NCBI Accession #
NP_171716.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_100094.3
NCBI Official Full Name
mago nashi family protein
NCBI Official Symbol
MAGO
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
HAP1; HAPLESS 1; MAGO NASHI; MATERNAL EFFECT EMBRYO ARREST 63; MEE63; T7I23.7; T7I23_7
NCBI Protein Information
mago nashi family protein
NCBI Summary
Encodes a homologue of the exon junction complex (EJC) component MAGO that participates in intron-mediated enhancement of gene expression.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AtMAGO
UniProt Protein Name
Protein mago nashi homolog
UniProt Primary Accession #
O23676
UniProt Secondary Accession #
A0A023T774
UniProt Related Accession #
O23676
UniProt Comments
Core component of the splicing-dependent multiprotein exon junction complex (EJC) deposited at splice junctions on mRNAs. The EJC is a dynamic structure consisting of core proteins and several peripheral nuclear and cytoplasmic associated factors that join the complex only transiently either during EJC assembly or during subsequent mRNA metabolism. The EJC marks the position of the exon-exon junction in the mature mRNA for the gene expression machinery and the core components remain bound to spliced mRNAs throughout all stages of mRNA metabolism thereby influencing downstream processes including nuclear mRNA export, subcellular mRNA localization, translation efficiency and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). The MAGO-Y14 heterodimer inhibits the ATPase activity of EIF4A3, thereby trapping the ATP-bound EJC core onto spliced mRNA in a stable conformation. The MAGO-Y14 heterodimer interacts with the EJC key regulator PYM leading to EJC disassembly in the cytoplasm . Can increase in vitro the expression from reporter constructs that contain leader introns required for the expression of different genes. In association with MAGO and PYM, participates in intron-mediated enhancement of gene expression (PubMed:21676911). The MAGO-Y14 heterodimer works synergistically with the NMD pathway to regulate male gametophyte development (PubMed:26867216).