Structural insight into RNA recognition motifs: versatile molecular Lego building blocks for biological systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Muto ◽  
Shigeyuki Yokoyama
Keyword(s):  
Biological Systems ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Rna Recognition ◽  
Rna Recognition Motifs ◽  
Structural Insight ◽  
Recognition Motifs ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Structure of the two most C-terminal RNA recognition motifs of PTB using segmental isotope labeling

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Vitali ◽  
Anke Henning ◽  
Florian C Oberstrass ◽  
Yann Hargous ◽  
Sigrid D Auweter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Labeling ◽  
Rna Recognition ◽  
Rna Recognition Motifs ◽  
Segmental Isotope Labeling ◽  
Recognition Motifs

scholarly journals Specificity of RNA Binding by CPEB: Requirement for RNA Recognition Motifs and a Novel Zinc Finger

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 685-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Hake ◽  
Raul Mendez ◽  
Joel D. Richter
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Finger ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Recognition ◽  
Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation ◽  
Functional Motif ◽  
Rna Recognition Motifs ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Terminal Amino ◽  
Maternal Mrnas ◽  
Recognition Motifs

ABSTRACT CPEB is an RNA binding protein that interacts with the maturation-type cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) (consensus UUUUUAU) to promote polyadenylation and translational activation of maternal mRNAs in Xenopus laevis. CPEB, which is conserved from mammals to invertebrates, is composed of three regions: an amino-terminal portion with no obvious functional motif, two RNA recognition motifs (RRMs), and a cysteine-histidine region that is reminiscent of a zinc finger. In this study, we investigated the physical properties of CPEB required for RNA binding. CPEB can interact with RNA as a monomer, and phosphorylation, which modifies the protein during oocyte maturation, has little effect on RNA binding. Deletion mutations of CPEB have been overexpressed inEscherichia coli and used in a series of RNA gel shift experiments. Although a full-length and a truncated CPEB that lacks 139 amino-terminal amino acids bind CPE-containing RNA avidly, proteins that have had either RRM deleted bind RNA much less efficiently. CPEB that has had the cysteine-histidine region deleted has no detectable capacity to bind RNA. Single alanine substitutions of specific cysteine or histidine residues within this region also abolish RNA binding, pointing to the importance of this highly conserved domain of the protein. Chelation of metal ions by 1,10-phenanthroline inhibits the ability of CPEB to bind RNA; however, RNA binding is restored if the reaction is supplemented with zinc. CPEB also binds other metals such as cobalt and cadmium, but these destroy RNA binding. These data indicate that the RRMs and a zinc finger region of CPEB are essential for RNA binding.

Structural properties and RNA-binding activities of two RNA recognition motifs of a mouse neural RNA-binding protein, mouse-Musashi-1

Gene ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 186 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuyuki Kurihara ◽  
Takashi Nagata ◽  
Takao Imai ◽  
Ado Hiwatashi ◽  
Masataka Horiuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Properties ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Rna Binding Protein ◽  
Rna Recognition ◽  
Rna Recognition Motifs ◽  
Recognition Motifs

scholarly journals Cancer-Associated Mutations Mapped on High-Resolution Structures of the U2AF2 RNA Recognition Motifs

Biochemistry ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (36) ◽  
pp. 4757-4761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliezra Glasser ◽  
Anant A. Agrawal ◽  
Jermaine L. Jenkins ◽  
Clara L. Kielkopf
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Rna Recognition ◽  
Rna Recognition Motifs ◽  
Recognition Motifs

Domain necessary for Drosophila ELAV nuclear localization: function requires nuclear ELAV

1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (24) ◽  
pp. 4501-4512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. Yannoni ◽  
K. White
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Localization ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Rna Binding Proteins ◽  
Nuclear Localization Sequence ◽  
Rna Recognition ◽  
Rna Recognition Motifs ◽  
Mutant Proteins ◽  
Localization Sequence ◽  
Recognition Motifs

The neuron specific Drosophila ELAV protein belongs to the ELAV family of RNA binding proteins which are characterized by three highly conserved RNA recognition motifs, an N-terminal domain, and a hinge region between the second and third RNA recognition motifs. Despite their highly conserved RNA recognition motifs the ELAV family members are a group of proteins with diverse posttranscriptional functions including splicing regulation, mRNA stability and translatability and have a variety of subcellular localizations. The role of the ELAV hinge in localization and function was examined using transgenes encoding ELAV hinge deletions, in vivo. Subcellular localization of the hinge mutant proteins revealed that residues between amino acids 333–374 are necessary for nuclear localization. This delineated sequence has no significant homology to classical nuclear localization sequences, but it is similar to the recently characterized nucleocytoplasmic shuttling sequence, the HNS, from a human ELAV family member, HuR. This defined sequence, however, was insufficient for nuclear localization as tested using hinge-GFP fusion proteins. Functional assays revealed that mutant proteins that fail to localize to the nucleus are unable to provide ELAV vital function, but their function is significantly restored when translocated into the nucleus by a heterologous nuclear localization sequence tag.

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