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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Proteins of the GW182 family are essential for miRNA-mediated gene silencing in animal cells; they interact with Argonaute proteins (AGOs) and are required for both the translational repression and mRNA degradation mediated by miRNAs. To gain insight into the role of the GW182-AGO1 interaction in silencing, we generated protein mutants that do not interact and tested them in complementation assays. We show that silencing of miRNA targets requires the N-terminal domain of GW182, which interacts with AGO1 through multiple glycine-tryptophan (GW)-repeats. Indeed, a GW182 mutant that does not interact with AGO1 cannot rescue silencing in cells depleted of endogenous GW182. Conversely, silencing is impaired by mutations in AGO1 that strongly reduce the interaction with GW182 but not with miRNAs. We further show that a GW182 mutant that does not localize to P-bodies but interacts with AGO1 rescues silencing in GW182-depleted cells, even though in these cells, AGO1 also fails to localize to P-bodies. Finally, we show that in addition to the N-terminal AGO1-binding domain, the middle and C-terminal regions of GW182 (referred to as the bipartite silencing domain) are essential for silencing. Together our results indicate that miRNA silencing in animal cells is mediated by AGO1 in complex with GW182, and that P-body localization is not required for silencing.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1469-9001
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1067-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A C-terminal silencing domain in GW182 is essential for miRNA function.
pubmed:affiliation
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't