Localization of Xenopus Vg1 mRNA by Vera protein and the endoplasmic reticulum.
In many organisms, pattern formation in the embryo develops from the polarized distributions of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in the egg. In Xenopus, the mRNA encoding Vg1, a growth factor involved in mesoderm induction, is localized to the vegetal cortex of oocytes. A protein named Vera was shown to be involved in Vg1 mRNA localization. Vera cofractionates with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes, and endogenous Vg1 mRNA is associated with a subcompartment of the ER. Vera may promote mRNA localization in Xenopus oocytes by mediating an interaction between the Vg1 3' untranslated region and the ER subcompartment.
Deshler
J O
JO
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Highett
M I
MI
Schnapp
B J
BJ
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009866:Oogenesis; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D014982:Xenopus laevis
C513103:GDF1 protein, Xenopus; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D029867:Xenopus Proteins