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Structural insights into the role of Dicer-related helicase 3 in RNAi in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Li, K.; Zheng, J.; Wirawan, M.; Nguyen, T. M.; Fedorova, O.; Griffin, P.; Pyle, A. M.; Luo, D.

2021-03-16 biochemistry
10.1101/2021.03.14.433363 bioRxiv
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DRH-3 belongs to the family of duplex RNA-dependent ATPases (DRAs), which include Dicer and RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs). DRH-3 is critically involved in germline development and RNAi-facilitated chromosome segregation via the 22G-siRNA pathway in C. elegans. The molecular understanding of DRH-3 and its function in endogenous RNAi pathways remains elusive. In this study, we solved the crystal structures of the DRH-3 N-terminal domain (NTD) and the C-terminal domains (CTDs) in complex with 5-triphosphorylated RNAs. The NTD of DRH-3 adopts a distinct fold of tandem Caspase Activation and Recruitment Domains (CARDs) structurally similar to the CARDs of RIG-I and MDA5, suggesting a signaling function in the endogenous RNAi biogenesis. The CTD preferentially recognizes 5-triphosphorylated double-stranded RNAs bearing the typical features of secondary siRNA transcripts. The full-length DRH-3 displays unique structural dynamics upon binding to RNA duplexes that differ from RIG-I or MDA5. These unique molecular features of DRH-3 help explain its function in RNAi in worms and the evolutionary divergence of the Dicer-like helicases.

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