title: Structural properties and RNA-binding activities of two RNA recognition motifs of a mouse neural RNA-binding protein, mouse-Musashi-1.
abstract: mouse-Musashi-1 (m-Msi-1) is an RNA-binding protein, abundantly expressed in the developing mammalian central nervous system (CNS). m-Msi-1 contains two RNA recognition motifs (RRMs). In this study, we found that the N-terminal RRM of m-Msi-1 (MMA) binds strongly to poly(G) and weakly to poly(U) in a way similar to that of the full-length m-Msi-1 protein characterized previously. The C-terminal RRM of m-Msi-1 (MMB), however, does not bind to RNA. In addition, the circular dichroism (CD) spectra of the two RRMs showed that the alpha-helical content of MMA is significantly higher than that of MMB, indicating that some differences in the secondary structure may be responsible for the distinct RNA binding properties of MMA and MMB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiwatashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katahira
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uesugi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C104786:Msi1h protein, mouse; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C088623:msi protein, Drosophila; D012313:RNA