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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Unearthing a novel function of SRSF1 in binding and unfolding of RNA G-quadruplexes.

Naiduwadura Ivon Upekala De Silva, Nathan Lehman, Talia Fargason, Trenton Paul, Zihan Zhang, Jun Zhang

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. G-Quadruplexes: Structural Diversity and Emerging Roles in Biomolecular Condensation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naiduwadura Ivon Upekala De SilvaDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH266, 901 14th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1240, USA.
Nathan LehmanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH266, 901 14th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1240, USA.
Talia FargasonDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH266, 901 14th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1240, USA.
Trenton PaulDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH266, 901 14th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1240, USA.
Zihan ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH266, 901 14th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1240, USA.
Jun ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH266, 901 14th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1240, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5842-7424
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

The central roles of SRSF1 in early-stage spliceosome assemblyR35GM147091 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Jun Zhang · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM147091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SRSF1 governs splicing of over 1500 mRNA transcripts. SRSF1 contains two RNA-recognition motifs (RRMs) and a C-terminal Arg/Ser-rich region (RS). It has been thought that SRSF1 RRMs exclusively recognize single-stranded exonic splicing enhancers, while RS lacks RNA-binding specificity. With our success in solving the insolubility problem of SRSF1, we can explore the unknown RNA-binding landscape of SRSF1. We find that SRSF1 RS prefers purine over pyrimidine. Moreover, SRSF1 binds to the G-quadruplex (GQ) from the ARPC2 mRNA, with both RRMs and RS being crucial. Our binding assays show that the traditional RNA-binding sites on the RRM tandem and the Arg in RS are responsible for GQ binding. Interestingly, our FRET and circular dichroism data reveal that SRSF1 unfolds the ARPC2 GQ, with RS leading unfolding and RRMs aiding. Our saturation transfer difference NMR results discover that Arg residues in SRSF1 RS interact with the guanine base but not other nucleobases, underscoring the uniqueness of the Arg/guanine interaction. Our luciferase assays confirm that SRSF1 can alleviate the inhibitory effect of GQ on gene expression in the cell. Given the prevalence of RNA GQ and SR proteins, our findings unveil unexplored SR protein functions with broad implications in RNA splicing and translation.

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G-QuadruplexesProtein BindingSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsBinding SitesHumansRNARNA, MessengerRNA Recognition MotifRNA SplicingRNARNA, MessengerSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsSRSF1 protein, human

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