| Structural highlights
Function
[PTBP1_HUMAN] Plays a role in pre-mRNA splicing and in the regulation of alternative splicing events. Activates exon skipping of its own pre-mRNA during muscle cell differentiation. Binds to the polypyrimidine tract of introns. May promote RNA looping when bound to two separate polypyrimidine tracts in the same pre-mRNA. May promote the binding of U2 snRNP to pre-mRNA. Cooperates with RAVER1 to modulate switching between mutually exclusive exons during maturation of the TPM1 pre-mRNA. Represses the splicing of MAPT/Tau exon 10.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB), an RNA binding protein containing four RNA recognition motifs (RRMs), is involved in both pre-mRNA splicing and translation initiation directed by picornaviral internal ribosome entry sites. Sequence comparisons previously indicated that PTB is a non-canonical RRM protein. The solution structure of a PTB fragment containing RRMs 3 and 4 shows that the protein consists of two domains connected by a long, flexible linker. The two domains tumble independently in solution, having no fixed relative orientation. In addition to the betaalphabetabetaalphabeta topology, which is characteristic of RRM domains, the C-terminal extension of PTB RRM-3 incorporates an unanticipated fifth beta-strand, which extends the RNA binding surface. The long, disordered polypeptide connecting beta4 and beta5 in RRM-3 is poised above the RNA binding surface and is likely to contribute to RNA recognition. Mutational analyses show that both RRM-3 and RRM-4 contribute to RNA binding specificity and that, despite its unusual sequence, PTB binds RNA in a manner akin to that of other RRM proteins.
Structure of tandem RNA recognition motifs from polypyrimidine tract binding protein reveals novel features of the RRM fold.,Conte MR, Grune T, Ghuman J, Kelly G, Ladas A, Matthews S, Curry S EMBO J. 2000 Jun 15;19(12):3132-41. PMID:10856256[6]
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References
- ↑ Markovtsov V, Nikolic JM, Goldman JA, Turck CW, Chou MY, Black DL. Cooperative assembly of an hnRNP complex induced by a tissue-specific homolog of polypyrimidine tract binding protein. Mol Cell Biol. 2000 Oct;20(20):7463-79. PMID:11003644
- ↑ Wang J, Gao QS, Wang Y, Lafyatis R, Stamm S, Andreadis A. Tau exon 10, whose missplicing causes frontotemporal dementia, is regulated by an intricate interplay of cis elements and trans factors. J Neurochem. 2004 Mar;88(5):1078-90. PMID:15009664
- ↑ Lin JC, Tarn WY. Exon selection in alpha-tropomyosin mRNA is regulated by the antagonistic action of RBM4 and PTB. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Nov;25(22):10111-21. PMID:16260624 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.25.22.10111-10121.2005
- ↑ Lin JC, Tarn WY. RBM4 down-regulates PTB and antagonizes its activity in muscle cell-specific alternative splicing. J Cell Biol. 2011 May 2;193(3):509-20. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201007131. Epub 2011 Apr , 25. PMID:21518792 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201007131
- ↑ Oberstrass FC, Auweter SD, Erat M, Hargous Y, Henning A, Wenter P, Reymond L, Amir-Ahmady B, Pitsch S, Black DL, Allain FH. Structure of PTB bound to RNA: specific binding and implications for splicing regulation. Science. 2005 Sep 23;309(5743):2054-7. PMID:16179478 doi:http://dx.doi.org/309/5743/2054
- ↑ Conte MR, Grune T, Ghuman J, Kelly G, Ladas A, Matthews S, Curry S. Structure of tandem RNA recognition motifs from polypyrimidine tract binding protein reveals novel features of the RRM fold. EMBO J. 2000 Jun 15;19(12):3132-41. PMID:10856256 doi:10.1093/emboj/19.12.3132
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