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Insight into the structural basis for dual nucleic acid - recognition by the Scaffold Attachment Factor B2 protein
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The family of scaffold attachment factor B (SAFB) proteins comprises three members and was first identified as binders of the nuclear matrix/scaffold. Over the past two decades, SAFBs were shown to act in DNA repair, mRNA/(l)ncRNA processing, and as part of protein complexes with chromatin-modifying enzymes. SAFB proteins are approximately-100-kDa-sized dual nucleic acid-binding proteins with dedicated domains in an otherwise largely unstructured context, but whether and how they discriminate DNA- and RNA-binding has remained enigmatic. We here provide the SAFB2 DNA- and RNA-binding SAP and RRM domains in their functional boundaries and use solution NMR spectroscopy to ascribe DNA- and RNA-binding functions. We give insight into their target nucleic acid preferences and map the interfaces with respective nucleic acids on sparse data-derived SAP and RRM domain structures. Further, we provide evidence that the SAP domain exhibits intra-domain dynamics and a potential tendency to dimerise, which may expand its specifically targeted DNA sequence range. Our data provide a first molecular basis of and a starting point towards deciphering DNA- and RNA-binding functions of SAFB2 on the molecular level and serve a basis for understanding its localization to specific regions of chromatin and its involvement in the processing of specific RNA species.
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![Figure 1 Scaffold attachment factor proteins (SAF) type A (hnRNP U) and B (SAFB1, SAFB2 and SLTM). (A) Domain organizations of human SAFA, SAFB1, SAFB2 and SLTM as annotated in Uniprot [30] (IDs: Q00839, Q15424, Q14151, Q9NWH9). (B) Sequence alignment of the SAP domain (based on domain boundaries of the SAFB2 SAP defined in this study) with residues color-coded by conservation amongst the four proteins according to Clustal Omega [31] (black—no conservation, light orange—weak-to-strong conservation, dark orange—full conservation). Above, secondary structure elements derived from the SCS analysis for SAFB2 SAP in Figure 2 are given, with rectangles indicating α-helices. The helix–loop–helix DNA-binding motif spans helices 2 (H2) and 3 (H3). (C) Sequence alignment of the SAFB RRM domains (boundaries are based on those of the SAFB2 RRM domain defined in this study) with residues colored according to the degree of conservation as by Clustal Omega (black—no conservation, light green—weak-to-strong conservation, dark green—full conservation). Above, the two conserved RNA-binding motifs (RNP) and secondary structure elements derived from the SCS analysis for SAFB2 RRM in Figure 3 are given, with rectangles indicating α-helices and arrows indicating β-strands, respectively.](/paper-figures/f7ed561e2cc048c991dbf576e93d3d62/insight-into-the-structural-basis-for-dual-nucleic-acid-recognition-by-the-figure-1.jpg)
![Figure 2 Resonance assignment of the SAFB2 SAP domain. (A) 1H-15N HSQC of the SAP domain amide groups. Straight lines indicate side chain assignments. (B) Combined Cα/Cβ carbon secondary chemical shifts (SCS) (upper panel, as suggested by [32]—rectangles indicating α-helices) and the {1H}15N heteronuclear NOE values (lower panel) of SAFB2 SAP plotted against the residue number. Errors are calculated from the program CCPNMR Analysis.](/paper-figures/4aea96ed0857474b834c6e0ee04e0d75/insight-into-the-structural-basis-for-dual-nucleic-acid-recognition-by-the-figure-2.jpg)
![Figure 3 Resonance assignment of the SAFB2 RRM domain. (A) 1H-15N HSQC of the RRM domain amide groups. Assignments of peaks in the red dashed-lined box are shown in the inset zoom-in. See also Supplementary Figure S1B. (B) Combined Cα/Cβ carbon secondary chemical shifts (SCS) (upper panel, as suggested by [32]—rectangles indicating α helices, arrows indicating β-strands) and the {1H}15N heteronuclear NOE values (lower panel) of the SAFB2 RRM plotted against residue numbers. Errors are calculated from the program CCPNMR Analysis.](/paper-figures/c7f7eac1e86e43f59302df763ce16997/insight-into-the-structural-basis-for-dual-nucleic-acid-recognition-by-the-figure-3.jpg)





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- Authors
- Korn, S. M., von Ehr, J., Dhamotharan, K., Tants, J.-N., Abele, R., & Schlundt, A.
- Affiliations
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Schlundt, Andreas
- ORCID
- Venue
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Publisher
- openRxiv
- Published
- 2022-12-29
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 3286-3286
- ISSN
- 1422-0067 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC9958909
- OpenAlex
- W4319600471
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- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2
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- International Journal of Molecular Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Johanna Quandt Young Academy (2019/AS01)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (2019/AS01, SCHL2062/2-1)
- University of California, San Diego
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
- Keywords
- nucleic acid recognition, DNA binding, RNA binding, SAP domain, RRM domain, domain structure, protein dimerization, chromatin, nuclear matrix, RNA processing, DNA repair
- MeSH terms
- Base Sequence, Binding Sites, Chromatin, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, RNA, RNA, Messenger
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