Function
RNA-binding protein that binds to the consensus sequence 5'-CUCUGUAUCUUGU-3' in mRNA 3'-UTRs and modulates mRNA expression and stability. Functions redundantly with puf-5 and puf-6 in oocyte formation and organization, early embryonic cell divisions, and repression of expression of glp-1 and other maternal mRNAs in late oogenesis.
Sequence
MTPNRRSTDSYNMLGASFDFDPDFSLLSNKTHKNKNPKPPVKLLPYRHGSNTTSSDSDSYIFNSGSGSSDAETPAPVAPIFISLEDVLLNGQLIDFAIDPSGVKFLEANYPLDSEDQIRKAVFEKFTESTTLFVGLCHSRNGNFIVQKLVELATPAEQRELLRQMIDGGLLAMCKDKFACRVVQLALQKFDHSNVFQLIQELSTFDLAAMCTDQISIHVIQRVVKQLPVDMWTFFVHFLSSGDSLMAVCQDKYGCRLVQQVIDRLAENPKLPCFKFRIQLLHSLMTCIVRNCYRLSSNEFANYVIQYVIKSSGIMEMYRDTIIDKCLLRNLLSMSQDKYASHVIEGAFLFAPPALLHEMMEEIFSGYVKDVESNRDALDILLFHQYGNYVVQQMISICTAALIGKEERELPPAILLLYSGWYEKMKQRVLQHASRLERFSSGKKIIDSVMRHGVPTAAAVNAQAAPSLMELTAQFDAMFPSFLAR