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Review
. 2021 Apr;43(4):e2000242.
doi: 10.1002/bies.202000242. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Noncanonical functions of the serine-arginine-rich splicing factor (SR) family of proteins in development and disease

Rebecca E Wagner  1 , Michaela Frye  1
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Review

Noncanonical functions of the serine-arginine-rich splicing factor (SR) family of proteins in development and disease

Rebecca E Wagner et al. Bioessays. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Members of the serine/arginine (SR)-rich protein family of splicing factors play versatile roles in RNA processing steps and are often essential for normal development. Dynamic changes in RNA processing and turnover allow fast cellular adaptions to a changing microenvironment and thereby closely cooperate with transcription factor networks that establish cell identity within tissues. SR proteins play fundamental roles in the processing of pre-mRNAs by regulating constitutive and alternative splicing. More recently, SR proteins have also been implicated in other aspects of RNA metabolism such as mRNA stability, transport and translation. The- emerging noncanonical functions highlight the multifaceted functions of these SR proteins and identify them as important coordinators of gene expression programmes. Accordingly, most SR proteins are essential for normal cell function and their misregulation contributes to human diseases such as cancer.

Keywords: RNA metabolism; gene expression; splicing factors.

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