RNA-binding proteins in immune regulation: a focus on CCCH zinc finger proteins

M Fu, PJ Blackshear - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Nearly 60 CCCH zinc finger proteins have been identified in humans and mice. These
proteins are involved in the regulation of multiple steps of RNA metabolism, including mRNA …

RNA recognition and immunity—innate immune sensing and its posttranscriptional regulation mechanisms

T Uehata, O Takeuchi - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
RNA acts as an immunostimulatory molecule in the innate immune system to activate
nucleic acid sensors. It functions as an intermediate, conveying genetic information to …

RNA–protein interaction detection in living cells

M Ramanathan, K Majzoub, DS Rao, PH Neela… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
RNA–protein interactions play numerous roles in cellular function and disease. Here we
describe RNA–protein interaction detection (RaPID), which uses proximity-dependent …

Regnase-1 and roquin regulate a common element in inflammatory mRNAs by spatiotemporally distinct mechanisms

T Mino, Y Murakawa, A Fukao, A Vandenbon… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Regnase-1 and Roquin are RNA binding proteins essential for degradation of inflammation-
related mRNAs and maintenance of immune homeostasis. However, their mechanistic …

Cleavage of roquin and regnase-1 by the paracaspase MALT1 releases their cooperatively repressed targets to promote TH17 differentiation

KM Jeltsch, D Hu, S Brenner, J Zöller, GA Heinz… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Humoral autoimmunity paralleled by the accumulation of follicular helper T cells (TFH cells)
is linked to mutation of the gene encoding the RNA-binding protein roquin-1. Here we found …

Phage anti-CRISPR control by an RNA-and DNA-binding helix–turn–helix protein

N Birkholz, K Kamata, M Feussner, ME Wilkinson… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
In all organisms, regulation of gene expression must be adjusted to meet cellular
requirements and frequently involves helix–turn–helix (HTH) domain proteins. For instance …

Unrestrained cleavage of Roquin-1 by MALT1 induces spontaneous T cell activation and the development of autoimmunity

H Schmidt, T Raj, TJ O'Neill… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Constitutive activation of the MALT1 paracaspase in conventional T cells of Malt1 TBM/TBM
(TRAF6 Binding Mutant= TBM) mice causes fatal inflammation and autoimmunity, but the …

Disrupting Roquin-1 interaction with Regnase-1 induces autoimmunity and enhances antitumor responses

G Behrens, SL Edelmann, T Raj, N Kronbeck… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Roquin and Regnase-1 proteins bind and post-transcriptionally regulate proinflammatory
target messenger RNAs to maintain immune homeostasis. Either the sanroque mutation in …

Roquin suppresses the PI3K-mTOR signaling pathway to inhibit T helper cell differentiation and conversion of Treg to Tfr cells

K Essig, D Hu, JC Guimaraes, D Alterauge… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Roquin proteins preclude spontaneous T cell activation and aberrant differentiation of T
follicular helper (Tfh) or T helper 17 (Th17) cells. Here we showed that deletion of Roquin …

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 …