Mutations equivalent to Drosophila mago nashi mutants imply reduction of Magoh protein incorporation into exon junction complex.

Pre-mRNA splicing imprints mRNAs by depositing multi-protein complexes, termed exon junction complexes (EJCs). The EJC core consists of four proteins, eIF4AIII, MLN51, Y14 and Magoh. Magoh is a human homolog of Drosophila mago nashi protein, which is involved in oskar mRNA localization in Drosophila oocytes. Here we determined the effects of Magoh mutations equivalent to those of Drosophila mago nashi mutant proteins that cause mis-localization of oskar mRNA. We found that Magoh I90T mutation caused mis-localization of Magoh protein in the cytoplasm by reducing its binding activity to Y14. On the other hand, G18R mutation did not affect its binding to Y14, but this mutation reduced its association with spliced mRNAs. Our results strongly suggest that Magoh mutations equivalent to Drosophila mago nashi mutants cause improper EJC formation by reducing incorporation of Magoh into EJC. © 2022 Molecular Biology Society of Japan and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

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Saya Oshizuki, Eri Matsumoto, Satoshi Tanaka, Naoyuki Kataoka. Mutations equivalent to Drosophila mago nashi mutants imply reduction of Magoh protein incorporation into exon junction complex. Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms. 2022 Jul;27(7):505-511

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