PMID: 8939821Dec 1, 1996Paper

Association of RB97D, an RRM protein required for male fertility, with a Y chromosome lampbrush loop in Drosophila spermatocytes

Chromosoma
V M Heatwole, S R Haynes

Abstract

The Y chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster, which is required only for male fertility, contains six loci that are essential for spermatogenesis. In primary spermatocytes, three of these loci form large lampbrush loops containing RNA transcripts and associated proteins. The identities and functions of these Y chromosome loop-binding proteins are largely unknown. This report demonstrates that the RB97D protein, which is essential for spermatogenesis, bound to a specific lampbrush loop. RB97D contains two copies of a well-characterized RNA binding domain, the RNA recognition motif, followed by a proline-glutamine rich domain. Immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence experiments showed that in the testis, RB97D was found only in primary spermatocyte nuclei and associated with the C loop from the ks-1 fertility locus in an RNAse-sensitive manner. The anti-RB97D antibodies also bound a single Y chromosome loop in D. hydei, suggesting that the protein and its loop-binding function have been evolutionarily conserved. These results demonstrate that the proteins that bind lampbrush loops can be essential for fertility. Since RB97D was present only premeiotically, its function is likely to be directly related to the metabolism of the C...Continue Reading

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