title: N-myristoylation regulates the axonal distribution of the Fragile X-related protein FXR2P.
abstract: Fragile X syndrome, the leading cause of inherited intellectual disability and autism, is caused by loss of function of Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP is an RNA binding protein that regulates local protein synthesis in the somatodendritic compartment. However, emerging evidence also indicates important roles for FMRP in axonal and presynaptic functions. In particular, FMRP and its homologue FXR2P localize axonally and presynaptically to discrete endogenous structures in the brain termed Fragile X granules (FXGs). FXR2P is a component of all FXGs and is necessary for the axonal and presynaptic localization of FMRP to these structures. We therefore sought to identify and characterize structural features of FXR2P that regulate its axonal localization. Sequence analysis reveals that FXR2P harbors a consensus N-terminal myristoylation sequence (MGXXXS) that is absent in FMRP. Using click chemistry with wild type and an unmyristoylatable G2A mutant we demonstrate that FXR2P is N-myristoylated on glycine 2, establishing it as a lipid-modified RNA binding protein. To investigate the role of FXR2P N-myristoylation in neurons we generated fluorescently tagged wild type and unmyristoylatable FXR2P (WT and G2A, respectively) and expressed them in primary cortical cultures. Both FXR2P(WT) and FXR2P(G2A) are expressed at equivalent overall levels and are capable of forming FMRP-containing axonal granules. However, FXR2P(WT) granules are largely restricted to proximal axonal segments while granules formed with unmyristoylatable FXR2P(G2A) are localized throughout the axonal arbor, including in growth cones. These studies indicate that N-terminal myristoylation of the RNA binding protein FXR2P regulates its localization within the axonal arbor. Moreover, since FMRP localization within axonal domains requires its association with FXR2P, these findings suggest that FXR2P lipid modification is a control point for the axonal and presynaptic distribution of FMRP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
authors.forename: Emily E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Stackpole
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Akins
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Electronic address: Justin_Fallon@brown.edu.
authors.forename: Justin R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fallon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D051860:Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009226:Myristates / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D051860:Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009226:Myristates
keywords: FXR2P; Fragile X syndrome; Myristoylation; RNA binding proteins
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