Structural highlights
Function
[RAVR1_HUMAN] Cooperates with PTBP1 to modulate regulated alternative splicing events. Promotes exon skipping. Cooperates with PTBP1 to modulate switching between mutually exclusive exons during maturation of the TPM1 pre-mRNA (By similarity).
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The translational machinery of the cell relocalizes to focal adhesions following the activation of integrin receptors. This response allows for rapid, local production of components needed for adhesion complex assembly and signaling. Vinculin links focal adhesions to the actin cytoskeleton following its activation by integrin signaling, which severs intramolecular interactions of vinculin's head and tail (Vt) domains. Our vinculin:raver1 crystal structures and binding studies show that activated Vt selectively interacts with one of the three RNA recognition motifs of raver1, that the vinculin:raver1 complex binds to F-actin, and that raver1 binds selectively to RNA, including a sequence found in vinculin mRNA. Further, mutation of residues that mediate interaction of raver1 with vinculin abolish their colocalization in cells. These findings suggest a feed-forward model where vinculin activation at focal adhesions provides a scaffold for recruitment of raver1 and its mRNA cargo to facilitate the production of components of adhesion complexes.
Raver1 interactions with vinculin and RNA suggest a feed-forward pathway in directing mRNA to focal adhesions.,Lee JH, Rangarajan ES, Yogesha SD, Izard T Structure. 2009 Jun 10;17(6):833-42. PMID:19523901[1]
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References
- ↑ Lee JH, Rangarajan ES, Yogesha SD, Izard T. Raver1 interactions with vinculin and RNA suggest a feed-forward pathway in directing mRNA to focal adhesions. Structure. 2009 Jun 10;17(6):833-42. PMID:19523901 doi:S0969-2126(09)00193-2