Title
Cancer-Relevant Splicing Factor CAPERalpha Engages the Essential Splicing Factor SF3b155 in a Specific Ternary Complex
UMMS Affiliation
Program in Gene Function and Expression; Program in Molecular Medicine
Publication Date
6-20-2014
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Biochemistry | Genetics and Genomics | Molecular Biology | Structural Biology
Abstract
U2AF Homology Motifs (UHMs) mediate protein-protein interactions with U2AF Ligand Motifs (ULMs) of pre-mRNA splicing factors. The UHM-containing alternative splicing factor CAPERalpha regulates splicing of tumor-promoting VEGF isoforms, yet the molecular target of the CAPERalpha UHM is unknown. Here, we present structures of the CAPERalpha UHM bound to a representative SF3b155 ULM at 1.7 A resolution, and for comparison, in the absence of ligand at 2.2 A resolution. The prototypical UHM/ULM interactions authenticate CAPERalpha as a bona fide member of the UHM-family of proteins. We identify SF3b155 as the relevant ULM-containing partner of full-length CAPERalpha in human cell extracts. Isothermal titration calorimetry comparisons of the purified CAPERalpha UHM binding known ULM-containing proteins demonstrate that high affinity interactions depend on the presence of an intact, intrinsically-unstructured SF3b155 domain containing seven ULM-like motifs. The interplay among bound CAPERalpha molecules gives rise to the appearance of two high affinity sites in the SF3b155 ULM-containing domain. In conjunction with the previously-identified, UHM/ULM-mediated complexes of U2AF65 and SPF45 with SF3b155, this work demonstrates the capacity of SF3b155 to offer a platform for coordinated recruitment of UHM-containing splicing factors.
DOI of Published Version
10.1074/jbc.M114.558825
Source
Loerch S, Maucuer A, Manceau V, Green MR, Kielkopf CL. Cancer-Relevant Splicing Factor CAPERα Engages the Essential Splicing Factor SF3b155 in a Specific Ternary Complex. J Biol Chem. 2014 Jun 20;289(25):17325-37. doi:10.1074/jbc.M114.558825. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The Journal of biological chemistry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
24795046
Repository Citation
Loerch, Sarah; Maucuer, Alexandre; Manceau, Valerie; Green, Michael R.; and Kielkopf, Clara L., "Cancer-Relevant Splicing Factor CAPERalpha Engages the Essential Splicing Factor SF3b155 in a Specific Ternary Complex" (2014). Program in Gene Function and Expression Publications and Presentations. 249.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pgfe_pp/249