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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2008

Characterization of zfs1 as an mRNA-binding and -destabilizing protein in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Brandon J Cuthbertson, Yanhong Liao, Lutz Birnbaumer, Perry J Blackshear

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brandon J CuthbertsonLaboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Yanhong Liao
Lutz Birnbaumer
Perry J Blackshear
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

TTP and related proteins in the regulation of gene expressionZIAES090080 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BLACKSHEAR, PERRY J · 2009 to 2025
$52.6M
Transmembrane Signaling MechanismsZ01ES101643 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BIRNBAUMER, LUTZ · 2003 to 2008
$5.1M
Transmembrane Signaling Mechanisms Involving TRP ChannelsZ01ES101684 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BIRNBAUMER, LUTZ · 2003 to 2008
$2.1M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES101643Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES101684Intramural NIH HHS Z99 ES999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tristetraprolin is a vertebrate CCCH tandem zinc finger protein that can bind to and destabilize certain mRNAs containing AU-rich element binding sites. zfs1 is the single gene in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, that encodes a protein containing the critical features of the tristetraprolin zinc finger domain. zfs1 has been linked to pheromone signal transduction control and to the coordination of mitosis, but no biological function has been ascribed to the zfs1 protein. Through a functional genomics approach we compared transcript levels in wild-type and zfs1-deficient S. pombe strains; those elevated in the zfs1-deficient strain were examined for the presence of potential tristetraprolin-like binding sites. One such potential target transcript was encoded by arz1, a gene encoding a protein of unknown function that contains armadillo repeats. arz1 mRNA decay was inhibited in the zfs1-deficient strain when it was expressed under the control of a thiamine-repressible promoter. Mutations within one AU-rich element present in the arz1 3'-untranslated region protected this transcript from zfs1-promoted decay, whereas mutating another potential binding site had no effect. Binding assays confirmed a direct interaction between zfs1 and arz1 mRNA-based probes; this interaction was eliminated when key residues were mutated in either zfs1 zinc finger. zfs1 and its targets in S. pombe represent a useful model system for studies of zinc finger protein/AU-rich element interactions that result in mRNA decay.

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3' Untranslated RegionsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceBinding SitesDNA PrimersGenes, FungalModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutationNuclear ProteinsPhylogenyProtein BindingProtein ConformationRNA, FungalRNA, Messenger3' Untranslated RegionsDNA PrimersNuclear ProteinsRNA, FungalRNA, MessengerSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsZfs1 protein, S pombe

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PMID18042546
PMCPMC2736560
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