Abstract：
:Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited mental retardation, is caused by the absence of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). The emerging picture is that FMRP is involved in repression of translation through a complex network of protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions. Very little structural information is, however, available for FMRP that could help to understand its function. In particular, no structural studies are available about the N-terminus of the protein, a highly conserved region which is involved in several molecular interactions. Here, we explore systematically the ability of the FMRP N-terminus to form independently folded units (domains). We produced deletion mutants and tested their fold and functional properties by mutually complementary biophysical and biochemical techniques. On the basis of our data, we conclude that the N-terminus contains a domain, that we named NDF, comprising the first 134 amino acids. Most interestingly, NDF comprises two copies of a newly identified Agenet motif. NDF is thermally stable and has a high content of beta structure. In addition to being able to bind to RNA and to recognize some of the FMRP interacting proteins, NDF forms stable dimers and is able to interact, although weakly, with the full-length protein. Our data provide conclusive evidence that NDF is a novel motif for protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions and contains a previously unidentified dimerization site.
journal_name
Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Adinolfi S,Ramos A,Martin SR,Dal Piaz F,Pucci P,Bardoni B,Mandel JL,Pastore Adoi
10.1021/bi034909gsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-09-09 00:00:00pages
10437-44issue
35eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
42pub_type
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