RNA recognition motif in vertebrate type II embryonic polyadenylate-binding protein 2 (ePABP-2)
This subgroup corresponds to the RRM of ePABP-2, also termed embryonic poly(A)-binding protein 2, or poly(A)-binding protein nuclear-like 1 (PABPN1L). ePABP-2 is a novel embryonic-specific cytoplasmic type II poly(A)-binding protein that is expressed during the early stages of vertebrate development and in adult ovarian tissue. It may play an important role in the poly(A) metabolism of stored mRNAs during early vertebrate development. ePABP-2 shows significant sequence similarity to the ubiquitously expressed nuclear polyadenylate-binding protein 2 (PABP-2 or PABPN1). Like PABP-2, ePABP-2 contains one RNA recognition motif (RRM), also termed RBD (RNA binding domain) or RNP (ribonucleoprotein domain), which is responsible for the poly(A) binding. In addition, it possesses an acidic N-terminal domain predicted to form a coiled-coil and an arginine-rich C-terminal domain.
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