7SVA

Cryo-EM structure of Arabidopsis Ago10-guide RNA complex


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.26 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Re-refinement Note

A newer entry is available that reflects an alternative modeling of the original data: 7SWF 7SWQ


Literature

Structural basis for RNA slicing by a plant Argonaute.

Xiao, Y.Maeda, S.Otomo, T.MacRae, I.J.

(2023) Nat Struct Mol Biol 30: 778-784

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-023-00989-7
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    7SVA, 7SWQ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Argonaute (AGO) proteins use small RNAs to recognize transcripts targeted for silencing in plants and animals. Many AGOs cleave target RNAs using an endoribonuclease activity termed 'slicing'. Slicing by DNA-guided prokaryotic AGOs has been studied in detail, but structural insights into RNA-guided slicing by eukaryotic AGOs are lacking. Here we present cryogenic electron microscopy structures of the Arabidopsis thaliana Argonaute10 (AtAgo10)-guide RNA complex with and without a target RNA representing a slicing substrate. The AtAgo10-guide-target complex adopts slicing-competent and slicing-incompetent conformations that are unlike known prokaryotic AGO structures. AtAgo10 slicing activity is licensed by docking target (t) nucleotides t9-t13 into a surface channel containing the AGO endoribonuclease active site. A β-hairpin in the L1 domain secures the t9-t13 segment and coordinates t9-t13 docking with extended guide-target pairing. Results show that prokaryotic and eukaryotic AGOs use distinct mechanisms for achieving target slicing and provide insights into small interfering RNA potency.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Protein argonaute 10988Arabidopsis thalianaMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: AGO10PNHZLLAt5g43810MQD19.17
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UniProt GroupQ9XGW1
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
RNA (5'-R(P*UP*GP*GP*AP*GP*UP*GP*UP*GP*AP*CP*AP*AP*UP*GP*GP*UP*GP*UP*UP*U)-3')21synthetic construct
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.26 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)United StatesR35GM127090

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2022-11-23
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-05-17
    Changes: Database references, Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.2: 2023-07-05
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2024-06-05
    Changes: Data collection