Systematic Discovery of Endogenous Human Ribonucleoprotein Complexes

Autor: Kevin Drew, Edward M. Marcotte, Anna L. Mallam, Jeffrey M. Schaub, John B. Wallingford, Yu Jin Jang, Ilya J. Finkelstein, Wisath Sae-Lee, Jonghwan Kim, Anna Battenhouse, Fan Tu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Cell Reports, Vol 29, Iss 5, Pp 1351-1368.e5 (2019)
Cell reports
ISSN: 2211-1247
Popis: SUMMARY RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play essential roles in biology and are frequently associated with human disease. Although recent studies have systematically identified individual RNA-binding proteins, their higher-order assembly into ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes has not been systematically investigated. Here, we describe a proteomics method for systematic identification of RNP complexes in human cells. We identify 1,428 protein complexes that associate with RNA, indicating that more than 20% of known human protein complexes contain RNA. To explore the role of RNA in the assembly of each complex, we identify complexes that dissociate, change composition, or form stable protein-only complexes in the absence of RNA. We use our method to systematically identify cell-type-specific RNA-associated proteins in mouse embryonic stem cells and finally, distribute our resource, rna.MAP, in an easy-to-use online interface (rna.proteincomplexes.org). Our system thus provides a methodology for explorations across human tissues, disease states, and throughout all domains of life.
In Brief Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes carry out many essential biological processes. Mallam et al. developed differential fractionation (DIF-FRAC), a proteomics method to systematically discover RNP complexes. Using their method, they discovered previously unknown RNP complexes, classified complexes by their RNA-dependent stability, and identified previously unknown roles for RNA in known protein complexes.
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