Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

QKI is a critical pre-mRNA alternative splicing regulator of cardiac myofibrillogenesis and contractile function

  • Xinyun Chen,
  • Ying Liu,
  • Chen Xu,
  • Lina Ba,
  • Zhuo Liu,
  • Xiuya Li,
  • Jie Huang,
  • Ed Simpson,
  • Hongyu Gao,
  • Dayan Cao,
  • Wei Sheng,
  • Hanping Qi,
  • Hongrui Ji,
  • Maria Sanderson,
  • Chen-Leng Cai,
  • Xiaohui Li,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Jie Na,
  • Kenichi Yamamura,
  • Yunlong Liu,
  • Guoying Huang,
  • Weinian Shou,
  • Ning Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20327-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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RNA binding protein Quaking (QKI) is known for its broad function in pre-mRNA splicing and modification and its association with several neurodevelopmental disorders. Here the authors reveal that QKI-mediated regulation of RNA splicing is indispensable to cardiac development and contractile physiology.