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ArticleBiopolymers2024

Ewing Sarcoma Related protein 1 recognizes R-loops by binding DNA forks.

Michelle A Lay, Valery F Thompson, Ajibola D Adelakun, Jacob C Schwartz

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Article in Biopolymers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Molecular basis of EWS interdomain self-association and its role in condensate formation.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michelle A LayDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Valery F ThompsonDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Ajibola D AdelakunDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Jacob C SchwartzDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5205-564X
University of Arizona · US

Funding

Phase separation control of transcription in Ewing sarcomaR01CA259570 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jacob C. Schwartz · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
American Cancer Society RSG-18-237-01-DMCNCI NIH HHS CA259570NCI NIH HHS R01 CA259570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EWSR1 (Ewing Sarcoma Related protein 1) is an RNA binding protein that is ubiquitously expressed across cell lines and involved in multiple parts of RNA processing, such as transcription, splicing, and mRNA transport. EWSR1 has also been implicated in cellular mechanisms to control formation of R-loops, a three-stranded nucleic acid structure consisting of a DNA:RNA hybrid and a displaced single-stranded DNA strand. Unscheduled R-loops result in genomic and transcription stress. Loss of function of EWSR1 functions commonly found in Ewing Sarcoma correlates with high abundance of R-loops. In this study, we investigated the mechanism for EWSR1 to recognize an R-loop structure specifically. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA), we detected the high affinity binding of EWSR1 to substrates representing components found in R-loops. EWSR1 specificity could be isolated to the DNA fork region, which transitions between double- and single-stranded DNA. Our data suggests that the Zinc-finger domain (ZnF) with flanking arginine and glycine rich (RGG) domains provide high affinity binding, while the RNA recognition motif (RRM) with its RGG domains offer improved specificity. This model offers a rational for EWSR1 specificity to encompass a wide range in contexts due to the DNA forks always found with R-loops.

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DNAR-Loop StructuresRNA-Binding Protein EWSElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayHumansProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsSarcoma, EwingZinc FingersDNAEWSR1 protein, humanRNA-Binding Protein EWSRNA-Binding ProteinsDNA bindingEwing sarcomaEWSR1R‐loopRNA binding

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PMID38511874
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