6tas

Structural highlights

Function

[ARC1_DROME] Master regulator of synaptic plasticity that self-assembles into virion-like capsids that encapsulate RNAs and mediate intercellular RNA transfer from motorneurons to muscles (PubMed:29328915). Arc1 protein is released from motorneurons in extracellular vesicles that mediate the transfer of Arc1 mRNA into muscle cells, where Arc1 mRNA can undergo activity-dependent translation (PubMed:29328915). Intercellular transfer od Arc1 mRNA is required for synaptic plasticity at the neuromuscular junction (PubMed:29328915). May play a role in energy balance: required for regulation of body fat by a specific population of brain neurons, named E347, that are necessary and sufficient for proper body fat storage (PubMed:26209258).^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Mosher J, Zhang W, Blumhagen RZ, D'Alessandro A, Nemkov T, Hansen KC, Hesselberth JR, Reis T. Coordination between Drosophila Arc1 and a specific population of brain neurons regulates organismal fat. Dev Biol. 2015 Sep 15;405(2):280-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.07.021. Epub 2015 , Jul 21. PMID:26209258 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.07.021
2. ↑ Ashley J, Cordy B, Lucia D, Fradkin LG, Budnik V, Thomson T. Retrovirus-like Gag Protein Arc1 Binds RNA and Traffics across Synaptic Boutons. Cell. 2018 Jan 11;172(1-2):262-274.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.12.022. PMID:29328915 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.12.022