PMID- 10637234 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000228 LR - 20181113 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 2 DP - 2000 Jan 17 TI - A novel RNA binding protein, SBP2, is required for the translation of mammalian selenoprotein mRNAs. PG - 306-14 AB - In eukaryotes, the decoding of the UGA codon as selenocysteine (Sec) requires a Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element in the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA. We purified a SECIS binding protein, SBP2, and obtained a cDNA clone that encodes this activity. SBP2 is a novel protein containing a putative RNA binding domain found in ribosomal proteins and a yeast suppressor of translation termination. By UV cross-linking and immunoprecipitation, we show that SBP2 specifically binds selenoprotein mRNAs both in vitro and in vivo. Using (75)Se-labeled Sec-tRNA(Sec), we developed an in vitro system for analyzing Sec incorporation in which the translation of a selenoprotein mRNA was both SBP2 and SECIS element dependent. Immunodepletion of SBP2 from the lysates abolished Sec insertion, which was restored when recombinant SBP2 was added to the reaction. These results establish that SBP2 is essential for the co-translational insertion of Sec into selenoproteins. We hypothesize that the binding activity of SBP2 may be involved in preventing termination at the UGA/Sec codon. FAU - Copeland, P R AU - Copeland PR AD - Department of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue #NC-10, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. FAU - Fletcher, J E AU - Fletcher JE FAU - Carlson, B A AU - Carlson BA FAU - Hatfield, D L AU - Hatfield DL FAU - Driscoll, D M AU - Driscoll DM LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AJ251245 GR - F32 DK009878/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL029582/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - F32 DK09878-01/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - HL29582/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Codon) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (SECISBP2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Secisbp2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Selenoproteins) RN - 0CH9049VIS (Selenocysteine) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - Codon/genetics MH - Conserved Sequence MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms, Experimental MH - Mammals MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - *Protein Biosynthesis MH - Proteins/*genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Selenocysteine/genetics/metabolism MH - Selenoproteins MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Substrate Specificity MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured PMC - PMC305564 EDAT- 2000/01/19 09:00 MHDA- 2000/03/04 09:00 CRDT- 2000/01/19 09:00 PHST- 2000/01/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/03/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/01/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/emboj/19.2.306 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 2000 Jan 17;19(2):306-14. doi: 10.1093/emboj/19.2.306.