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XB-ART-36866
Mol Cell Biol 2008 Jan 01;282:678-86. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00999-07.
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PTB/hnRNP I is required for RNP remodeling during RNA localization in Xenopus oocytes.

Lewis RA , Gagnon JA , Mowry KL .


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Transport of specific mRNAs to defined regions within the cell cytoplasm is a fundamental mechanism for regulating cell and developmental polarity. In the Xenopus oocyte, Vg1 RNA is transported to the vegetal cytoplasm, where localized expression of the encoded protein is critical for embryonic polarity. The Vg1 localization pathway is directed by interactions between key motifs within Vg1 RNA and protein factors recognizing those RNA sequences. We have investigated how RNA-protein interactions could be modulated to trigger distinct steps in the localization pathway and found that the Vg1 RNP is remodeled during cytoplasmic RNA transport. Our results implicate two RNA-binding proteins with key roles in Vg1 RNA localization, PTB/hnRNP I and Vg1RBP/vera, in this process. We show that PTB/hnRNP I is required for remodeling of the interaction between Vg1 RNA and Vg1RBP/vera. Critically, mutations that block this remodeling event also eliminate vegetal localization of the RNA, suggesting that RNP remodeling is required for localization.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: gdf1 hnrnpc hnrnpdl hnrnpl igf2bp3 ptbp1

References [+] :
Betley, Kinesin II mediates Vg1 mRNA transport in Xenopus oocytes. 2004, Pubmed, Xenbase