D’Souza, MN and Ramakrishna, S and Radhakrishna, BK and Jhaveri, V and Ravindran, S and Yeramala, L and Nair, D and Palakodeti, D and Muddashetty, RS (2022) Function of FMRP Domains in Regulating Distinct Roles of Neuronal Protein Synthesis. In: Molecular Neurobiology, 59 (12). pp. 7370-7392.
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Abstract
The Fragile-X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP) is an RNA binding protein that regulates translation of mRNAs essential for synaptic development and plasticity. FMRP interacts with a specific set of mRNAs, aids in their microtubule-dependent transport and regulates their translation through its association with ribosomes. However, the biochemical role of FMRP’s domains in forming neuronal granules and associating with microtubules and ribosomes is currently undefined. We report that the C-terminus domain of FMRP is sufficient to bind to ribosomes akin to the full-length protein. Furthermore, the C-terminus domain alone is essential and responsible for FMRP-mediated neuronal translation repression. However, dendritic distribution of FMRP and its microtubule association is favored by the synergistic combination of FMRP domains rather than individual domains. Interestingly, we show that the phosphorylation of hFMRP at Serine-500 is important in modulating the dynamics of translation by controlling ribosome association. This is a fundamental mechanism governing the size and number of FMRP puncta that contain actively translating ribosomes. Finally through the use of pathogenic mutations, we emphasize the hierarchical contribution of FMRP’s domains in translation regulation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Molecular Neurobiology |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to the Author(s). |
| Keywords: | FMRP; Fragile X Syndrome; Microtubules; Neuronal granules; Phosphorylation; Ribosomes; Translation regulation |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Neuroscience Autonomous Societies / Centres > Centre for Brain Research |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2022 08:58 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2022 08:58 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/77685 |
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