XBP(S) mRNA is translated and XBP1(S) translocates to the nucleus

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R-HSA-381203
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Reaction [omitted]
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
nuclear envelope
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5/5
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XBP(S) mRNA is translated and XBP1(S) translocates to the nucleus
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Phosphorylated IRE1-alpha homodimers with bound ADP have endoribonuclease activity in their C-terminal (cytosolic) regions. In particular, the homodimers cleave an internal 26 nucleotide segment out of the Xbp-1 mRNA. In yeast the resulting RNAs are ligated by a tRNA ligase but the corresponding human enzyme has not been identified. The cleavage and ligation leads to a frameshift which results in a longer ORF that encodes Xbp-1 (S), the active form of the Xbp-1 transcription factor.
The ribonuclease activity of IRE1-alpha also degrades subsets of mRNAs in the vicinity of the ER membrane, thereby reducing the amount of protein entering the ER.
Xbp-1 mRNA that has been cleaved by IRE1-alpha encodes a 40 kd protein designated Xbp-1 (S). Xbp-1 (S) is a potent bZIP transcription factor that transits from the cytosol to the nucleus and binds the sequence CCACG in the ER Stress Responsive Element (ERSE).
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May, B  (2009-06-02)
Reviewed
D'Eustachio, P  (2008-12-02)
Matthews, L  (2008-12-02)
Gillespie, ME  (2008-12-02)
Urano, F  (2010-04-30)
Created
May, B  (2008-11-19)
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