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- Title
Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer acts with the RIG-I-like helicase DRH-1 and RDE-4 to cleave dsRNA.
- Authors
Consalvo, Claudia D.; Aderounmu, Adedeji M.; Donelick, Helen M.; Aruscavage, P. Joseph; Eckert, Debra M.; Shen, Peter S.; Bass, Brenda L.
- Abstract
Invertebrates use the endoribonuclease Dicer to cleave viral dsRNA during antiviral defense, while vertebrates use RIG-I-like Receptors (RLRs), which bind viral dsRNA to trigger an interferon response. While some invertebrate Dicers act alone during antiviral defense, Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer acts in a complex with a dsRNA binding protein called RDE-4, and an RLR ortholog called DRH-1. We used biochemical and structural techniques to provide mechanistic insight into how these proteins function together. We found RDE-4 is important for ATP-independent and ATP-dependent cleavage reactions, while helicase domains of both DCR-1 and DRH-1 contribute to ATP-dependent cleavage. DRH-1 plays the dominant role in ATP hydrolysis, and like mammalian RLRs, has an N-terminal domain that functions in autoinhibition. A cryo-EM structure indicates DRH-1 interacts with DCR-1' s helicase domain, suggesting this interaction relieves autoinhibition. Our study unravels the mechanistic basis of the collaboration between two helicases from typically distinct innate immune defense pathways.
- Subjects
CAENORHABDITIS elegans; DOUBLE-stranded RNA; DNA helicases; CARRIER proteins; HELICASES; INTERFERONS
- Publication
eLife, 2024, p1
- ISSN
2050-084X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7554/eLife.93979