Vimentin 3' UTR protein-binding region

Vimentin 3' UTR protein-binding region

Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of Vimentin3
Identifiers
Symbol Vimentin3
Rfam RF00109
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg
Domain(s) Eukaryota
SO 0000205

The vimentin 3' UTR protein-binding region is an RNA element that contains a Y shaped structure which has been shown to have protein binding activity.[1] The same region has been implicated in the control of mRNA localisation to the perinuclear region of the cytoplasm, possibly at sites of intermediate filament assembly.[2] The identity of the proteins involved and the localisation mechanism are not known.

References

  1. Zehner, ZE; Shepherd RK; Gabryszuk J; Fu TF; Al-Ali M; Holmes WM (1997). "RNA-protein interactions within the 3 ' untranslated region of vimentin mRNA". Nucleic Acids Res. 25 (16): 33623370. doi:10.1093/nar/25.16.3362. PMC 146884Freely accessible. PMID 9241253.
  2. Bermano, G; Shepherd RK; Zehner ZE; Hesketh JE (2001). "Perinuclear mRNA localisation by vimentin 3'-untranslated region requires a 100 nucleotide sequence and intermediate filaments". FEBS Lett. 497 (2–3): 7781. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02438-3. PMID 11377416.
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