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- Title
Identification of two short peptide motifs from serine/arginine-rich protein ribonucleic acid recognition motif-1 domain acting as splicing regulators.
- Authors
Tao Jiang; Li Wang; Liang Tang; Azhar Zeb; Yanjun Hou
- Abstract
Background: Serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins regulate pre-mRNA splicing. However, structurally similar proteins often behave differently in splicing regulation and the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Here, using SMN1/2 minigenes we extensively analyzed four SR proteins, SRSF1/5/6/9. Methods: In this study, the effects of these proteins on SMN1/2 exon 7 splicing when tethered at either intron 6 or 7 were evaluated using an MS2-tethering assay. Deletion analysis in four SR proteins and co-overexpression analysis were performed. Results: Splicing outcomes varied among all four SR proteins, SRSF1 and SRSF5 function the same at the two sites, acting as repressor and stimulator, respectively; while SRSF6 and SRSF9 promote exon 7 inclusion at only one site. Further, the key domains of each SR proteins were investigated, which identified a potent inhibitory nonapeptide in the C-terminus of SRSF1/9 ribonucleic acid recognition motif-1 (RRM1) and a potent stimulatory heptapeptide at the N-terminus of SRSF5/6 RRM1. Conclusion: The insight of the four SR proteins and their domains in affecting SMN gene splicing brings a new perspective on the modes of action of SR proteins; and the functional peptides obtained here offers new ideas for developing splice switching-related therapies.
- Subjects
PEPTIDES; RNA; PROTEIN domains; GENETIC engineering; PROTEINS
- Publication
PeerJ, 2023, p1
- ISSN
2167-8359
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7717/peerj.16103