pfam16544: STAR_dimer (This model is not part of the current CDD release)
Homodimerization region of STAR domain protein
This family is the homodimerization domain of quaking proteins. Quaking-dimer is a helix-turn-helix dimer with an additional helix in the turn region. dimerization is required for adequate RNA-binding. Quaking is a prototypical member of the STAR (signal transducer and activator of RNA) protein family, which plays key roles in post-transcriptional gene regulation by controlling mRNA translation, stability and splicing. STAR_dimer is the homodimerization domain, Qua1 of the STAR domain of a series of proteins referred to as STAR/GSG, or Signal Transduction and Activation of RNA/GRP33, Sam68, GLD-1 family. These are conserved in higher eukaryotes and are RNA-binding transcriptional regulators. The STAR domain is a KH domain flanked by two homologous regions, Qua1 and Qua2. Qua1, this family, is the homodimerization domain, and the KH plus Qua2 is the RNA-binding region.
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