A structural insight into the C-terminal RNA recognition motifs of T-cell intracellular antigen-1 protein

T-cell intracellular antigen-1 (TIA-1) plays a pleiotropic role in cell homeostasis through the regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA translation by recognising uridine-rich sequences of RNAs. TIA-1 contains three RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) and a glutamine-rich domain. Here, we cha...

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Autores: Aroca Aguilar, Ángeles, Díaz Quintana, Antonio Jesús, Díaz Moreno, Irene
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/84563
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/84563
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2011.07.037
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DNA–RNA binding protein (D/RBP)
RNA metabolism
RNA recognition motif (RRM)
Pro-apoptotic protein
T-cell-restricted intracellular antigen-1 (TIA-1)
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Sumario:T-cell intracellular antigen-1 (TIA-1) plays a pleiotropic role in cell homeostasis through the regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA translation by recognising uridine-rich sequences of RNAs. TIA-1 contains three RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) and a glutamine-rich domain. Here, we characterise its C-terminal RRM2 and RRM3 domains. Notably, RRM3 contains an extra novel N-terminal α-helix (α1) which protects its single tryptophan from the solvent exposure, even in the two-domain RRM23 context. The α1 hardly affects the thermal stability of RRM3. On the contrary, RRM2 destabilises RRM3, indicating that both modules are tumbling together, which may influence the RNA binding activity of TIA-1.