VapC-like PIN domain of bacterial Smg6-like proteins with C-terminal PhoH-like ATPase domains; PIN (PilT N terminus) domain of Smg6-like bacterial proteins with C-terminal PhoH-like ATPase domains and other similar homologs are included in this family. Eukaryotic Smg5 and Smg6 nucleases are essential factors in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), a post-transcriptional regulatory pathway that recognizes and rapidly degrades mRNAs containing premature translation termination codons. In vivo, the Smg6 PIN domain elicits degradation of bound mRNAs, as well as, metal ion dependent, degradation of single-stranded RNA, in vitro. The PIN domain belongs to a large nuclease superfamily. The structural properties of the PIN domain indicate its putative active center, consisting of invariant acidic amino acid residues (putative metal-binding residues), is geometrically similar in the active center of structure-specific 5' nucleases (also known as Flap endonuclease-1-like), PIN-domain ribonucleases of eukaryotic rRNA editing proteins, and bacterial toxins of toxin-antitoxin (TA) operons. PIN domains within this subgroup contain four highly conserved acidic residues (putative metal-binding, active site residues). Many of the bacterial homologs in this group have an N-terminal PIN domain and a C-terminal PhoH-like ATPase domain and are predicted to be ATPases which are induced by phosphate starvation.

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gi 1770463518  36 VVPLYTLERLHALKRAGSQVAINAREAVRFLD 67
Cdd:cd09883    27 VIPITVLEELDKLKKRNDELGRNAREAIRNLD 58

VapC-like PIN domain of bacterial Smg6-like proteins with C-terminal PhoH-like ATPase domains; PIN (PilT N terminus) domain of Smg6-like bacterial proteins with C-terminal PhoH-like ATPase domains and other similar homologs are included in this family. Eukaryotic Smg5 and Smg6 nucleases are essential factors in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), a post-transcriptional regulatory pathway that recognizes and rapidly degrades mRNAs containing premature translation termination codons. In vivo, the Smg6 PIN domain elicits degradation of bound mRNAs, as well as, metal ion dependent, degradation of single-stranded RNA, in vitro. The PIN domain belongs to a large nuclease superfamily. The structural properties of the PIN domain indicate its putative active center, consisting of invariant acidic amino acid residues (putative metal-binding residues), is geometrically similar in the active center of structure-specific 5' nucleases (also known as Flap endonuclease-1-like), PIN-domain ribonucleases of eukaryotic rRNA editing proteins, and bacterial toxins of toxin-antitoxin (TA) operons. PIN domains within this subgroup contain four highly conserved acidic residues (putative metal-binding, active site residues). Many of the bacterial homologs in this group have an N-terminal PIN domain and a C-terminal PhoH-like ATPase domain and are predicted to be ATPases which are induced by phosphate starvation.

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gi 1770463518  36 VVPLYTLERLHALKRAGSQVAINAREAVRFLD 67
Cdd:cd09883    27 VIPITVLEELDKLKKRNDELGRNAREAIRNLD 58