A structure-based model of RIG-I activation

RNA. 2012 Dec;18(12):2118-27. doi: 10.1261/rna.035949.112. Epub 2012 Nov 1.

Abstract

A series of high-resolution crystal structures of RIG-I and RIG-I:dsRNA cocrystals has recently been reported. Comparison of these structures provides considerable insight into how this innate immune pattern recognition receptor is activated upon detecting and binding a certain class of viral RNAs.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • DEAD Box Protein 58
  • DEAD-box RNA Helicases / chemistry*
  • DEAD-box RNA Helicases / immunology
  • DEAD-box RNA Helicases / metabolism*
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate
  • Ligands
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Multimerization
  • RNA, Double-Stranded / chemistry
  • RNA, Double-Stranded / metabolism
  • RNA, Viral / chemistry
  • RNA, Viral / metabolism
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Ligands
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • RNA, Double-Stranded
  • RNA, Viral
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • RIGI protein, human
  • DEAD Box Protein 58
  • DEAD-box RNA Helicases