Biology:Coilin

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Short description: Protein found in humans


A representation of the 3D structure of the protein myoglobin showing turquoise α-helices.
Generic protein structure example

Coilin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COIL gene.[1][2] Coilin got its name from the coiled shape of the Cajal bodies in which it is found. It was first identified using human autoimmune serum.

Function

Coilin protein is one of the main molecular components of Cajal bodies. Cajal bodies are non-membrane bound nuclear bodies of varying number and composition that are involved in the post-transcriptional modification of small nuclear and small nucleolar RNAs. In addition to its structural role, coilin acts as glue to connect the CB to the nucleolus. The N-terminus of the coilin protein directs its self-oligomerization while the C-terminus influences the number of nuclear bodies assembled per cell. Differential methylation and phosphorylation of coilin likely influences its localization among nuclear bodies and the composition and assembly of Cajal bodies. This gene has pseudogenes on chromosome 4 and chromosome 14.[2]

To study CBs, coilin can be combined with GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) to form Coilin-GFP hybrid protein. The hybrid protein can then be used to locate CBs underneath a microscope, usually near the nucleolus of the cell. Other proteins that make up the CB include snRNPs and nucleolar snoRNPs.

Coilin has been shown to interact with ataxin 1,[3][4] nucleolar phosphoprotein p130,[5] SMN,[6][7] and SNRPB.[7]

References

  1. "Structure, expression and chromosomal localization of human p80-coilin gene". Nucleic Acids Res 22 (21): 4462–9. Dec 1994. doi:10.1093/nar/22.21.4462. PMID 7971277. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: COIL coilin". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8161. 
  3. "p80 coilin, a coiled body-specific protein, interacts with ataxin-1, the SCA1 gene product". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1638 (1): 35–42. May 2003. doi:10.1016/s0925-4439(03)00038-3. PMID 12757932. 
  4. "UbcH6 interacts with and ubiquitinates the SCA1 gene product ataxin-1". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 371 (2): 256–60. Jun 2008. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.04.066. PMID 18439907. 
  5. "Nopp140 functions as a molecular link between the nucleolus and the coiled bodies". J. Cell Biol. 142 (2): 319–29. Jul 1998. doi:10.1083/jcb.142.2.319. PMID 9679133. 
  6. "Coilin methylation regulates nuclear body formation". Dev. Cell 3 (3): 329–37. Sep 2002. doi:10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00222-8. PMID 12361597. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Coilin forms the bridge between Cajal bodies and SMN, the spinal muscular atrophy protein". Genes Dev. 15 (20): 2720–9. Oct 2001. doi:10.1101/gad.908401. PMID 11641277. 

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.