2021
The molecular mechanism of RIG‐I activation and signaling
Thoresen D, Wang W, Galls D, Guo R, Xu L, Pyle AM. The molecular mechanism of RIG‐I activation and signaling. Immunological Reviews 2021, 304: 154-168. PMID: 34514601, PMCID: PMC9293153, DOI: 10.1111/imr.13022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRIG-I activationTranscription of interferonEvolutionary implicationsAdapter proteinHost RNAPathogenic RNAsPattern recognition receptorsCell biologyInactive conformationMolecular mechanismsRNA virusesRole of RIGRNA duplexesInitial RNARNAStructural determinantsRecognition receptorsInnate immunityViral RNAInterferon expressionImportant receptorViral pathogensCellular spaceMolecular featuresReceptorsInsights into the structure and RNA-binding specificity of Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer-related helicase 3 (DRH-3)
Li K, Zheng J, Wirawan M, Trinh NM, Fedorova O, Griffin PR, Pyle AM, Luo D. Insights into the structure and RNA-binding specificity of Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer-related helicase 3 (DRH-3). Nucleic Acids Research 2021, 49: 9978-9991. PMID: 34403472, PMCID: PMC8464030, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-terminal domainN-terminal domainDRH-3RNA interferenceTandem caspase activationSimilar domain architectureEndogenous RNAi pathwaysRNA helicase familyDouble-stranded RNACARDs of RIGUnique structural dynamicsGermline developmentEvolutionary divergenceChromosome segregationRNAi pathwayCaenorhabditis elegansDomain architectureHelicase familyCaspase activationDistinct foldsRecruitment domainMolecular understandingRLR familyRNA duplexesRNA
2013
Defining the functional determinants for RNA surveillance by RIG‐I
Kohlway A, Luo D, Rawling DC, Ding SC, Pyle AM. Defining the functional determinants for RNA surveillance by RIG‐I. EMBO Reports 2013, 14: 772-779. PMID: 23897087, PMCID: PMC3790051, DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMelanoma differentiation-associated gene 5Robust ATPase activityDuplex RNA substrateMinimal functional unitATPase activityRetinoic acid-inducible geneInnate immune machineryAcid-inducible geneRNA surveillanceDifferentiation-associated gene 5RNA substratesIntracellular RNA sensorsDuplex RNARNA complexRNA targetsGene 5RNA virusesDistinct conformationsRNA sensorsDsRNA complexImmune machineryRNA duplexesInterferon responseFunctional determinantsFunctional units