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Cysteine modification of a specific repressor protein controls the translational status of nucleus-encoded LHCII mRNAs in Chlamydomonas.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Aug 2009
Wobbe Lutz, Blifernez Olga, Schwarz Christian, Mussgnug Jan H, Nickelsen Jörg, Kruse Olaf
Abstract excerpt
The cytosolic RNA-binding protein NAB1 represses translation of LHCII (light-harvesting complex of photosystem II) encoding mRNAs by sequestration into translationally silent mRNP complexes in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. NAB1 contains 2 cysteine residues, Cys-181 and Cys-226, within its C-terminal RRM motif. Modification of these cysteines either by oxidation or by alkylation in vitro was...
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