Structure and function of the bacterial decapping enzyme NudC

Höfer, K.; Li, S.; Abele, F.; Frindert, J.; Schlotthauer, J.; Grawenhoff, J.; Du, J.; Patel, D. J.; Jäschke, A.

doi:10.1038/nchembio.2132

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Structure and function of the bacterial decapping enzyme NudC

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Höfer, K., Li, S., Abele, F., Frindert, J., Schlotthauer, J., Grawenhoff, J., et al. (2016). Structure and function of the bacterial decapping enzyme NudC. Nat Chem Biol, 12(9), 730-4. doi:10.1038/nchembio.2132.

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RNA capping and decapping are thought to be distinctive features of eukaryotes. The redox cofactor NAD was recently discovered to be attached to small regulatory RNAs in bacteria in a cap-like manner, and Nudix hydrolase NudC was found to act as a NAD-decapping enzyme in vitro and in vivo. Here, crystal structures of Escherichia coli NudC in complex with substrate NAD and with cleavage product NMN reveal the catalytic residues lining the binding pocket and principles underlying molecular recognition of substrate and product. Biochemical mutation analysis identifies the conserved Nudix motif as the catalytic center of the enzyme, which needs to be homodimeric, as the catalytic pocket is composed of amino acids from both monomers. NudC is single-strand specific and has a purine preference for the 5'-terminal nucleotide. The enzyme strongly prefers NAD-linked RNA (NAD-RNA) over NAD and binds to a diverse set of cellular RNAs in an unspecific manner.