The protein encoded by the functional steroid receptor RNA activator is a new modulator of ER alpha transcriptional activity.
The steroid receptor RNA activator gene (SRA1) encodes for a functional RNA (SRA) as well as a protein (SRAP). While several groups reported on SRA-RNA mechanism of action, SRAP exact function remains to be elucidated, mainly due to a lack of studies investigating the function of the protein independently of its RNA counterpart. Using two independent models to examine its specific functions, SRAP was found to enhance estrogen receptor alpha activity in a ligand and response-element dependent manner. Our data therefore suggest that both transcript and protein products of the SRA1 gene co-modulate the transcriptional activity of steroid receptors.
Chooniedass-Kothari
Shilpa
S
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Vincett
Daniel
D
Yan
Yi
Y
Cooper
Charlton
C
Hamedani
Mohammad K
MK
Myal
Yvonne
Y
Leygue
Etienne
E
D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D020218:Response Elements / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated; C405423:steroid receptor RNA activator; C548898:steroid receptor RNA activator, human