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A direct role for Hsp90 in pre-RISC formation in Drosophila

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Heat-shock proteins (Hsps) are molecular chaperones that control protein folding and function. Argonaute 2 (Ago2), the effector in RNA interference (RNAi), is associated with Hsp90; however, its function in RNAi remains elusive. Here we show that Hsp90 is required for Ago2 to receive the small interfering RNA (siRNA) duplex from the RNA-induced silencing complex–loading complex in RNAi, suggesting a model where Hsp90 modifies Ago2 conformation to accommodate the siRNA duplex.

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Figure 1: Hsp90 is required for RISC formation in Drosophila RNAi.
Figure 2: Hsp90 is required for pre-RISC formation.

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We thank K. Miyoshi and T. Yoshihisa for providing technical advice and other members of the Siomi laboratory for discussions. This work was supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan grants to H.S. and M.C.S. M.C.S. is supported by Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology from the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

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T.M. and A.T. conducted experiments; T.M., A.T., H.S. and M.C.S. designed experiments, interpreted data and prepared the manuscript.

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Miyoshi, T., Takeuchi, A., Siomi, H. et al. A direct role for Hsp90 in pre-RISC formation in Drosophila. Nat Struct Mol Biol 17, 1024–1026 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1875

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