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  • Title: A comparative study on two GNRA-tetraloop receptors: 11-nt and IC3 motifs.
    Author: Ikawa Y, Nohmi K, Atsumi S, Shiraishi H, Inoue T.
    Journal: J Biochem; 2001 Aug; 130(2):251-5. PubMed ID: 11481042.
    Abstract:
    Natural RNAs often contain terminal loops consisting of GNRA (N=A, G, C, U; R=A, G) and their receptors, which bind to the loops via long-range RNA-RNA interactions. Among several known receptors, two characteristic structural elements have been identified that are termed the 11-nt motif (CCUAAG-UAUGG) and IC3 motif (CCCUAAC-GAGGG). These two motifs that share a similar secondary structure have been shown to exhibit distinctively different binding specificities. The 11-nt motif recognizes a GAAA loop with highest specificity among the known receptors, whereas the IC3 motif distinguishes GAAA from other GNRA loops less stringently than any other receptors. To identify the elements in the receptors that determine the binding specificity, a series of chimeric receptors derived from the two motifs were prepared and their properties were examined. We identified characteristic base-pairs and a particular U residue in the receptors as such elements by means of a gel mobility shift assay that evaluates the degree of the tetraloop-receptor interaction. The relationship between the elements and the specificity is discussed together with a model that describes a possible evolutional linkage between the two receptors.
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