Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: Human pumilio proteins use fuzzy multivalent hydrophobic interactions to recruit the CCR4–NOT deadenylase complex to repress mRNAs
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111281
Figure Lengend Snippet: Aliphatic and aromatic amino acid residues are essential for PUM1 RD3 activity . A , diagram of PUM1 RD3 effector protein with all IDR-associated residues L, F, and Y mutated to G (IDR muts). Position and identity of amino acid residue in the WT sequence are indicated. B , tethered function reporter assay comparing repressive activity of WT PUM1 RD3 to the IDR muts effector. N = 9 (three experimental repeats, each with three biological replicates). All data are shown as mean and individual points ± SD of log 2 fold change (log 2 FC) values relative to negative control HaloTag (HT). Significance indicated above the x-axis denotes comparisons to HT, while significance indicated below the x-axis denotes comparisons between specific effectors. For significance calling, ns = not significant where p ≥ 0.05, p < 0.0001 = ∗∗∗∗ based on ordinary one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s test for multiple comparisons. Western blot confirming the expression of V5-tagged effector proteins is shown below. Vinculin served as a loading control. C , co-immunoprecipitation of endogenous CNOT1 from HCT116 cell lysate by V5-tagged WT and IDR muts RD3. MS2-V5 served as a negative control bait protein. Vinculin served as a negative control for non-specific binding.
Article Snippet: In co-immunoprecipitation assays, endogenous CNOT1 was detected using rabbit anti-CNOT1 (CST; catalog #: 44613) diluted 1:1000.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Residue, Sequencing, Reporter Assay, Negative Control, Western Blot, Expressing, Control, Immunoprecipitation, Binding Assay