FUNCTION : THIS PROTEIN IS A COMPONENT OF THE HETEROGENOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN (HNRNP) COMPLEXES WHICH PROVIDE THE SUBSTRATE FOR THE PROCESSING EVENTS THAT PRE-MRNAS UNDERGO BEFORE BECOMING FUNCTIONAL, TRANSLATABLE MRNAS IN THE CYTOPLASM. L IS ASSOCIATED WITH MOST NASCENT TRANSCRIPTS INCLUDING THOSE OF THE LANDMARK GIANT LOOPS OF AMPHIBIAN LAMPBRUSH CHROMOSOMES. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION : Nuclear; nucleoplasm. PTM : SEVERAL ISOELECTRIC FORMS OF THE L PROTEIN ARE PROBABLY THE RESULTS OF POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS. SIMILARITY : Contains 3 RNA recognition motif (RRM) domains. |
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27-Feb-03
Last Update 13-Mar-03