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SXL-LETHAL PROTEIN/RNA COMPLEX

Structural highlights

1b7f is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Drosophila melanogaster. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.6Å
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT, TOPSAN

Function

SXL_DROME Sex determination switch protein which controls sexual development by sex-specific splicing. Regulates dosage compensation in females by suppressing hyperactivation of X-linked genes. Expression of the embryo-specific isoform is under the control of primary sex-determining signal, which depends on the ratio of X chromosomes relative to autosomes (X:A ratio). Expression occurs in 2X:2A cells, but not in X:2A cells. The X:A ratio seems to be signaled by the relative concentration of the X-linked transcription factors SIS-A and SIS-B. As a result, the embryo-specific product is expressed early only in female embryos and specifies female-adult specific splicing; in the male where it is not expressed, the default splicing gives rise to a truncated non-functional protein. The female-specific isoform specifies the splicing of its own transcript, thereby initiating a positive autoregulatory feedback loop leading to female development pathway. The female-specific isoform controls the sex-specific splicing of transformer (TRA); acts as a translational repressor for male-specific lethal-2 (MSL-2) and prevents male-less (MLE), MSL-1 and MSL-3 proteins from associating with the female X chromosome.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Evolutionary Conservation

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The Sex-lethal (Sxl) protein of Drosophila melanogaster regulates alternative splicing of the transformer (tra) messenger RNA precursor by binding to the tra polypyrimidine tract during the sex-determination process. The crystal structure has now been determined at 2.6 A resolution of the complex formed between two tandemly arranged RNA-binding domains of the Sxl protein and a 12-nucleotide, single-stranded RNA derived from the tra polypyrimidine tract. The two RNA-binding domains have their beta-sheet platforms facing each other to form a V-shaped cleft. The RNA is characteristically extended and bound in this cleft, where the UGUUUUUUU sequence is specifically recognized by the protein. This structure offers the first insight, to our knowledge, into how a protein binds specifically to a cognate RNA without any intramolecular base-pairing.

Structural basis for recognition of the tra mRNA precursor by the Sex-lethal protein.,Handa N, Nureki O, Kurimoto K, Kim I, Sakamoto H, Shimura Y, Muto Y, Yokoyama S Nature. 1999 Apr 15;398(6728):579-85. PMID:10217141^[4]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Bell LR, Maine EM, Schedl P, Cline TW. Sex-lethal, a Drosophila sex determination switch gene, exhibits sex-specific RNA splicing and sequence similarity to RNA binding proteins. Cell. 1988 Dec 23;55(6):1037-46. PMID:3144435
↑ Samuels ME, Schedl P, Cline TW. The complex set of late transcripts from the Drosophila sex determination gene sex-lethal encodes multiple related polypeptides. Mol Cell Biol. 1991 Jul;11(7):3584-602. PMID:1710769
↑ Keyes LN, Cline TW, Schedl P. The primary sex determination signal of Drosophila acts at the level of transcription. Cell. 1992 Mar 6;68(5):933-43. PMID:1547493
↑ Handa N, Nureki O, Kurimoto K, Kim I, Sakamoto H, Shimura Y, Muto Y, Yokoyama S. Structural basis for recognition of the tra mRNA precursor by the Sex-lethal protein. Nature. 1999 Apr 15;398(6728):579-85. PMID:10217141 doi:10.1038/19242

1 Structural highlights
2 Function
3 Evolutionary Conservation
4 Publication Abstract from PubMed
5 References

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 <StructureSection load='1b7f' size='340' side='right'caption='[[1b7f]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.60&Aring;' scene=''>
 == Structural highlights ==
-<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1b7f]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drome Drome]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1B7F OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1B7F FirstGlance]. <br>
+<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1b7f]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1B7F OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1B7F FirstGlance]. <br>
-</td></tr><tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1b7f FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1b7f OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1b7f PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1b7f RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1b7f PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1b7f ProSAT], [https://www.topsan.org/Proteins/RSGI/1b7f TOPSAN]</span></td></tr>
+</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.6&#8491;</td></tr>
+<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1b7f FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1b7f OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1b7f PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1b7f RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1b7f PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1b7f ProSAT], [https://www.topsan.org/Proteins/RSGI/1b7f TOPSAN]</span></td></tr>
 </table>
 == Function ==
-[[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SXL_DROME SXL_DROME]] Sex determination switch protein which controls sexual development by sex-specific splicing. Regulates dosage compensation in females by suppressing hyperactivation of X-linked genes. Expression of the embryo-specific isoform is under the control of primary sex-determining signal, which depends on the ratio of X chromosomes relative to autosomes (X:A ratio). Expression occurs in 2X:2A cells, but not in X:2A cells. The X:A ratio seems to be signaled by the relative concentration of the X-linked transcription factors SIS-A and SIS-B. As a result, the embryo-specific product is expressed early only in female embryos and specifies female-adult specific splicing; in the male where it is not expressed, the default splicing gives rise to a truncated non-functional protein. The female-specific isoform specifies the splicing of its own transcript, thereby initiating a positive autoregulatory feedback loop leading to female development pathway. The female-specific isoform controls the sex-specific splicing of transformer (TRA); acts as a translational repressor for male-specific lethal-2 (MSL-2) and prevents male-less (MLE), MSL-1 and MSL-3 proteins from associating with the female X chromosome.<ref>PMID:3144435</ref> <ref>PMID:1710769</ref> <ref>PMID:1547493</ref>
+[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SXL_DROME SXL_DROME] Sex determination switch protein which controls sexual development by sex-specific splicing. Regulates dosage compensation in females by suppressing hyperactivation of X-linked genes. Expression of the embryo-specific isoform is under the control of primary sex-determining signal, which depends on the ratio of X chromosomes relative to autosomes (X:A ratio). Expression occurs in 2X:2A cells, but not in X:2A cells. The X:A ratio seems to be signaled by the relative concentration of the X-linked transcription factors SIS-A and SIS-B. As a result, the embryo-specific product is expressed early only in female embryos and specifies female-adult specific splicing; in the male where it is not expressed, the default splicing gives rise to a truncated non-functional protein. The female-specific isoform specifies the splicing of its own transcript, thereby initiating a positive autoregulatory feedback loop leading to female development pathway. The female-specific isoform controls the sex-specific splicing of transformer (TRA); acts as a translational repressor for male-specific lethal-2 (MSL-2) and prevents male-less (MLE), MSL-1 and MSL-3 proteins from associating with the female X chromosome.<ref>PMID:3144435</ref> <ref>PMID:1710769</ref> <ref>PMID:1547493</ref>
 == Evolutionary Conservation ==
 [[Image:Consurf_key_small.gif|200px|right]]
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 __TOC__
 </StructureSection>
-[[Category: Drome]]
+[[Category: Drosophila melanogaster]]
 [[Category: Large Structures]]
-[[Category: Handa, N]]
+[[Category: Handa N]]
-[[Category: Kim, I]]
+[[Category: Kim I]]
-[[Category: Kurimoto, K]]
+[[Category: Kurimoto K]]
-[[Category: Muto, Y]]
+[[Category: Muto Y]]
-[[Category: Nureki, O]]
+[[Category: Nureki O]]
-[[Category: Structural genomic]]
+[[Category: Sakamoto H]]
-[[Category: Sakamoto, H]]
+[[Category: Shimura Y]]
-[[Category: Shimura, Y]]
+[[Category: Yokoyama S]]
-[[Category: Yokoyama, S]]
-[[Category: Rna complex]]
-[[Category: Rna-binding protein-rna complex]]
-[[Category: Rnp domain]]
-[[Category: Rsgi]]
-[[Category: Splicing regulation]]

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