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ArticlePloS one2016

Crystal Structure of the SPOC Domain of the Arabidopsis Flowering Regulator FPA.

Yinglu Zhang, Katarzyna Rataj, Gordon G Simpson, Liang Tong

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Identification of AhFPA1 as the causal gene underlying qEFT13.1, a key QTL for early flowering in peanut.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025
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4 authors.

Yinglu ZhangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, United States of America.
Katarzyna RatajDivision Plant Sciences & Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Gordon G SimpsonDivision Plant Sciences & Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Liang TongDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, United States of America.

Funding

Life Science and Biomedical technology Research center at NSLS-II LSBRP41GM111244 · NIGMS · BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB · PI MCSWEENEY, SEAN · 2014 to 2018
$16.4M
Structural and functional studies of mRNA processing, stability and quality controlR35GM118093 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI LIANG TONG · 2016 to 2026
$8.5M
Structural biology of pre-mRNA 3'-end processingR01GM077175 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI TONG, LIANG · 2007 to 2015
$2.8M
Replacement of an aging X-ray diffraction system for protein crystallographyS10OD012018 · OD · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI TONG, LIANG · 2012 to 2012
$405k
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H002286/1NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM111244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077175NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118093NIH HHS S10 OD012018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Arabidopsis protein FPA controls flowering time by regulating the alternative 3'-end processing of the FLOWERING LOCUS (FLC) antisense RNA. FPA belongs to the split ends (SPEN) family of proteins, which contain N-terminal RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) and a SPEN paralog and ortholog C-terminal (SPOC) domain. The SPOC domain is highly conserved among FPA homologs in plants, but the conservation with the domain in other SPEN proteins is much lower. We have determined the crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana FPA SPOC domain at 2.7 Å resolution. The overall structure is similar to that of the SPOC domain in human SMRT/HDAC1 Associated Repressor Protein (SHARP), although there are also substantial conformational differences between them. Structural and sequence analyses identify a surface patch that is conserved among plant FPA homologs. Mutations of two residues in this surface patch did not disrupt FPA functions, suggesting that either the SPOC domain is not required for the role of FPA in regulating RNA 3'-end formation or the functions of the FPA SPOC domain cannot be disrupted by the combination of mutations, in contrast to observations with the SHARP SPOC domain.

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Arabidopsis ProteinsConserved SequenceCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularProtein DomainsRNA-Binding ProteinsSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, ProteinArabidopsis ProteinsFPA protein, ArabidopsisRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID27513867
PMCPMC4981400

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