Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Roquin recognizes a non-canonical hexaloop structure in the 3′-UTR of Ox40

  • Robert Janowski,
  • Gitta A. Heinz,
  • Andreas Schlundt,
  • Nina Wommelsdorf,
  • Sven Brenner,
  • Andreas R. Gruber,
  • Michael Blank,
  • Thorsten Buch,
  • Raymund Buhmann,
  • Mihaela Zavolan,
  • Dierk Niessing,
  • Vigo Heissmeyer,
  • Michael Sattler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11032
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Roquin is an RNA-binding protein that prevents autoimmunity by limiting expression of receptors such as Ox40. Here, the authors identify an RNA structure that they describe as an alternative decay element, and they characterise its interaction with Roquin using structural and biochemical techniques.