CASC3 siRNA – Protein CASC3 (Mouse)

CASC3: Component of a splicing-dependent multiprotein exon junction complex (EJC) deposited at splice junction on mRNAs. The EJC is a dynamic structure consisting of a few core proteins and several more peripheral nuclear and cytoplasmic associated factors that join the complex only transiently either during EJC assembly or during subsequent mRNA metabolism. Core components of the EJC, that remains bound to spliced mRNAs throughout all stages of mRNA metabolism, functions to mark the position of the exon-exon junction in the mature mRNA and thereby influences downstream processes of gene expression including mRNA splicing, nuclear mRNA export, subcellular mRNA localization, translation efficiency and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). Stimulates the ATPase and RNA- helicase activities of EIF4A3. Plays a role in the stress response by participating in cytoplasmic stress granules assembly and by favoring cell recovery following stress. Component of the dendritic ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs) in hippocampal neurons. May play a role in mRNA transport. Binds spliced mRNA in sequence-independent manner, 20-24 nucleotides upstream of mRNA exon-exon junctions. Binds poly(G) and poly(U) RNA homopolymer. Belongs to the CASC3 family.

Protein type: RNA-binding; Translation

Cellular Component: cytoplasm; ribonucleoprotein complex; nucleus

Molecular Function: identical protein binding; protein binding; enzyme binding; RNA binding; ubiquitin protein ligase binding

Biological Process: regulation of translation; intracellular mRNA localization; mRNA transport; transport; RNA splicing; mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay; mRNA processing