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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
卷 43, 期 7, 页码 3826-3840出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv156
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- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Project Grant [513880, 1048659, 1050585]
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Postdoctoral Training Fellowship [513935]
- Cancer Council of Western Australia Project Grant
- Cancer Council of Western Australia Fellowship
- University of Western Australia, Research Development Award
- University of Western Australia
SFPQ, (a.k.a. PSF), is a human tumor suppressor protein that regulates many important functions in the cell nucleus including coordination of long non-coding RNA molecules into nuclear bodies. Here we describe the first crystal structures of Splicing Factor Proline and Glutamine Rich (SFPQ), revealing structural similarity to the related PSPC1/NONO heterodimer and a strikingly extended structure (over 265 long) formed by an unusual anti-parallel coiled-coil that results in an infinite linear polymer of SFPQ dimers within the crystals. Small-angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy experiments show that polymerization is reversible in solution and can be templated by DNA. We demonstrate that the ability to polymerize is essential for the cellular functions of SFPQ: disruptive mutation of the coiled-coil interaction motif results in SFPQ mislocalization, reduced formation of nuclear bodies, abrogated molecular interactions and deficient transcriptional regulation. The coiled-coil interaction motif thus provides a molecular explanation for the functional aggregation of SFPQ that directs its role in regulating many aspects of cellular nucleic acid metabolism.
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