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ArticleNature communications2021

Structure of SRSF1 RRM1 bound to RNA reveals an unexpected bimodal mode of interaction and explains its involvement in SMN1 exon7 splicing.

Antoine Cléry, Miroslav Krepl, Cristina K X Nguyen, Ahmed Moursy, Hadi Jorjani, Maria Katsantoni, Michal Okoniewski, Nitish Mittal, Mihaela Zavolan, Jiri Sponer and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Antoine CléryDepartment of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. aclery@mol.biol.ethz.ch.
Miroslav KreplInstitute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-9833-4281
Cristina K X NguyenDepartment of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ahmed MoursyDepartment of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Hadi JorjaniComputational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Maria KatsantoniComputational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Michal OkoniewskiScientific IT Services, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nitish MittalComputational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Mihaela ZavolanComputational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8832-2041
Jiri SponerInstitute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6558-6186
Frédéric H-T AllainDepartment of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. allain@mol.biol.ethz.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-2131-6237
ETH Zurich · CHUniversity of Basel · CHCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human prototypical SR protein SRSF1 is an oncoprotein that contains two RRMs and plays a pivotal role in RNA metabolism. We determined the structure of the RRM1 bound to RNA and found that the domain binds preferentially to a CN motif (N is for any nucleotide). Based on this solution structure, we engineered a protein containing a single glutamate to asparagine mutation (E87N), which gains the ability to bind to uridines and thereby activates SMN exon7 inclusion, a strategy that is used to cure spinal muscular atrophy. Finally, we revealed that the flexible inter-RRM linker of SRSF1 allows RRM1 to bind RNA on both sides of RRM2 binding site. Besides revealing an unexpected bimodal mode of interaction of SRSF1 with RNA, which will be of interest to design new therapeutic strategies, this study brings a new perspective on the mode of action of SRSF1 in cells.

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RNA SplicingAmino Acid SubstitutionAsparagineComputational BiologyExonsGlutamic AcidHEK293 CellsHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationMuscular Atrophy, SpinalNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein EngineeringRecombinant ProteinsRNA Recognition MotifRNA Splice SitesSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsAsparagineGlutamic AcidRecombinant ProteinsRNA Splice SitesSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsSMN1 protein, humanSRSF1 protein, humanSurvival of Motor Neuron 1 ProteinUridine

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