Figure 3.
Two types of Nrd1–RNA interaction described by NMR. (A) Comparison of Nrd1307–491 binding to GUAA (red) and G7 (blue) RNA sequences. GUAA RNA is recognized mostly by residues within β-sheet surface, whereas G7 interaction is mediated by amino acids from the additional helix–loop bundle domain. (B) Structure of Nrd1307–491 with highlighted regions that are responsible for AU-rich (red) and G-rich (blue) RNA binding. Overlapping region is shown in magenta. RNA-binding surface was colored based on the mutagenesis results. (C) A canonical RRM binds RNA via its β-sheet surface (red), exemplified here by the structure of sex-lethal RRM1 [PDB code: 1B7F; (55)].