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ISCIENCE
Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106855
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This study reveals a new mechanism for the regulation of mRNA transition by the protein Bicaudal-C (Bicc1). The dispersion and condensation of Bicc1 granules are controlled by the proteins ANKS3 and ANKS6, which subsequently affect the immobilization of client mRNAs.
The growing number of diseases linked to aberrant phase transitioning of ribonucleoproteins highlights the need to uncover how the interplay between multivalent protein and RNA interactions is regulated. Cytoplasmic granules of the RNA binding protein Bicaudal-C (Bicc1) are regulated by the ciliopathy proteins ankyrin (ANK) and sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain-containing ANKS3 and ANKS6, but whether and how target mRNAs are affected is unknown. Here, we show that head-to-tail polymers of Bicc1 nucleated by its SAM domain are interconnected by K homology (KH) domains in a protein meshwork that mediates liquid-to-gel transitioning of client transcripts. Moreover, while the dispersion of these granules by ANKS3 concomitantly released bound mRNAs, co-recruitment of ANKS6 by ANKS3 reinstated Bicc1 condensation and ribonucleoparticle assembly. RNA-independent Bicc1 polymerization and its dual regulation by ANKS3 and ANKS6 represent a new mechanism to couple the reversible immobilization of client mRNAs to controlled protein phase transitioning between distinct metastable states.
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