Interdomain Interactions of the PCID2 Protein, One of the Subunits of the TREX-2 mRNA Export Complex in Drosophila melanogaster

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Abstract

The TREX-2 complex is responsible for the export of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and consists of four proteins. It has recently been shown that the PCID2 subunit of TREX-2 is responsible for the specific recognition of mRNA by the TREX-2 complex. The majority of the protein contains the PCI domain, which has surfaces for RNA binding. The PCI domain includes the central region of the protein, which has a surface for non-specific RNA binding, M-PCID2, and the C-terminal part of the PCI domain and the C-terminal part of the protein, C-PCID2, which has a surface for specific RNA recognition. The N-terminal part of PCID2 contains a region whose function is unknown. Because the TREX-2 complex binds only a specific mRNA and only at a specific stage, we hypothesized that the N-terminal part of PCID2 might modulate the binding of C-PCID2 to RNA by binding to it and covering its RNA binding domain. We showed that the N-terminal region interacts with C-PCID2.The binding of C-PCID2 to RNA is then not impaired. Also, the binding of C-PCID2 to RNA does not disrupt its interaction with the N-terminal part of the protein (N-PCID2). Thus, C-PCID2 can interact with N-PCID2 and RNA by different surfaces. This intrinsic interaction is probably necessary at one of the stages of activity of the TREX-2 complex.

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Y. A. Vdovina

Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Email: d_dmitrieva@mail.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation

S. G. Georgieva

Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Email: d_dmitrieva@mail.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation

D. V. Kopytova

Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: d_dmitrieva@mail.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation

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