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The insertion in the double-stranded RNA binding domain of human Drosha is important for its function.
microRNAs (miRNAs) are first transcribed as long, primary transcripts, which are then processed by multiple enzymes and proteins to generate the single-stranded, approximately 22-nucleotide (nt)-long mature miRNAs. A critical step in animal miRNA biogenesis is the cleavage of primary miRNA transcripts (pri-miRNAs) to produce precursor miRNAs (pre-miRNAs) by the enzyme Drosha. How Drosha recognizes its substrates remains incompletely understood. In this study we constructed a series of human Drosha mutants and examined their enzymatic activities and interaction with RNAs. We found that the N-terminal region is required for the nuclear localization and cellular function of Drosha. And in contrast to previous reports, we showed that the double-stranded RNA binding domain (RBD) of Drosha exhibited a weak but noticeable affinity for RNA. Compared to the RBDs of other RNA-binding proteins, the RBD of Drosha has a short insert, whose mutations reduced RNA binding and pri-miRNA cleavage. Overexpression of Drosha RBD mutants in a reporter assay corroborated their deficiencies in Drosha activity in cell cultures. In addition, we found that point mutations in the RNaseIIIb domain of Drosha implicated in Wilms tumors differentially affected cleavage of the 5' and 3' strands of pri-miRNAs in vitro. In conclusion, our results provided important insights into the mechanism of pri-miRNA processing by human Drosha.
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