Arnold, Andreas and Rahman, Md Masuder and Lee, Man Chun and Muehlhaeusser, Sandra and Katic, Iskra and Gaidatzis, Dimos and Hess, Daniel and Scheckel, Claudia and Wright, Jane E. and Stetak, Attila and Boag, Peter R. and Ciosk, Rafal. (2014) Functional characterization of C. elegans Y-box-binding proteins reveals tissue-specific functions and a critical role in the formation of polysomes. Nucleic Acids Research, 42 (21). pp. 13353-13369.
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Abstract
The cold shock domain is one of the most highly conserved motifs between bacteria and higher eukaryotes. Y-box-binding proteins represent a subfamily of cold shock domain proteins with pleiotropic functions, ranging from transcription in the nucleus to translation in the cytoplasm. These proteins have been investigated in all major model organisms except Caenorhabditis elegans. In this study, we set out to fill this gap and present a functional characterization of CEYs, the C. elegans Y-box-binding proteins. We find that, similar to other organisms, CEYs are essential for proper gametogenesis. However, we also report a novel function of these proteins in the formation of large polysomes in the soma. In the absence of the somatic CEYs, polysomes are dramatically reduced with a simultaneous increase in monosomes and disomes, which, unexpectedly, has no obvious impact on animal biology. Because transcripts that are enriched in polysomes in wild-type animals tend to be less abundant in the absence of CEYs, our findings suggest that large polysomes might depend on transcript stabilization mediated by CEY proteins.
Faculties and Departments: | 07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Ehemalige Einheiten Psychologie > Molecular Neuroscience (Papassotiropoulos) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Stetak, Attila |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
ISSN: | 0305-1048 |
e-ISSN: | 1362-4962 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2018 17:14 |
Deposited On: | 04 Dec 2017 09:27 |
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