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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
卷 40, 期 17, 页码 8622-8636出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks579
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CBA01105, 2011CB811304]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30970620]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai Municipal Council for Science and Technology [09PJ1411000]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
The human Y box-binding protein-1 (YB-1) is a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)/ribonucleic acid (RNA)-binding protein with pleiotropic functions. Besides its roles in the regulation of transcription and translation, several recent studies indicate that YB-1 is a spliceosome-associated protein and is involved in alternative splicing, but the underlying mechanism has remained elusive. Here, we define both CAUC and CACC as high-affinity binding motifs for YB-1 by systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) and demonstrate that these newly defined motifs function as splicing enhancers. Interestingly, on the endogenous CD44 gene, YB-1 appears to mediate a network interaction to activate exon v5 inclusion via multiple CAUC motifs in both the alternative exon and its upstream polypyrimidine tract. We provide evidence that YB-1 activates splicing by facilitating the recruitment of U2AF65 to weak polypyrimidine tracts through direct protein-protein interactions. Together, these findings suggest a vital role of YB-1 in activating a subset of weak 3' splice sites in mammalian cells.
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