NMR-derived secondary structure of the full-length Ox40 mRNA 3′UTR and its multivalent binding to the immunoregulatory RBP Roquin

JN Tants, LM Becker, F McNicoll… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Control of posttranscriptional mRNA decay is a crucial determinant of cell homeostasis and
differentiation. mRNA lifetime is governed by cis-regulatory elements in their 3 …

Structural basis for RNA recognition in roquin-mediated post-transcriptional gene regulation

A Schlundt, GA Heinz, R Janowski, A Geerlof… - Nature structural & …, 2014 - nature.com
Roquin function in T cells is essential for the prevention of autoimmune disease. Roquin
interacts with the 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs) of co-stimulatory receptors and controls T …

Roquin recognizes a non-canonical hexaloop structure in the 3′-UTR of Ox40

R Janowski, GA Heinz, A Schlundt… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The RNA-binding protein Roquin is required to prevent autoimmunity. Roquin controls T-
helper cell activation and differentiation by limiting the induced expression of costimulatory …

Identification of new high affinity targets for Roquin based on structural conservation

J Braun, S Fischer, ZZ Xu, H Sun… - Nucleic Acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Post-transcriptional gene regulation controls the amount of protein produced from a specific
mRNA by altering both its decay and translation rates. Such regulation is primarily achieved …

The ROQUIN family of proteins localizes to stress granules via the ROQ domain and binds target mRNAs

V Athanasopoulos, A Barker, D Yu, AHM Tan… - The FEBS …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Roquin is an E3 ubiquitin ligase with a poorly understood but essential role in preventing T‐
cell‐mediated autoimmune disease and in microRNA‐mediated repression of inducible …

RNA recognition by Roquin in posttranscriptional gene regulation

A Schlundt, D Niessing, V Heissmeyer… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression plays a central role in the initiation of
innate and adaptive immune responses. This is exemplified by the protein Roquin, which …

Structure and RNA-binding of the helically extended Roquin CCCH-type zinc finger

JN Tants, L Oberstrass, JE Weigand… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Zinc finger (ZnF) domains appear in a pool of structural contexts and despite their small size
achieve varying target specificities, covering single-stranded and double-stranded DNA and …

The ROQ domain of Roquin recognizes mRNA constitutive-decay element and double-stranded RNA

D Tan, M Zhou, M Kiledjian, L Tong - Nature structural & molecular …, 2014 - nature.com
A conserved stem-loop motif of the constitutive decay element (CDE) in the 3′ UTR of
mRNAs is recognized by the ROQ domain of Roquin, which mediates mRNA degradation …

Roquin targets mRNAs in a 3′-UTR-specific manner by different modes of regulation

K Essig, N Kronbeck, JC Guimaraes, C Lohs… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The RNA-binding proteins Roquin-1 and Roquin-2 redundantly control gene expression and
cell-fate decisions. Here, we show that Roquin not only interacts with stem–loop structures …

Structural basis for the recognition of transiently structured AU-rich elements by Roquin

O Binas, JN Tants, SA Peter, R Janowski… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Adenylate/uridylate-rich elements (AREs) are the most common cis-regulatory elements in
the 3′-untranslated region (UTR) of mRNAs, where they fine-tune turnover by mediating …