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ArticleBMC research notes2019

Analysis of a structured intronic region of the LMP2 pre-mRNA from EBV reveals associations with human regulatory proteins and nuclear actin.

Nuwanthika Kumarasinghe, Walter N Moss

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Article in BMC research notes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Recent advances in nuclear actin research.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2025
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  3. Nuclear Actin Dynamics in Gene Expression, DNA Repair, and Cancer.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2022
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  6. The RNA-Binding Protein HuR in Digestive System Tumors.BioMed research international · 2020
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  7. Computational approaches for the discovery of splicing regulatory RNA structures.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nuwanthika KumarasingheRoy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, 2437 Pammel Drive, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Walter N MossRoy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, 2437 Pammel Drive, Ames, IA, 50011, USA. wmoss@iastate.edu.
Iowa State University · US

Funding

Finding, folding and characterizing the functions of disease-relevant RNA structuresR01GM133810 · NIGMS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Walter Moss · 2019 to 2026
$2.8M
Understanding Epstein Barr virus oncogenicity through non-coding RNA structureR00GM112877 · NIGMS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MOSS, WALTER · 2017 to 2019
$747k
NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM112877NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM133810NIH HHS R00GM112877-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe pre-mRNA of the Epstein-Barr virus LMP2 (latent membrane protein 2) has a region of unusual RNA structure that partially spans two consecutive exons and the entire intervening intron; suggesting RNA folding might affect splicing-particularly via interactions with human regulatory proteins. To better understand the roles of protein associations with this structured intronic region, we undertook a combined bioinformatics (motif searching) and experimental analysis (biotin pulldowns and RNA immunoprecipitations) of protein binding.

resultCharacterization of the ribonucleoprotein composition of this region revealed several human proteins as interactors: regulatory proteins hnRNP A1 (heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1), hnRNP U, HuR (human antigen R), and PSF (polypyrimidine tract-binding protein-associated splicing factor), as well as, unexpectedly, the cytoskeletal protein actin. Treatment of EBV-positive cells with drugs that alter actin polymerization specifically showed marked effects on splicing in this region. This suggests a potentially novel role for nuclear actin in regulation of viral RNA splicing.

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ActinsCell NucleusELAV-Like Protein 1Herpesvirus 4, HumanHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein UHumansIntronsProtein BindingPTB-Associated Splicing FactorRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA PrecursorsRNA, ViralViral Matrix ProteinsActinsEBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virusELAV-Like Protein 1Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein UPTB-Associated Splicing FactorRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA PrecursorsRNA, ViralViral Matrix ProteinsActinEBVEpstein–Barr virusHerpes virushnRNP A1hnRNP UHuRLMP2PSFRNASplicing

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