Elucidating the Role of Microprocessor Protein DGCR8 in Bending RNA Structures

Pabit S, Chen Y, Usher E, Cook E, Pollack L, Showalter S, Biophysical Journal (2020) DOI

SASDJW7 – pri-miR16-1 primary microRNA in complex with DGCR8-core protein

primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein
Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8
MWexperimental 36 kDa
MWexpected 62 kDa
VPorod 125 nm3
log I(s) 3.67×10-2 3.67×10-3 3.67×10-4 3.67×10-5
primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 small angle scattering data  s, nm-1
ln I(s)
primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 Guinier plot ln 3.67×10-2 Rg: 5.0 nm 0 (5.0 nm)-2 s2
(sRg)2I(s)/I(0)
primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 Kratky plot 1.104 0 3 sRg
p(r)
primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 pair distance distribution function Rg: 5.3 nm 0 Dmax: 17.2 nm

Data validation


Fits and models


log I(s)
 s, nm-1
primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 DAMMIF model
primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 DAMFILT model

Synchrotron SAXS data from solutions of pri-miR16-1 primary microRNA in complex with DGCR8-core protein in 50 mM KCl, 50 mM HEPES, 5 mM DTT, 1% glycerol, 50% sucrose, DGCR8-core, pH 7.5 were collected on the G1 beam line at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS; Ithaca, NY, USA) using a Pilatus 100k detector at a sample-detector distance of 1.5 m and at a wavelength of λ = 0.125 nm (I(s) vs s, where s = 4πsinθ/λ, and 2θ is the scattering angle). One solute concentration of 0.65 mg/ml was measured at 23°C. 40 successive 1 second frames were collected. The data were normalized to the intensity of the transmitted beam and radially averaged; the scattering of the solvent-blank was subtracted. The scattering contributions from the protein component of the complex are effectively contrast-matched (50% sucrose in the supporting solvent).

The bead models displayed in this entry show an individual reconstructed model (top) and associated individual model fit to the data and the volume-corrected and bead-occupancy representation obtained from the spatial alignment of several individual model reconstructions (DAMFILT; bottom). The scattering contributions from the protein component of the complex are effectively contrast-matched in the sample conditions (50% sucrose in the supporting solvent).

primary microRNA pri-miR16-1 complexed with DGCR8-core protein (pri-miR16-DGCR8)
Mol. type   RNA
Organism   Homo sapiens
Olig. state   Monomer
Mon. MW   36.2 kDa
Sequence   FASTA
 
Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8 (DGCR8)
Mol. type   Protein
Organism   Homo sapiens
Olig. state   Monomers
Mon. MW   26.2 kDa
 
UniProt   Q8WYQ5 (493-720)
Sequence   FASTA