Ki-1/57 e uma proteina intrinsecamente desordenada envolvida em mecanismos de regulação genica / Ki-1/57 is an intrinsically disordered protein involved in mechanisms of gene regulation
AUTOR(ES)
Gustavo Costa Bressan
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2009
RESUMO
The Ki-1/57 protein has been discovered through the cross reactivity of the monoclonal antibody Ki-1 in Hodgkin lymphoma cells. Previously, it was demonstrated that Ki-1/57 undergoes phosphorylation by PKCs and methylation by PRMT1, an arginine methyltransferase that modulates many RNA binding proteins. Here, the interaction of Ki-1/57 with RNA polyuridine and proteins involved in pre-mRNA splicing control are shown. Its involvement in splicing regulation was confirmed by cotransfection assays in mammalian cells. Confocal microscopy analyses revealed the localization of EGFP-Ki-1/57 at different nuclear bodies, depending on the cellular methylation status. These regions include nucleoli, speckles, Cajal bodies and GEMS, which are all known to be involved in biogenesis, maturation or storing of RNA/pre-mRNA processing complexes in the nucleus. Analysis from experiments with truncated forms of Ki-1/57 suggested its N-terminus as important for its interaction with splicing proteins and localization at nuclear bodies. In turn, its C-terminus was seen as necessary and sufficient for the cytoplasmic localization and polyuridine RNA binding. However, these two regions seemed to be required working together for an efficient splicing activity on E1A gene. Similarly to hnRNPQ, Ki-1/57 and others functionally related proteins, SFRS9 is shown here as a target for methylation by PRMT1. The inhibition of this activity resulted in increase in the number of cells showing EGFP-SFRS9 in the nucleoli, suggesting the importance of methylation for the subnuclear localization of SFRS9. The structural characteristics of Ki-1/57 also have been investigated through different approaches. Analyses by SAXS, analytical gel filtration and analytical ultracentrifugation techniques suggested a very elongated and flexible structure for the C-terminal construct (122-413)Ki-1/57. Also, limited proteolysis analysis suggested a low composition of stable and compact hydrophobic cores. The ability of Ki-1/57 in suffering binding-induced folding was also investigated. Although no structural modification has been observed after incubating (122-413)Ki-1/57 with a polyuridine RNA, the addition of the TFE probe was able to promote a small gain of regular secondary structural elements. These findings, together with different computational predictions, pointed out that Ki-1/57 is a novel intrinsically unstructured protein. This could explain the wide array of protein partners with which it is able to interact
ASSUNTO(S)
regulação da expressão genica nuclear substructures intrinsically disordered proteins sub-estruturas nucleares proteinas intrinsecamente desordenadas processamento de rna metilação de arginina arginine methylation gene expression regulation rna splicing
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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