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Function
[NELFE_HUMAN] Essential component of the NELF complex, a complex that negatively regulates the elongation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. The NELF complex, which acts via an association with the DSIF complex and causes transcriptional pausing, is counteracted by the P-TEFb kinase complex.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The E subunit of the human heterotetrameric negative transcription elongation factor (NELF-E) contains a canonical betaalphabetabetaalphabeta RNA recognition motif (RRM) that binds to a wide variety of RNA sequences. These induce very similar conformational changes in the RRM as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Although the RNA binding interface of a canonical RRM is mainly located at its beta-sheet surface, for NELF-E RRM large chemical shift perturbations are observed for residues in the flexible C-terminal region and the loop between beta 3 and alpha 2, and both regions are distant from the interface. We determined the solution structure of single-stranded transactivator responsive element (TAR) RNA-bound NELF-E RRM. This structure clearly shows that RNA binding to NELF-E RRM induces formation of a helix in the C-terminus. The RNA-bound form of NELF-E RRM is very similar to the RNA-bound form of U1A RRM, although the C-terminus of the NELF-E RRM is unstructured in the free protein, whereas it is helical in the U1A protein. Thus, RNA binding to NELF-E RRM induces a conformational change toward the U1A structure, resulting in highly similar RNA binding conformations for both proteins.
NELF-E RRM Undergoes Major Structural Changes in Flexible Protein Regions on Target RNA Binding.,Rao JN, Schweimer K, Wenzel S, Wohrl BM, Rosch P Biochemistry. 2008 Mar 25;47(12):3756-61. Epub 2008 Feb 28. PMID:18303858[4]
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References
- ↑ Yamaguchi Y, Takagi T, Wada T, Yano K, Furuya A, Sugimoto S, Hasegawa J, Handa H. NELF, a multisubunit complex containing RD, cooperates with DSIF to repress RNA polymerase II elongation. Cell. 1999 Apr 2;97(1):41-51. PMID:10199401
- ↑ Yamaguchi Y, Inukai N, Narita T, Wada T, Handa H. Evidence that negative elongation factor represses transcription elongation through binding to a DRB sensitivity-inducing factor/RNA polymerase II complex and RNA. Mol Cell Biol. 2002 May;22(9):2918-27. PMID:11940650
- ↑ Narita T, Yamaguchi Y, Yano K, Sugimoto S, Chanarat S, Wada T, Kim DK, Hasegawa J, Omori M, Inukai N, Endoh M, Yamada T, Handa H. Human transcription elongation factor NELF: identification of novel subunits and reconstitution of the functionally active complex. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Mar;23(6):1863-73. PMID:12612062
- ↑ Rao JN, Schweimer K, Wenzel S, Wohrl BM, Rosch P. NELF-E RRM Undergoes Major Structural Changes in Flexible Protein Regions on Target RNA Binding. Biochemistry. 2008 Mar 25;47(12):3756-61. Epub 2008 Feb 28. PMID:18303858 doi:10.1021/bi702429m
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