[HTML][HTML] Magoh, a human homolog of Drosophila mago nashi protein, is a component of the splicing-dependent exon–exon junction complex

N Kataoka, MD Diem, VN Kim, J Yong… - The EMBO journal, 2001 - embopress.org
N Kataoka, MD Diem, VN Kim, J Yong, G Dreyfuss
The EMBO journal, 2001embopress.org
The RNA-binding protein Y14 binds preferentially to mRNAs produced by splicing and is a
component of a multiprotein complex that assembles∼ 20 nucleotides upstream of exon–
exon junctions. This complex probably has important functions in post-splicing events
including nuclear export and nonsense-mediated decay of mRNA. We show that Y14 binds
to two previously reported components, Aly/REF and RNPS1, and to the mRNA export factor
TAP. Moreover, we identified magoh, a human homolog of the Drosophila mago nashi gene …
The RNA-binding protein Y14 binds preferentially to mRNAs produced by splicing and is a component of a multiprotein complex that assembles∼ 20 nucleotides upstream of exon–exon junctions. This complex probably has important functions in post-splicing events including nuclear export and nonsense-mediated decay of mRNA. We show that Y14 binds to two previously reported components, Aly/REF and RNPS1, and to the mRNA export factor TAP. Moreover, we identified magoh, a human homolog of the Drosophila mago nashi gene product, as a novel component of the complex. Magoh binds avidly and directly to Y14 and TAP, but not to other known components of the complex, and is found in Y14-containing mRNPs in vivo. Importantly, magoh also binds to mRNAs produced by splicing upstream (∼ 20 nucleotides) of exon–exon junctions and its binding to mRNA persists after export. These experiments thus reveal specific protein–protein interactions among the proteins of the splicing-dependent mRNP complex and suggest an important role for the highly evolutionarily conserved magoh protein in this complex.
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