hnRNP K interacts with RNA binding motif protein 42 and functions in the maintenance of cellular ATP level during stress conditions
Open Access
- 19 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Genes to Cells
- Vol. 14 (2), 113-128
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2443.2008.01256.x
Abstract
Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K) is a conserved RNA‐binding protein that is involved in multiple processes of gene expression, including chromatin remodeling, transcription, RNA splicing, mRNA stability and translation, together with diverse groups of molecular partners. Here we identified a previously uncharacterized protein RNA binding motif protein 42 (RBM42) as hnRNP K‐binding protein. RBM42 directly bound to hnRNP K in vivo and in vitro. RBM42 also directly bound to the 3′ untranslated region of p21 mRNA, one of the target mRNAs for hnRNP K. RBM42 predominantly localized within the nucleus and co‐localized with hnRNP K there. When cells were treated with agents, puromycin, sorbitol or arsenite, which induced the formation of stress granules (SGs), cytoplasmic aggregates of stalled translational pre‐initiation complexes, both hnRNP K and RBM42 localized at SGs. Depletion of hnRNP K by RNA interference decreased cellular ATP level following release from stress conditions. Simultaneous depletion of RBM42 with hnRNP K enhanced the effect of the hnRNP K depletion. Our results indicate that hnRNP K and RBM42 are components of SGs and suggest that hnRNP K and RBM42 have a role in the maintenance of cellular ATP level in the stress conditions possibly through protecting their target mRNAs.Keywords
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