title: Cloning of a protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT1 homologue from Schistosoma mansoni: evidence for roles in nuclear receptor signaling and RNA metabolism.
abstract: The most studied arginine methyltransferase is the type I enzyme, which catalyzes the transfer of an S-adenosyl-L-methionine to a broad spectrum of substrates, including histones, RNA-transporting proteins, and nuclear hormone receptor coactivators. We cloned a cDNA encoding a protein arginine methyltransferase in Schistosoma mansoni (SmPRMT1). SmPRMT1 is highly homologous to the vertebrate PRMT1 enzyme. In vitro methylation assays showed that SmPRMT1 recombinant protein was able to specifically methylate histone H4. Two schistosome proteins likely to be involved in RNA metabolism, SMYB1 and SmSmD3, that display a number of RGG motifs, were strongly methylated by SmPRMT1. In vitro GST pull-down assays showed that SMYB1 and SmSmD3 physically interacted with SmPRMT1. Additional GST pull-down assay suggested the occurrence of a ternary complex including SmPRMT1, SmRXR1 nuclear receptor, and the p160 (SRC-1) nuclear receptor coactivator. Together, these data suggest a mechanism by which SmPRMT1 plays a role in nuclear receptor-mediated chromatin remodeling and RNA transactions.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil.
authors.forename: José João
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mansure
authors.forename: Daniel Rodrigues
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Francisco Meirelles Bastos
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Franklin David
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Rumjanek
authors.forename: Glória Regina
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Marcelo Rosado
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fantappié
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011484:Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D034443:RNA Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000201:enzymology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012313:RNA; D011484:Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases