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The protein product of the fragile X gene, FMR1, has characteristics of an RNA-binding protein.
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Fragile X syndrome is one of the most common human genetic diseases and the most common cause of hereditary mental retardation. The gene that causes fragile X syndrome, FMR1, was recently identified and sequenced and found to encode a putative protein of unknown function. Here we report that FMR1 contains two types of sequence motifs recently found in RNA-binding proteins: an RGG box and two heterogeneous nuclear RNP K homology domains. We also demonstrate that FMR1 binds RNA in vitro. Using antibodies to FMR1, we detect its expression in divergent organisms and in cells of unaffected humans, but fragile X-affected patients express little or no FMR1. These findings demonstrate that FMR1 expression is directly correlated with the fragile X syndrome and suggest that anti-FMR1 antibodies will be important for diagnosis of fragile X syndrome. Furthermore, the RNA binding activity of FMR1 opens the way to understanding the function of FMR1.
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“FMRP is an RNA binding protein (Siomi et al., 1993) that is mainly expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) and gonads, and to lesser extent in other tissues (Hinds et al., 1993).”
From Astrocytes in fragile X syndrome (2024) · cites this paper as Siomi et al., 1993
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Metadata
- Authors
- Siomi, H., Siomi, M. C., Nussbaum, R. L., & Dreyfuss, G.
- Affiliations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Venue
- Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1993-07
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 291-298
- ISSN
- 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2144995800
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- FWCI
- 21.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cell (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Keywords
- FMR1 gene, fragile X syndrome, RNA-binding proteins, RGG box, KH domain, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins, RNA binding, hereditary intellectual disability, protein function
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acid Sequence, Female, Fragile X Syndrome, Humans, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Ribonucleoproteins, RNA, Species Specificity, RNA-Binding Proteins, Sequence Deletion, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins, Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein K, Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1
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