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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 39, Issue 18, Pages 8092-8104Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr495
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- BBSRC [BB/D013917/1]
- Wellcome Trust [WT080368MA]
- Royal Society
- EURASNET NoE (European Commission)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/D013917/1, BB/I006923/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/I006923/1, BB/D013917/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Tra2 beta regulates a number of splicing switches including activation of the human testis-specific exon HIPK3-T in the Homeodomain Interacting Protein Kinase 3 gene. By testing HIPK3-T exons of different intrinsic strengths, we found Tra2 beta most efficiently activated splicing inclusion of intrinsically weak exons, although these were spliced at a lower overall level. Both the RRM and N-terminal RS-rich region of Tra2 beta were required for splicing activation. Bioinformatic searches for splicing enhancers and repressors mapped four physically distinct exonic splicing enhancers (ESEs) within HIPK3-T, each containing the known Tra2 beta AGAA-rich binding site. Surprisingly disruption of each single ESE prevented Tra2 beta-mediated activation, although single mutated exons could still bind Tra2 beta protein by gel shifts and functional splicing analyses. Titration experiments indicate an additive model of HIPK3-T splicing activation, requiring availability of an array of four distinct ESEs to enable splicing activation. To enable this efficient Tra2 beta-mediated splicing switch to operate, a closely adjacent downstream and potentially competitive stronger 5'-splice site is actively repressed. Our data indicate that a novel arrangement of multiple mono-specific AGAA-rich ESEs coupled to a weak 5'-splice site functions as a responsive gauge. This gauge monitors changes in the specific nuclear concentration of the RNA binding protein Tra2 beta, and co-ordinately regulates HIPK3-T exon splicing inclusion.
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