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A compendium of RNA-binding motifs for decoding gene regulation

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Abstract

RNA-binding proteins are key regulators of gene expression, yet only a small fraction have been functionally characterized. Here we report a systematic analysis of the RNA motifs recognized by RNA-binding proteins, encompassing 205 distinct genes from 24 diverse eukaryotes. The sequence specificities of RNA-binding proteins display deep evolutionary conservation, and the recognition preferences for a large fraction of metazoan RNA-binding proteins can thus be inferred from their RNA-binding domain sequence. The motifs that we identify in vitro correlate well with in vivo RNA-binding data. Moreover, we can associate them with distinct functional roles in diverse types of post-transcriptional regulation, enabling new insights into the functions of RNA-binding proteins both in normal physiology and in human disease. These data provide an unprecedented overview of RNA-binding proteins and their targets, and constitute an invaluable resource for determining post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in eukaryotes.

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    A closely related RNA motif will be bound by any protein that has more than 70% sequence identity in its RBDs to those in one of the 207 proteins analyzed.

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Authors
Ray, D., Kazan, H., Cook, K. B., Weirauch, M. T., Najafabadi, H. S., Li, X., Gueroussov, S., Albu, M., Zheng, H., Yang, A., Na, H., Irimia, M., Matzat, L. H., Dale, R. K., Smith, S. A., Yarosh, C. A., Kelly, S. M., Nabet, B., Mecenas, D., Li, W., Laishram, R. S., Qiao, M., Lipshitz, H. D., Piano, F., Corbett, A. H., Carstens, R. P., Frey, B. J., Anderson, R. A., Lynch, K. W., Penalva, L. O. F., Lei, E. P., Fraser, A. G., Blencowe, B. J., Morris, Q. D., & Hughes, T. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Emory University (US)
  • New York University (US)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
Corresponding author
  • Morris, Quaid D.
  • Hughes, Timothy R.
Venue
Nature
Published
2013-07
Volume
499
Issue
7457
Pages
172-177
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2105694586
Cited by
1,480
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 71 · 2025: 85 · 2024: 130 · 2023: 98 · 2022: 118 · 2021: 135 · 2020: 118 · 2019: 129 · 2018: 131 · 2017: 119 · 2016: 108 · 2015: 106 · 2014: 106 · 2013: 24
FWCI
51.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (125894_1, 93671_1, MOP-49451, MOP-14409, MOP-67011)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (1R01HG00570, R01HG005700)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA104708, P30CA014520)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM084034, R01GM058728, R01GM051968, R01GM114386, T32GM008061)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Z01DK015602, DK015602-05)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA regulation and disease
Keywords
RNA-binding proteins, RNA-binding motif, post-transcriptional regulation, RNA-binding domain, sequence specificity, evolutionary conservation, interaction site prediction, eukaryotic gene regulation
MeSH terms
RNA Splicing Factors, Autistic Disorder, Base Sequence, Binding Sites, Eukaryotic Cells, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, RNA-Binding Proteins, Conserved Sequence, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RNA Stability, Nucleotide Motifs

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