3O3I: Human Hiwi1 PAZ domain

Crystal Structure of human Hiwi1 PAZ domain (residues 277-399) in complex with 14-mer RNA (12-bp + 2-nt overhang) containing 2'-OH at its 3'-end. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.8 Å resolution. Released 12 Jan 2011.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
2.8 Å
Organism
Homo sapiens
Chains
2
Atoms
1,185
Mol. weight
18.96 kDa
Released
12 Jan 2011

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

3O3I contains 4 α-helices and 9 β-strands across 1 chain. Residue ranges use author residue numbering, as in the PDB file, from PDBe. To see them in 3D, choose the Cartoon representation with Secondary structure coloring: helices, sheets and coils get different colors.

Chain X: 4 helices, 9 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand27811
α-helix279-2835
α-helix292-30312
β-strand307-31041
β-strand316-31831
β-strand321-32332
β-strand331-33333
β-strand339-34133
α-helix342-3509
β-strand361-36442
β-strand380-38232
α-helix384-3863
β-strand387-38821

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Piwi-like protein 1Xprotein124Homo sapiensQ96J94 (AlphaFold model)
RNA (5'-r(*gp*cp*gp*ap*ap*up*ap*up*up*cp*gp*cp*up*u)-3')ARNA14
Sequence of entity 1 (X), FASTA
>3O3I_1 Piwi-like protein 1 (chains X)
SETVLDFMFNFYHQTEEHKFQEQVSKELIGLVVLTKYNNKTYRVDDIDWDQNPKSTFKKA
DGSEVSFLEYYRKQYNQEITDLKQPVLVSQPKRRRGPGGTLPGPAMLIPELCYLTGLTDK
MRND
Sequence of entity 2 (A), FASTA
>3O3I_2 RNA (5'-R(*GP*CP*GP*AP*AP*UP*AP*UP*UP*CP*GP*CP*UP*U)-3') (chains A)
GCGAAUAUUCGCUU

Primary citation

Inaugural Article: Structural basis for piRNA 2'-O-methylated 3'-end recognition by Piwi PAZ (Piwi/Argonaute/Zwille) domains. Tian, Y., Simanshu, D.K., Ma, J.B. et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 108:903-910. DOI 10.1073/pnas.1017762108 · PubMed

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