Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32491174›Full record

ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Structural basis for the recognition of transiently structured AU-rich elements by Roquin.

Oliver Binas, Jan-Niklas Tants, Stephen A Peter, Robert Janowski, Elena Davydova, Johannes Braun, Dierk Niessing, Harald Schwalbe, Julia E Weigand, Andreas Schlundt

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Roquin exhibits opposing effects on RNA stem-loop stability through its two ROQ domain binding sites.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Comprehensive Profiling of Roquin Binding Preferences for RNA Stem-Loops.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2024
    Article
  9. Review
  10. Identification of RNA structures and their roles in RNA functions.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. RNA Metabolism Governs Immune Function and Response.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
    Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Biospektrum : Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fur Biologishe Chemie (GBCH) und der Vereinigung fur Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) · 2021
    Review
  18. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Oliver BinasInstitute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
Jan-Niklas TantsInstitute for Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
Stephen A PeterDepartment of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64287, Germany.
Robert JanowskiInstitute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Elena DavydovaInstitute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Johannes BraunDepartment of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64287, Germany.
Dierk NiessingInstitute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Harald SchwalbeInstitute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
Julia E WeigandDepartment of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64287, Germany.
Andreas SchlundtInstitute for Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DETechnische Universität Darmstadt · DEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DEUniversität Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenylate/uridylate-rich elements (AREs) are the most common cis-regulatory elements in the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of mRNAs, where they fine-tune turnover by mediating mRNA decay. They increase plasticity and efficacy of mRNA regulation and are recognized by several ARE-specific RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Typically, AREs are short linear motifs with a high content of complementary A and U nucleotides and often occur in multiple copies. Although thermodynamically rather unstable, the high AU-content might enable transient secondary structure formation and modify mRNA regulation by RBPs. We have recently suggested that the immunoregulatory RBP Roquin recognizes folded AREs as constitutive decay elements (CDEs), resulting in shape-specific ARE-mediated mRNA degradation. However, the structural evidence for a CDE-like recognition of AREs by Roquin is still lacking. We here present structures of CDE-like folded AREs, both in their free and protein-bound form. Moreover, the AREs in the UCP3 3'-UTR are additionally bound by the canonical ARE-binding protein AUF1 in their linear form, adopting an alternative binding-interface compared to the recognition of their CDE structure by Roquin. Strikingly, our findings thus suggest that AREs can be recognized in multiple ways, allowing control over mRNA regulation by adapting distinct conformational states, thus providing differential accessibility to regulatory RBPs.

Indexed as

AU Rich ElementsBinding SitesHEK293 CellsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationNucleotide MotifsProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesRC3H1 protein, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID32491174
PMCPMC7367199
OpenAlexW3030122263

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.