Table 9 Amino acid residues of Argonaute protein participating during interaction with miRNA and mRNA duplex within a distance of 3.5 Å miRNA, microRNA. aAmino acid residues involved in hydrophobic interactions; bAmino acid residues with aromatic rings; cThe amino acid residues of Argonaute protein commonly participated in more than one miRNA-mRNA duplex interaction; dThe amino acid residues of Argonaute protein commonly participated in case of all miRNA-mRNA duplex interaction.