CSP

Cold shock protein domain
CSP
SMART accession number:SM00357
Description: RNA-binding domain that functions as a RNA-chaperone in bacteria and is involved in regulating translation in eukaryotes. Contains sub-family of RNA-binding domains in the Rho transcription termination factor.
Interpro abstract (IPR011129):

A conserved domain of about 70 amino acids has been found in prokaryotic and eukaryotic single-strand nucleic-acid binding proteins [ (PUBMED:1622933) (PUBMED:2184368) (PUBMED:8022259) (PUBMED:9586995) (PUBMED:10446180) ]. This domain, which is known as the 'cold-shock domain' (CSD) is present in the proteins listed below.

  • Escherichia coli protein CS7.4 (gene cspA) which is induced in response to low temperature (cold-shock protein) and which binds to and stimulates the transcription of the CCAAT-containing promoters of the HN-S protein and of gyrA.
  • Transcription termination factor Rho, a prokaryotic protein which facilitates transcription termination.
  • Mammalian Y box binding protein 1 (YB1). A protein that binds to the CCAAT-containing Y box of mammalian HLA class II genes.
  • Xenopus Y box binding proteins -1 and -2 (Y1 and Y2). Proteins that bind to the CCAAT-containing Y box of Xenopus hsp70 genes.
  • Xenopus B box binding protein (YB3). YB3 binds the B box promoter element of genes transcribed by RNA polymerase III.
  • Enhancer factor I subunit A (EFI-A) (dbpB). A protein that also bind to CCAAT-motif in various gene promoters.
  • DbpA, a human DNA-binding protein of unknown specificity.
  • Bacillus subtilis cold-shock proteins cspB and cspC.
  • Streptomyces clavuligerus protein SC 7.0.
  • E. coli proteins cspB, cspC, cspD, cspE and cspF.
  • Unr, a mammalian gene encoded upstream of the N-ras gene. Unr contains nine repeats that are similar to the CSD domain. The function of Unr is not yet known but it could be a multivalent DNA-binding protein.
  • PPPin, a mammalian brain-specific protein that binds to histone mRNA and which is thought to play a role in the regulation of brain development.
GO function:nucleic acid binding (GO:0003676)
Family alignment:
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There are 80336 CSP domains in 70472 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.

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