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In Vivo and In Vitro Characterization of the RNA Binding Capacity of SETD1A (KMT2F)

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216032

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SETD1A; KMT2F; RRM domain; histone lysine methyltransferase; RNA binding; non-coding RNA; microscale thermophoresis; RNA immunoprecipitation

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This study investigates the RNA binding capacity of SETD1A and identifies a broad range of interacting RNAs within HEK293T cells. The study also demonstrates the direct RNA binding activity of the individual RRM domain of SETD1A in vitro.
For several histone lysine methyltransferases (HKMTs), RNA binding has been already shown to be a functionally relevant feature, but detailed information on the RNA interactome of these proteins is not always known. Of the six human KMT2 proteins responsible for the methylation of the H3K4 residue, two-SETD1A and SETD1B-contain RNA recognition domains (RRMs). Here we investigated the RNA binding capacity of SETD1A and identified a broad range of interacting RNAs within HEK293T cells. Our analysis revealed that similar to yeast Set1, SETD1A is also capable of binding several coding and non-coding RNAs, including RNA species related to RNA processing. We also show direct RNA binding activity of the individual RRM domain in vitro, which is in contrast with the RRM domain found in yeast Set1. Structural modeling revealed important details on the possible RNA recognition mode of SETD1A and highlighted some fundamental differences between SETD1A and Set1, explaining the differences in the RNA binding capacity of their respective RRMs.

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