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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Coding relationship links RNA G-quadruplexes and protein RGG motifs in RNA-binding protein autoregulation.

Marlene Adlhart, Daniel Hoffmann, Anton A Polyansky, Bojan Žagrović

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. RNA G-Quadruplexes Function as a Tunable Switch of FUS Phase Separation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  12. Coding relationship links RNA G-quadruplexes and protein RGG motifs in RNA-binding protein autoregulation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Marlene AdlhartMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus, Vienna 1030, Austria.
Daniel HoffmannMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus, Vienna 1030, Austria.
Anton A PolyanskyMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus, Vienna 1030, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1011-2706
Bojan ŽagrovićMax Perutz Labs, Vienna Biocenter Campus, Vienna 1030, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-3814-3675

Funding

Austrian Science Fund (FWF) P 30550 P 30680-B21Volkswagen Foundation (VolkswagenStiftung) AZ 98188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA G-quadruplexes (rG4s), the four-stranded structures formed by guanine-rich RNA sequences, are recognized by regions in RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that are enriched in arginine-glycine repeats (RGG motifs). Importantly, arginine and glycine are encoded by guanine-rich codons, suggesting that some RGG motifs may both be encoded by and interact with rG4s in autogenous messenger RNAs (mRNAs). By analyzing transcriptome-wide rG4 datasets, we show that hundreds of RGG motifs in humans are at least partly encoded by rG4s, with an increased incidence for longer RGG motifs (~10 or more residues). Using randomized genetic codes, we demonstrate that the rG4/RGG coding relationship derives from the universal genetic code's structure. Moreover, we show that proteins, which contain RGG motifs encoded by experimentally detected rG4s, are significantly enriched in RNA binding relative to all RGG-containing proteins. Finally, using enhanced crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (eCLIP) data, we identify several prominent RBPs, including FUS, FMRP, and G3BP1, which interact with autogenous mRNAs in regions where RGG motifs are encoded by rG4s. Our results define a physically realistic mechanism behind autogenous mRNA/protein interactions that is hardwired in the genetic code structure and may contribute to the establishment of autoregulatory feedback loops in the cell.

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G-QuadruplexesRNARNA-Binding ProteinsAmino Acid MotifsArginineGenetic CodeGlycineHomeostasisHumansRNA, MessengerArginineGlycineRNARNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Messengerautoregulationgenetic codeRGG motifRNA-binding proteinsRNA G-quadruplex

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PMID39847338
PMCPMC11789052

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