title: Distinct functions of the closely related tandem RNA-recognition motifs of hnRNP A1.
abstract: hnRNP A1 regulates alternative splicing by antagonizing SR proteins. It consists of two closely related, tandem RNA-recognition motifs (RRMs), followed by a glycine-rich domain. Analysis of variant proteins with duplications, deletions, or swaps of the RRMs showed that although both RRMs are required for alternative splicing function, each RRM plays distinct roles, and their relative position is important. Surprisingly, RRM2 but not RRM1 could support this function when duplicated, despite their very similar structure. Specific RNA binding and annealing are not sufficient for hnRNP A1 alternative splicing function. These observations, together with phylogenetic and structural data, suggest that the two RRMs are quasi-symmetric but functionally nonequivalent modules that evolved as components of a single bipartite domain.
authors.affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724-2208, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayeda
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Munroe
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Krainer
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D014644:Genetic Variation; D000076245:Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1; D034481:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012332:RNA, Heterogeneous Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000076245:Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1; D034481:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D012332:RNA, Heterogeneous Nuclear; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins