RNA-binding protein 8A

Protein information

  • Protein ID: Q9Y5S9
  • Protein Name : RNA-binding protein 8A
  • Gene : RBM8A
  • Organism : Homo sapiens
  • Status : reviewed
  • Function : Required for pre-mRNA splicing as component of the spliceosome (PubMed:28502770 PubMed:29301961). Core component of the splicing-dependent multiprotein exon junction complex (EJC) deposited at splice junctions on mRNAs. The EJC is a dynamic structure consisting of core proteins and several peripheral nuclear and cytoplasmic associated factors that join the complex only transiently either during EJC assembly or during subsequent mRNA metabolism. The EJC marks the position of the exon-exon junction in the mature mRNA for the gene expression machinery and the core components remain bound to spliced mRNAs throughout all stages of mRNA metabolism thereby influencing downstream processes including nuclear mRNA export subcellular mRNA localization translation efficiency and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). The MAGOH-RBM8A heterodimer inhibits the ATPase activity of EIF4A3 thereby trapping the ATP-bound EJC core onto spliced mRNA in a stable conformation. The MAGOH-RBM8A heterodimer interacts with the EJC key regulator PYM1 leading to EJC disassembly in the cytoplasm and translation enhancement of EJC-bearing spliced mRNAs by recruiting them to the ribosomal 48S preinitiation complex. Its removal from cytoplasmic mRNAs requires translation initiation from EJC-bearing spliced mRNAs. Associates preferentially with mRNAs produced by splicing. Does not interact with pre-mRNAs introns or mRNAs produced from intronless cDNAs. Associates with both nuclear mRNAs and newly exported cytoplasmic mRNAs. The MAGOH-RBM8A heterodimer is a component of the nonsense mediated decay (NMD) pathway. Involved in the splicing modulation of BCL2L1/Bcl-X (and probably other apoptotic genes); specifically inhibits formation of proapoptotic isoforms such as Bcl-X(S); the function is different from the established EJC assembly.

Protein Sequence

  • MADVLDLHEAGGEDFAMDEDGDESIHKLKEKAKKRKGRGFGSEEGSRARMREDYDSVEQDGDEPGPQRSVEGWILFVTGVHEEATEEDIHDKFAEYGEIKNIHLNLDRRTGYLKGYTLVEYETYKEAQAAMEGLNGQDLMGQPISVDWCFVRGPPKGKRRGGRRRSRSPDRRRR

RRM domains in this Protein - 1 

RRM Entryname RRM Sequence range Pfam ID
Q9Y5S9_RRM1 75 - 145 PF00076

Experiments retrieved for this Protein - 11 

Experiment ID Experiment Type PubMed ID
Exp_1P27 X-ray Diffraction 12781131
Exp_2HYI X-ray Diffraction 16931718
Exp_2J0Q X-ray Diffraction 16923391
Exp_2J0S X-ray Diffraction 16923391
Exp_2XB2 X-ray Diffraction 20479275
Exp_3EX7 X-ray Diffraction 19033377
Exp_5XJC EM 28502770
Exp_5YZG EM 29301961
Exp_6ICZ EM 30728453
Exp_6QDV EM 30705154
Exp_7A5P EM 33007253