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Crystal structure of RIG-I C-terminal domain bound to blunt-ended double-strand RNA without 5' triphosphate.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Mar 2011
Lu Cheng, Ranjith-Kumar C T, Hao Lujiang, Kao C Cheng, Li Pingwei
Abstract excerpt
RIG-I recognizes molecular patterns in viral RNA to regulate the induction of type I interferons. The C-terminal domain (CTD) of RIG-I exhibits high affinity for 5' triphosphate (ppp) dsRNA as well as blunt-ended dsRNA. Structures of RIG-I CTD bound to 5'-ppp dsRNA showed that RIG-I recognizes the termini of dsRNA and interacts with the ppp through electrostatic interactions. However, the structural basis for the...
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