Structure of human Argonaute2-guide-target complex in a fully paired, slicing-competent conformation

The structural basis for RNA slicing by human Argonaute2.

RNA (5'-R(P*UP*GP*GP*AP*AP*GP*AP*CP*UP*AP*GP*UP*GP*AP*UP*UP*UP*UP*GP*UP*U)-3')

RNA (5'-R(*CP*AP*AP*CP*AP*AP*AP*AP*UP*CP*AP*CP*UP*AP*GP*UP*CP*UP*UP*CP*CP*A)-3')

Argonaute2,hAgo2,Argonaute RISC catalytic component 2,Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C 2,eIF-2C 2,eIF2C 2,PAZ Piwi domain protein,PPD,Protein slicer

GSYSGAGPALAPPAPPPPIQGYAFKPPPRPDFGTSGRTIKLQANFFEMDIPKIDIYHYELDIKPEKCPRRVNREIVEHMV
QHFKTQIFGDRKPVFDGRKNLYTAMPLPIGRDKVELEVTLPGEGKDRIFKVSIKWVSCVSLQALHDALSGRLPSVPFETI
QALDVVMRHLPSMRYTPVGRSFFTASEGCSNPLGGGREVWFGFHQSVRPSLWKMMLNIDVSATAFYKAQPVIEFVCEVLD
FKSIEEQQKPLTDSQRVKFTKEIKGLKVEITHCGQMKRKYRVCNVTRRPASHQTFPLQQESGQTVECTVAQYFKDRHKLV
LRYPHLPCLQVGQEQKHTYLPLEVCNIVAGQRCIKKLTDNQTSTMIRATARSAPDRQEEISKLMRSASFNTDPYVREFGI
MVKDEMTDVTGRVLQPPSILYGGRNKAIATPVQGVWDMRNKQFHTGIEIKVWAIACFAPQRQCTEVHLKSFTEQLRKISR
DAGMPIQGQPCFCKYAQGADSVEPMFRHLKNTYAGLQLVVVILPGKTPVYAEVKRVGDTVLGMATQCVQMKNVQRTTPQT
LSNLCLKINVKLGGVNNILLPQGRPPVFQQPVIFLGADVTHPPAGDGKKPSIAAVVGSMDAHPNRYCATVRVQQHRQEII
QDLAAMVRELLIQFYKSTRFKPTRIIFYRAGVSEGQFQQVLHHELLAIREACIKLEKDYQPGITFIVVQKRHHTRLFCTD
KNERVGKSGNIPAGTTVDTKITHPTEFDFYLCSHAGIQGTSRPSHYHVLWDDNRFSSDELQILTYQLCHTYVRCTRSVSI
PAPAYYAHLVAFRARYHLVDKEHDSAEGSHTSGQSNGRDHQALAKAVQVHQDTLRTMYFA

National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)

REAL-SPACE (WEIGHTED MAP SUM AT ATOM CENTERS)

RNAi, Argonaute, Slicing, HYDROLASE-RNA complex

YSGAGPALAPPAPPPPIQGYAFKPPPRPDFGTSGRTIKLQANFFEMDIPKIDIYHYELDIKPEKCPRRVNREIVEHMVQH
FKTQIFGDRKPVFDGRKNLYTAMPLPIGRDKVELEVTLPGEGKDRIFKVSIKWVSCVSLQALHDALSGRLPSVPFETIQA
LDVVMRHLPSMRYTPVGRSFFTASEGCSNPLGGGREVWFGFHQSVRPSLWKMMLNIDVSATAFYKAQPVIEFVCEVLDFK
SIEEQQKPLTDSQRVKFTKEIKGLKVEITHCGQMKRKYRVCNVTRRPASHQTFPLQQESGQTVECTVAQYFKDRHKLVLR
YPHLPCLQVGQEQKHTYLPLEVCNIVAGQRCIKKLTDNQTSTMIRATARSAPDRQEEISKLMRSASFNTDPYVREFGIMV
KDEMTDVTGRVLQPPSILYGGRNKAIATPVQGVWDMRNKQFHTGIEIKVWAIACFAPQRQCTEVHLKSFTEQLRKISRDA
GMPIQGQPCFCKYAQGADSVEPMFRHLKNTYAGLQLVVVILPGKTPVYAEVKRVGDTVLGMATQCVQMKNVQRTTPQTLS
NLCLKINVKLGGVNNILLPQGRPPVFQQPVIFLGADVTHPPAGDGKKPSIAAVVGSMDAHPNRYCATVRVQQHRQEIIQD
LAAMVRELLIQFYKSTRFKPTRIIFYRDGVSEGQFQQVLHHELLAIREACIKLEKDYQPGITFIVVQKRHHTRLFCTDKN
ERVGKSGNIPAGTTVDTKITHPTEFDFYLCSHAGIQGTSRPSHYHVLWDDNRFSSDELQILTYQLCHTYVRCTRSVSIPA
PAYYAHLVAFRARYHLVDKEHDSAEGSHTSGQSNGRDHQALAKAVQVHQDTLRTMYFA