Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Spatiotemporally-resolved mapping of RNA binding proteins via functional proximity labeling reveals a mitochondrial mRNA anchor promoting stress recovery

  • Wei Qin,
  • Samuel A. Myers,
  • Dominique K. Carey,
  • Steven A. Carr,
  • Alice Y. Ting

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25259-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Proximity labeling is used to map and discover proteins in specific subcellular compartments. Here the authors combine APEX-mediated proximity labeling with organic-aqueous phase separation to identify nuclear, nucleolar, and outer mitochondrial membrane RNA binding proteins.