Poster Presentation 41st Lorne Genome Conference 2020

Translation of insulin granule proteins are regulated by PDI and PABP (#237)

Rucha Dilip Sarwade 1 , Abdul Khalique 1 , Shardul Kulkarni 1 , Poonam Pandey 1 , Naina Gaikwad 1 , Vasudevan Seshadri 1
  1. National Centre for Cell Science , Pune, Maharashtra, India

Glucose mediated insulin biosynthesis is tightly regulated and shared between insulin granule proteins such as its processing enzymes, prohormone convertases, PC1/3 and PC2. However, the molecular players involved in the co-ordinated translation remain elusive. The trans-acting factors like PABP (Poly A Binding Protein) and PDI (Protein Disulphide Isomerize) binds to a conserved sequence in the 5’UTR of insulin mRNA and regulates its translation. We demonstrate that 5’UTR of PC1/3 and PC2 also associate with PDI and PABP. We also show that a’ and RRM 3-4 domains of PDI and PABP respectively, are necessary for RNA binding activity to the 5’UTRs of insulin and its processing enzymes.