Mechanism of Mss116 ATPase Reveals Functional Diversity of DEAD-Box Proteins
Cao W, Coman MM, Ding S, Henn A, Middleton ER, Bradley MJ, Rhoades E, Hackney DD, Pyle AM, De La Cruz EM. Mechanism of Mss116 ATPase Reveals Functional Diversity of DEAD-Box Proteins. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2011, 409: 399-414. PMID: 21501623, PMCID: PMC3125984, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup II intronsWeak RNARNA bindingDEAD-box RNA helicase proteinATP hydrolysisBiochemical intermediatesDEAD-box proteinsRNA helicase proteinStrong RNA bindingStable RNA duplexAbsence of nucleotideATP utilizationStrong thermodynamic couplingFunctional diversityIntron splicingStrong RNAIntron foldingVivo splicingHelicase proteinMRNA translationMss116ATPase cyclingVivo functionBiological roleADP state