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Structure Of The Pre-Mrna Leakage 39-Kda Protein Reveals A Single Domain Of Integrated Zf-C3hc And Rsm1 Modules, Hideharu Hashimoto, Daniel H. Ramirez, Ophélie Lautier, Natalie Pawlak, Günter Blobel, Benoît Palancade, Erik W. Debler Oct 2022

Structure Of The Pre-Mrna Leakage 39-Kda Protein Reveals A Single Domain Of Integrated Zf-C3hc And Rsm1 Modules, Hideharu Hashimoto, Daniel H. Ramirez, Ophélie Lautier, Natalie Pawlak, Günter Blobel, Benoît Palancade, Erik W. Debler

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the pre-mRNA leakage 39-kDa protein (ScPml39) was reported to retain unspliced pre-mRNA prior to export through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Pml39 homologs outside the Saccharomycetaceae family are currently unknown, and mechanistic insight into Pml39 function is lacking. Here we determined the crystal structure of ScPml39 at 2.5 Å resolution to facilitate the discovery of orthologs beyond Saccharomycetaceae, e.g. in Schizosaccharomyces pombe or human. The crystal structure revealed integrated zf-C3HC and Rsm1 modules, which are tightly associated through a hydrophobic interface to form a single domain. Both zf-C3HC and Rsm1 modules belong to the Zn-containing BIR (Baculovirus IAP …


Cdk8 Kinase Module Modifies Expression Of Specific Translation-Related Proteins Before And After Stress, Brittany Friedson, Katrina Cooper May 2022

Cdk8 Kinase Module Modifies Expression Of Specific Translation-Related Proteins Before And After Stress, Brittany Friedson, Katrina Cooper

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

Translation is tightly coupled to growth status. Efficient protein synthesis is necessary for cell growth in nutrient rich environments, while global translation inhibition combined with selective translation of stress-responsive mRNAs helps limit growth in times of stress. Environmental stress cues which inhibit the nutrient-sensing complex TORC1 are known to reduce general translation, but how does the cell alter protein synthesis machinery to adapt to these conditions? A few mechanisms to promote cell survival in nitrogen starvation include post-translational modification and selective degradation of specific mRNA-binding translation factors, as well as inhibition of activators of genes whose products are required for …