标题: JMCB:天然免疫反应机制研究最新进展 [打印本页] 作者: zszhao 时间: 2015-9-3 22:52 标题: JMCB:天然免疫反应机制研究最新进展 近日,国际学术期刊Journal of Molecular Cell Biology在线发表了来自中国科学院生物物理所、美国UCLA、昆明医科大学和青岛生物能源与过程所合作完成的最新研究成果:"New insights into the structural basis of DNA recognition by HINa and HINb domains of IFI16",该研究阐述了天然免疫信号传导重要蛋白IFI16 HINa结构域识别DNA激活下游信号通路的结构基础。
Abstract
Interferon gamma-inducible protein 16 (IFI16) senses DNA in the cytoplasm and the nucleus by using two tandem hematopoietic interferon-inducible nuclear (HIN) domains, HINa and HINb, through the cooperative assembly of IFI16 filaments on double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). The role of HINa in sensing DNA is not clearly understood. Here, we describe the crystal structure of the HINa domain in complex with DNA at 2.55 Å resolution and provide the first insight into the mode of DNA binding by the HINa domain. The structure reveals the presence of two oligosaccharide/nucleotide-binding (OB) folds with a unique DNA-binding surface. HINa uses loop L45 of the canonical OB2 fold to bind to the DNA backbone. The dsDNA is recognized as two single strands of DNA. Interestingly, deletion of HINb compromises the ability of IFI16 to induce IFN-β, while HINa mutants impaired in DNA binding enhance the production of IFN-β. These results shed light on the roles of IFI16 HIN domains in DNA recognition and innate immune responses.