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ArticleCell reports methods2023

Affinity-enhanced RNA-binding domains as tools to understand RNA recognition.

Belén Chaves-Arquero, Katherine M Collins, Giancarlo Abis, Geoff Kelly, Evangelos Christodoulou, Ian A Taylor, Andres Ramos

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Belén Chaves-ArqueroInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB), University College London, London WC1E 6AA, UK.
Katherine M CollinsInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB), University College London, London WC1E 6AA, UK.
Giancarlo AbisInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB), University College London, London WC1E 6AA, UK.
Geoff KellyThe Medical Research Council Biomedical NMR Centre, the Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Evangelos ChristodoulouStructural Biology Science Technology Platform, the Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Ian A TaylorMacromolecular Structure Laboratory, the Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Andres RamosInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB), University College London, London WC1E 6AA, UK.
Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GBCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ES

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council S014438/1Cancer Research UKMedical Research Council MC_PC_13051Medical Research Council MR/S000305/1Medical Research Council U117574558Wellcome Trust CC1078Wellcome Trust CC2029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how the RNA-binding domains of a protein regulator are used to recognize its RNA targets is a key problem in RNA biology, but RNA-binding domains with very low affinity do not perform well in the methods currently available to characterize protein-RNA interactions. Here, we propose to use conservative mutations that enhance the affinity of RNA-binding domains to overcome this limitation. As a proof of principle, we have designed and validated an affinity-enhanced K-homology (KH) domain mutant of the fragile X syndrome protein FMRP, a key regulator of neuronal development, and used this mutant to determine the domain's sequence preference and to explain FMRP recognition of specific RNA motifs in the cell. Our results validate our concept and our nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based workflow. While effective mutant design requires an understanding of the underlying principles of RNA recognition by the relevant domain type, we expect the method will be used effectively in many RNA-binding domains.

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Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1RNAMutationProteinsRNA-Binding MotifsFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1ProteinsRNAFMRPfragile XmethodNMRRNA-binding proteinsRNA recognitiontransient protein-RNA interactions

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PMID37426752
PMCPMC10326445
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