase was generated by expressed protein ligation. The ligated helicase binds adenine nucleotides with very similar affinities to the wild‐type protein. Importantly, its intrinsically low ATPase activity is stimulated by RNA, and the Michaelis–Menten parameters are similar to those of the wild‐type. Finally, ligated YxiN unwinds a minimal RNA substrate to an extent comparable to that of the wild‐type helicase, confirming authentic interdomain communication.
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Summary Unwinding RNA secondary structures by RNA helicases is essential for RNA metabolism. How the basic unwinding reaction of DExH-type helicases is regulated by their accessory domains is unresolved. Here, we combine structural and functional analyses to address this challenge for the prototypic DExH RNA helicase maleless (MLE) from Drosophila . We captured the helicase cycle of MLE with multiple structural snapshots. We discovered that initially, dsRBD2 flexibly samples substrate dsRNA and aligns it with the open helicase tunnel. Subsequently, dsRBD2 releases RNA and associates with the helicase core, leading to closure of the tunnel around ssRNA. Structure-based MLE mutations confirm the functional relevance of the structural model in cells. We propose a molecular model in which the dsRBD2 domain of MLE orchestrates large structural transitions that depend on substrate RNA but are independent of ATP. Our findings reveal the fundamental mechanics of dsRNA unwinding by DExH helicases with high general relevance for dosage compensation and specific implications for MLE’s human orthologue DHX9/RHA mechanisms in disease.
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Members of the DEAD-box helicase family are involved in all fundamental processes of RNA metabolism, and as such, their malfunction is associated with various diseases. Currently, whether and how oligomerization impacts their biochemical and biological functions is not well understood. In this work, we show that DDX21, a human DEAD-box helicase with RNA G-quadruplex resolving activity, is dimeric and that its oligomerization state influences its helicase activity. Solution small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis uncovers a flexible multi-domain protein with a central dimerization domain. While the Arg/Gly rich C termini, rather than dimerization, are key to maintaining high affinity for RNA substrates, in vitro helicase assays indicate that an intact dimer is essential for both DDX21 ATP-dependent double-stranded RNA unwinding and ATP-independent G-quadruplex remodeling activities. Our results suggest that oligomerization plays a key role in regulating RNA DEAD-box helicase activity.
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