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ArticleNature communications2024

Phosphorylation-mediated conformational change regulates human SLFN11.

Michael Kugler, Felix J Metzner, Gregor Witte, Karl-Peter Hopfner, Katja Lammens

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Human Schlafen 14 Cleavage of Short Double-Stranded RNAs Underpins its Antiviral Activity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Michael Kugler *Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen Straße 25, 81377, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0752-9682
Felix J Metzner *Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen Straße 25, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Gregor WitteGene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen Straße 25, 81377, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0313-0962
Karl-Peter HopfnerGene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen Straße 25, 81377, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4528-8357
Katja LammensGene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen Straße 25, 81377, Munich, Germany. klammens@genzentrum.lmu.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4438-1381

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 210592381Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human Schlafen 11 (SLFN11) is sensitizing cells to DNA damaging agents by irreversibly blocking stalled replication forks, making it a potential predictive biomarker in chemotherapy. Furthermore, SLFN11 acts as a pattern recognition receptor for single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and functions as an antiviral restriction factor, targeting translation in a codon-usage-dependent manner through its endoribonuclease activity. However, the regulation of the various SLFN11 functions and enzymatic activities remains enigmatic. Here, we present cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of SLFN11 bound to tRNA-Leu and tRNA-Met that give insights into tRNA binding and cleavage, as well as its regulation by phosphorylation at S219 and T230. SLFN11 phosphomimetic mutant S753D adopts a monomeric conformation, shows ATP binding, but loses its ability to bind ssDNA and shows reduced ribonuclease activity. Thus, the phosphorylation site S753 serves as a conformational switch, regulating SLFN11 dimerization, as well as ATP and ssDNA binding, while S219 and T230 regulate tRNA recognition and nuclease activity.

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyDNA, Single-StrandedAdenosine TriphosphateEndoribonucleasesHumansModels, MolecularNuclear ProteinsPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationRNA, TransferAdenosine TriphosphateDNA, Single-StrandedEndoribonucleasesNuclear ProteinsRNA, TransferSLFN11 protein, human

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PMID39627193
PMCPMC11615386

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