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:Crumbs (Crb) is an evolutionarily conserved transmembrane protein localised to the apical membrane of epithelial cells. Loss or mislocalisation of Crb is often associated with disruption of apicobasal cell polarity. crb mRNA is also apically enriched in epithelial cells, and, as shown here, accumulates in the oocyte of developing egg chambers. We narrowed down the localisation element (LE) of crb mRNA to 47 nucleotides, which form a putative stem-loop structure that may be recognised by Egalitarian (Egl). Mutations in conserved nucleotides abrogate apical transport. crb mRNA enrichment in the oocyte is affected in egl mutant egg chambers. A CRISPR-based genomic deletion of the crb locus that includes the LE disrupts asymmetric crb mRNA localisation in epithelia and prevents its accumulation in the oocyte during early stages of oogenesis, but does not affect Crb protein localisation in embryonic and follicular epithelia. However, flies lacking the LE show ectopic Crb protein expression in the nurse cells. These data suggest an additional role for the Drosophila 3'-UTR in regulating translation in a tissue-specific manner.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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J Cell Scijournal_title
Journal of cell scienceauthors
Bhagavatula S,Knust Edoi
10.1242/jcs.236497subject
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2021-01-25 00:00:00issue
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