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Kzhyshkowska, J.* ; Schütt, H.* ; Liss, M.* ; Kremmer, E. ; Stauber, R.* ; Wolf, H.* ; Dobner, T.*

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein E1B-AP5 is methylated in its Arg-Gly-Gly (RGG) box and interacts with human arginine methyltransferase HRMT1L1.

Biochem. J. 358, 305-314 (2001)
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The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) family includes predominantly nuclear proteins acting at different stages of mRNA metabolism. A characteristic feature of hnRNPs is to undergo post-translational asymmetric arginine methylation catalysed by different type 1 protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs). A novel mammalian hnRNP, E1B-AP5, recently identified by its interaction with adenovirus early protein E1B-55kDa, has been proposed to have a regulatory role in adenoviral and host-cell mRNA processing/nuclear export [Gabler, Schutt, Groitl, Wolf, Shenk and Dobner (1998) J. Virol. 72, 7960–7971]. Here we report that E1B-AP5 is methylated in vivo in its Arg-Gly-Gly (RGG)-box domain, known to mediate protein–RNA interactions. The activity responsible for E1B-AP5 methylation forms a complex with E1B-AP5 in vivo. The predominant mammalian arginine methyltransferase HRMT1L2 (hPRMT1) did not detectably methylate endogenous E1B-AP5 despite efficiently methylating a recombinant RGG-box domain of E1B-AP5. Using yeast two-hybrid screening we identified HRMT1L1 (PRMT2) as one of the proteins interacting with E1B-AP5. By in situ immunofluorescence we demonstrated that E1B-AP5 co-localizes with the nuclear fraction of HRMT1L1. The Src homology 3 (SH3) domain of HRMT1L1 was essential for its interaction with E1B-AP5 in vivo. We suggest that HRMT1L1 is responsible for specific E1B-AP5 methylation in vivo.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords periodate-oxidized adenosine S-adenosylmethionine SH3 domain
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0264-6021
e-ISSN 1470-8728
Quellenangaben Volume: 358, Issue: 2, Pages: 305-314 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Portland Press
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed