| 1997 |
SRP54 and SRα GTPases are in the empty (nucleotide-free) site conformation prior to contact between the SRP-ribosome complex and the membrane-bound SRP receptor. Cooperative GTP binding to both SRP54 and SRα stabilizes the SRP-SR complex and initiates signal sequence transfer from SRP54 to Sec61α. GTP hydrolysis by both SRP54 and SRα is required for dissociation of the SRP-SR complex. |
In vitro reconstitution with GTP analogs, biochemical assays of GTPase activity and complex assembly/dissociation |
Cell |
High |
9182758
|
| 1994 |
The S. pombe Srp54 GTPase activity is essential for protein export; GTPase-deficient mutations (R194L/H, T248N) confer lethal or conditional phenotypes, and dominant-negative GTP-locked mutants inhibit wild-type Srp54 function, whereas a GDP-locked mutant does not interfere with wild-type protein. |
Site-directed mutagenesis, in vivo growth assays, immunoprecipitation-based GTPase assay, precursor accumulation assay |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
7969124
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| 1997 |
Human SRP54 binding to SRP RNA requires prior binding of protein SRP19; site-directed mutagenesis of SRP RNA helix 8 identified the primary binding site for the M-domain of SRP54 (SRP54M), and SRP19 is essential for formation of the ternary SRP19/SRP54M/SRP RNA complex in the human system. |
Systematic site-directed mutagenesis of SRP RNA, in vitro protein-RNA binding assays with purified SRP54M and SRP19 |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
9016569
|
| 2000 |
Crystal structure of the archaeal SRP54/Ffh GTPase (NG) domain from Acidianus ambivalens at 2.0 Å revealed a conserved GTPase fold; mutation of Thr112→Ala abolishes GTP hydrolysis; structural comparison supports a heterodimeric SRP-SR interaction model for signal transduction. |
X-ray crystallography, active-site mutagenesis (Thr112Ala), structural comparison with bacterial and eukaryotic homologs |
Structure |
High |
10801496
|
| 2008 |
Crystal structure of full-length GDP-bound SRP54 from Pyrococcus furiosus at 2.5 Å showed complete domain organization: a Ras-like GTPase domain with tightly bound GDP, a flexible α-helical linker acting as an articulated arm, and an M domain for signal peptide scanning; the linker is structurally coupled to the GTPase catalytic site and likely propagates conformational changes upon signal sequence binding. |
X-ray crystallography (2.5 Å resolution), structural analysis |
PloS one |
High |
18953414
|
| 2020 |
X-ray crystallography and hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry of three disease-causing SRP54 variants (T115A, T117Δ, G226E) revealed extensive structural destabilization of the GTPase core, abolition of GTP binding, and elimination of SRP receptor (SRα/FtsY) targeting complex formation in both yeast and human cells. |
X-ray crystallography, HDX-MS, biochemical GTPase assays, yeast and human cell-based targeting complex formation assays |
Structure |
High |
33053321
|
| 2021 |
SRP54 mutations cause congenital neutropenia via dominant-negative impairment of unconventional XBP1 mRNA splicing; injection of mutant SRP54 mRNAs into srp54+/- zebrafish aggravated neutropenia, and rescue was achieved by spliced (active) but not unspliced xbp1 mRNA, placing SRP54 upstream of XBP1 in the pathway. |
Zebrafish knockout/morphant model, mRNA rescue experiments, epistasis with xbp1 morphants, granulocytic differentiation assays in HL-60 cells and CD34+ HSPCs |
Blood |
High |
33227812
|
| 2017 |
De novo missense mutations in SRP54 affecting the GTPase domain impair GTPase activity; the mutated proteins show reduced GTP hydrolysis in vitro, and SRP54 knockdown in zebrafish causes neutropenia and reduced exocrine pancreas size, recapitulating the human Shwachman-Diamond-like phenotype. |
GTPase activity assays on purified mutant proteins, SRP54 knockdown zebrafish model, 3D protein modeling |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
28972538
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| 2018 |
SRP54 mutations or knockdown lead to drastically reduced proliferation of granulocytic cells associated with enhanced p53-dependent apoptosis, and bone marrow examination reveals dysgranulopoiesis with cellular ER stress and autophagy markers, confirmed in SRP54-mutated primary cells and SRP54-knockdown cells. |
SRP54 knockdown cell lines, primary patient cells, bone marrow examination, apoptosis assays, ER stress marker analysis |
Blood |
High |
29914977
|
| 2002 |
Systematic tri-alanine mutagenesis of the M-domain of human SRP54 identified residues at positions 379–387, 394–396, 400–405, 409–411 as required for SRP RNA binding; mutations at 328-TLR-330 also abolished binding despite being distant from the predicted RNA binding site, and binding to SRP RNA alters the SRP54M monomer/dimer equilibrium and the shape of the signal peptide binding groove. |
Systematic site-directed mutagenesis (40 alanine substitutions), in vitro RNA binding assays, gel filtration |
Biochemistry |
High |
12234178
|
| 2019 |
Chloroplast SRP54 (cpSRP54) directly contacts the ribosomal subunit uL4 (not the peptide tunnel exit site) via its plastid-specific C-terminal tail region, enabling early cotranslational membrane targeting of PsbA (D1) before the nascent chain emerges from the ribosome. |
Ribosome profiling, analysis of membrane-associated vs. soluble ribosome footprints, cpSRP54/ribosome binding interface mapping, truncation analysis of C-terminal tail |
The Plant cell |
High |
31444312
|
| 2020 |
SRP54 interacts directly with both RIG-I and MDA5 (RIG-I-like receptors) and impairs their association with the adaptor protein VISA (MAVS), thereby negatively regulating IFN-β production and antiviral signaling. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, overexpression and knockdown assays for IFN-β induction, viral replication assays |
Virologica Sinica |
Medium |
32767210
|
| 2006 |
SRp54 (SFRS11) acts as a splicing repressor of tau exon 10 by binding a purine-rich element in exon 10 and antagonizing the SR protein Tra2β; overexpression of SRp54 suppresses exon 10 inclusion while RNAi knockdown increases inclusion. |
GFP reporter for tau exon 10 splicing, expression cloning, RNA interference knockdown, RNA binding assays, deletion mutagenesis |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
16943417
|
| 1998 |
SRp54 binds to C-rich pyrimidine tracts between the 5' splice site and branch point of small introns lacking a classical 3' pyrimidine tract, and together with U2AF mediates intron bridging as an alternative early spliceosome assembly mode. |
RNA binding assays, UV cross-linking, splicing assays with mutant introns, U1/U2 snRNP binding analysis |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
9710626
|
| 1995 |
The chloroplast SRP54 homologue (54CP) is essential for transit complex formation with the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein (LHCP) and is required for posttranslational integration of LHCP into the thylakoid membrane, functioning as a molecular chaperone. |
In vitro reconstitution of transit complex, antibody depletion, import and integration assays |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
7731984
|
| 1997 |
Chloroplast SRP54 (54CP) discriminates between thylakoid-targeting signals based on hydrophobicity, cross-linking to LHCP, cytochrome f, and Rieske FeS protein but not to the 23- and 33-kDa OEC proteins, demonstrating it recognizes a specific subset of precursors. |
Nascent chain cross-linking, in vitro targeting signal recognition assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
9111079
|
| 2015 |
In higher plant chloroplasts, cpSRP54 forms a stable heterodimer with the chloroplast-specific cpSRP43 required for posttranslational LHCP transport; interaction requires specific residues in the cpSRP54 C-terminal tail and the second chromodomain of cpSRP43, which are absent in the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii where the two proteins do not interact. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain mutagenesis, comparative biochemistry between algae and land plants |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
25833951
|
| 2008 |
Two amino acid substitutions within the RNA-binding domain of cpSRP54 in higher plants abolish SRP RNA binding, explaining the absence of SRP RNA from the chloroplast SRP complex in land plants. |
In vitro RNA binding assays, site-directed mutagenesis, phylogenetic analysis |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
18755190
|
| 2024 |
The GTPase activity of cpSRP54 is essential for both posttranslational (nuclear-encoded LHCP) and cotranslational (plastid-encoded subunit) transport pathways; the C-terminal tail region of cpSRP54 is required exclusively for posttranslational LHCP transport and cpSRP43 interaction, while its absence causes accumulation of a photosystem I assembly intermediate. |
Arabidopsis cpSRP54 knockout complementation with truncation and GTPase point-mutation variants, phenotypic analysis |
Journal of experimental botany |
Medium |
38989593
|
| 2001 |
Assembly control for SRP54M binding to human SRP RNA is localized to a region encompassing RNA residues 177–221 in helix 8; chimeric human/M. jannaschii SRP RNAs showed that helix 8 (not helix 6) conveys SRP19 dependency for SRP54M binding. |
Chimeric RNA construction, in vitro protein-RNA binding assays with purified SRP19 and SRP54M |
RNA |
Medium |
11680843
|
| 2025 |
srp54-/- zebrafish exhibit reduced caudal primary motor axon length and branching and reduced motility at 30 hpf, indicating a specific requirement for Srp54 in motor axon development; the hatching gland (a secretory cell type) is also affected, while other cell types examined are not. |
Zebrafish srp54 nonsense mutant (loss-of-function), motor axon imaging, motility assay, cell-type-specific analysis |
Neuroscience |
Medium |
40328346
|