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. 2004 Jan;6(1):69-78.
doi: 10.1016/s1534-5807(03)00400-3.

Drosophila cup is an eIF4E binding protein that associates with Bruno and regulates oskar mRNA translation in oogenesis

Akira Nakamura  1 , Keiji Sato, Kazuko Hanyu-Nakamura
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VSports注册入口 - Drosophila cup is an eIF4E binding protein that associates with Bruno and regulates oskar mRNA translation in oogenesis

V体育安卓版 - Akira Nakamura et al. Dev Cell. 2004 Jan.
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Abstract

Translational control is a critical process in the spatio-temporal restriction of protein production VSports手机版. In Drosophila oogenesis, translational repression of oskar (osk) RNA during its localization to the posterior pole of the oocyte is essential for embryonic patterning and germ cell formation. This repression is mediated by the osk 3' UTR binding protein Bruno (Bru), but the underlying mechanism has remained elusive. Here, we report that an ovarian protein, Cup, is required to repress precocious osk translation. Cup binds the 5'-cap binding translation initiation factor eIF4E through a sequence conserved among eIF4E binding proteins. A mutant Cup protein lacking this sequence fails to repress osk translation in vivo. Furthermore, Cup interacts with Bru in a yeast two-hybrid assay, and the Cup-eIF4E complex associates with Bru in an RNA-independent manner. These results suggest that translational repression of osk RNA is achieved through a 5'/3' interaction mediated by an eIF4E-Cup-Bru complex. .

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