title: SIN, a novel Drosophila protein that associates with the RNA binding protein sex-lethal.
abstract: Sex-lethal (SXL) is an RNA binding protein that acts as a regulator of both alternative pre-mRNA splicing and translation. Because SXL must sometimes function at some distance from its binding sites, it is believed that it must interact with other proteins. We used a yeast two-hybrid screen to isolate a novel Drosophila protein, SIN (SXL interactor), that interacts specifically with SXL. A direct physical association was demonstrated in vitro, and a single SXL RNA binding domain was sufficient for the interaction. SIN shows a high degree of similarity to a mammalian protein of unknown function. The cytogenetic location of Sin is 78A2-4. The transcript, which is abundant in early embryos, appears to be of maternal origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; C122121:Sin protein, Drosophila; C067777:Sxl protein, Drosophila