Download MendeleyRNA structure determination by solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
Marchanka, A., Simon, B., Althoff-Ospelt, G., Carlomagno, T.(2015) Nat Commun 6: 7024-7024
- PubMed: 25960310
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8024
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2N0R - PubMed Abstract:
Knowledge of the RNA three-dimensional structure, either in isolation or as part of RNP complexes, is fundamental to understand the mechanism of numerous cellular processes. Because of its flexibility, RNA represents a challenge for crystallization, while the large size of cellular complexes brings solution-state NMR to its limits. Here, we demonstrate an alternative approach on the basis of solid-state NMR spectroscopy. We develop a suite of experiments and RNA labeling schemes and demonstrate for the first time that ssNMR can yield a RNA structure at high-resolution. This methodology allows structural analysis of segmentally labelled RNA stretches in high-molecular weight cellular machines—independent of their ability to crystallize—and opens the way to mechanistic studies of currently difficult-to-access RNA-protein assemblies.
Organizational Affiliation:
Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
