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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

Bipartite interaction sites differentially modulate RNA-binding affinity of a protein complex essential for germline stem cell self-renewal.

Chen Qiu, Robert N Wine, Zachary T Campbell, Traci M Tanaka Hall

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. RNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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  4. A higher order PUF complex is central to regulation ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  8. Functional significance of PUF partnerships inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  9. Oogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans.Sexual development : genetics, molecular biology, evolution, endocrinology, embryology, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation · 2023
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  10. RNA-binding proteins in pain.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chen QiuEpigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Robert N WineEpigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Zachary T CampbellDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75025, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3768-6996
Traci M Tanaka HallEpigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6166-3009
National Institutes of Health · USThe University of Texas at Dallas · US

Funding

Structural Studies Of Post-Transcriptional Gene RegulationZIAES050165 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HALL, TRACI M · 2009 to 2025
$45.7M
Profiling Translation in Nociceptor PlasticityR01NS114018 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Zachary Campbell · 2020 to 2026
$3.2M
3’ End Regulation in Nociceptor PlasticityR01NS100788 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAMPBELL, ZACHARY · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS100788NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS114018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In C. elegans, PUF proteins promote germline stem cell self-renewal. Their functions hinge on partnerships with two proteins that are redundantly required for stem cell maintenance. Here we focus on understanding how the essential partner protein, LST-1, modulates mRNA regulation by the PUF protein, FBF-2. LST-1 contains two nonidentical sites of interaction with FBF-2, LST-1 A and B. Our crystal structures of complexes of FBF-2, LST-1 A, and RNA visualize how FBF-2 associates with LST-1 A versus LST-1 B. One commonality is that FBF-2 contacts the conserved lysine and leucine side chains in the KxxL motifs in LST-1 A and B. A key difference is that FBF-2 forms unique contacts with regions N- and C-terminal to the KxxL motif. Consequently, LST-1 A does not modulate the RNA-binding affinity of FBF-2, whereas LST-1 B decreases RNA-binding affinity of FBF-2. The N-terminal region of LST-1 B, which binds near the 5' end of RNA elements, is essential to modulate FBF-2 RNA-binding affinity, while the C-terminal residues of LST-1 B contribute strong binding affinity to FBF-2. We conclude that LST-1 has the potential to impact which mRNAs are regulated depending on the precise nature of engagement through its functionally distinct FBF binding sites.

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AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerCaenorhabditis elegans Proteinsfem-3-binding protein, C elegansLST-1 protein, C elegansRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID34908132
PMCPMC8754657
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