RRC ID 417
著者 Ogura K, Kishimoto N, Mitani S, Gengyo-Ando K, Kohara Y.
タイトル Translational control of maternal glp-1 mRNA by POS-1 and its interacting protein SPN-4 in Caenorhabditis elegans.
ジャーナル Development
Abstract The translation of maternal glp-1 mRNAs is regulated temporally and spatially in C. elegans embryos. The 3' UTR (untranslated region) of the maternal glp-1 mRNA is important for both kinds of regulation. The spatial control region is required to suppress translation in the posterior blastomeres. The temporal one is required to suppress translation in oocytes and one-cell stage embryos. We show that a CCCH zinc-finger protein, POS-1, represses glp-1 mRNA translation by binding to the spatial control region. We identified an RNP-type RNA-binding protein, SPN-4, as a POS-1-interacting protein. SPN-4 is present developmentally from the oocyte to the early embryo and its distribution overlaps with that of POS-1 in the cytoplasm and P granules of the posterior blastomeres. SPN-4 binds to a subregion of the temporal control region in the 3' UTR and is required for the translation of glp-1 mRNA in the anterior blastomeres. We propose that the balance between POS-1 and SPN-4 controls the translation of maternal glp-1 mRNA.
巻・号 130(11)
ページ 2495-503
公開日 2003-6-1
DOI 10.1242/dev.00469
PMID 12702662
MeSH 3' Untranslated Regions Animals Binding Sites / genetics Blastomeres / metabolism Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology* Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism* Carrier Proteins / metabolism* Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism* Cell Differentiation Female Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Genes, Helminth Membrane Glycoproteins / genetics* Models, Biological Protein Biosynthesis RNA, Helminth / genetics* RNA, Helminth / metabolism RNA, Messenger / genetics* RNA, Messenger / metabolism RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism* Receptors, Notch Zinc Fingers
IF 5.611
引用数 66
WOS 分野 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
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