TY - JOUR
T1 - ZBP2 facilitates binding of ZBP1 to β-actin mRNA during transcription
AU - Pan, Feng
AU - Hüttelmaier, Stefan
AU - Singer, Robert H.
AU - Gu, Wei
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Cytoplasmic mRNA localization regulates gene expression by spatially restricting protein translation. Recent evidence has shown that nuclear proteins (such as hnRNPs) are required to form mRNPs capable of cytoplasmic localization. ZBP1 and ZBP2, two hnRNP K homology domain-containing proteins, were previously identified by their binding to the zipcode, the sequence element necessary and sufficient for β-actin mRNA localization. ZBP1 colocalizes with nascent β-actin mRNA in the nucleus but is predominantly a cytoplasmic protein. ZBP2, in contrast, is predominantly nuclear. We hypothesized that the two proteins cooperate to localize β-actin mRNA and sought to address where and how this might occur. We demonstrate that ZBP2, a homologue of the splicing factor KSRP, binds initially to nascent β-actin transcripts and facilitates the subsequent binding of the shuttling ZBP1. ZBP1 then associates with the RNA throughout the nuclear export and cytoplasmic localization process.
AB - Cytoplasmic mRNA localization regulates gene expression by spatially restricting protein translation. Recent evidence has shown that nuclear proteins (such as hnRNPs) are required to form mRNPs capable of cytoplasmic localization. ZBP1 and ZBP2, two hnRNP K homology domain-containing proteins, were previously identified by their binding to the zipcode, the sequence element necessary and sufficient for β-actin mRNA localization. ZBP1 colocalizes with nascent β-actin mRNA in the nucleus but is predominantly a cytoplasmic protein. ZBP2, in contrast, is predominantly nuclear. We hypothesized that the two proteins cooperate to localize β-actin mRNA and sought to address where and how this might occur. We demonstrate that ZBP2, a homologue of the splicing factor KSRP, binds initially to nascent β-actin transcripts and facilitates the subsequent binding of the shuttling ZBP1. ZBP1 then associates with the RNA throughout the nuclear export and cytoplasmic localization process.
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U2 - 10.1128/MCB.00972-07
DO - 10.1128/MCB.00972-07
M3 - Article
C2 - 17893325
AN - SCOPUS:36849088518
SN - 0270-7306
VL - 27
SP - 8340
EP - 8351
JO - Molecular and cellular biology
JF - Molecular and cellular biology
IS - 23
ER -